(Posting late because my blog hosting was discontinued and it took me forever to get it back up)
The sixth week of my 16-week challenge to drop from ~20% to 10% body fat has been one of great progress.
I switched the lean days from ~600kcal to about ~750 or 800kcal, since the extra calories seemed to make a big psychological difference, particularly on long or stressful days. I then decided to do four or five lean days per week, rather than too.
I did 4 out of 4-5 lean days, and I maintained my caloric balance in the other 3 days. Realistically speaking, 4 lean days a week is more reasonable than 5, so I’ll stick with the lower number.
The downside of doing four lean days back to back is that it takes a very significant amount of daily mindshare.
Ongoing summary:
- Week 1: 0/2 lean days, 0/5 maintenance days. 76.7kg -> 76.2kg (-0.5) 93.7 -> 92.5cm (-1.2).
- Week 2: 1/2 lean days, 2/5 maintenance days. 76.2kg -> 75.6kg (-0.6) 92.5cm -> 93.1cm (+0.6)
- Week 3: 1/2 lean days, 2/5 maintenance days. 75.6kg -> 75.7kg (+0.1) 93.1cm -> 92.5cm (-0.6)
- Week 4: 2/2 lean days, 4/5 maintenance days, 75.7kg -> 75.2kg (-0.5) 92.5cm -> 91.8cm (-0.7)
- Week 5: 1/2 lean days, 3/5 maintenance days, 75.2kg -> 75.4kg (+0.2) 91.8cm -> 91.7cm (-0.1)
- Week 6: 4/4 lean days, 3/3 maintenance days, 75.4kg -> 73.7kg (-1.7) 91.7cm -> 90.8cm (-0.9)
Will report again next week!