(Posting late because my blog hosting was discontinued and it took me forever to get it back up)
The ninth week of my 16-week challenge to drop from ~20% to 10% body fat has been one of stalled progress.
The lean days are getting harder – this is probably because I’m leaner than where I started.
I decided to change (water down?) the lean days to ~1000kcal from ~750kcal, simply because it was so hard to have such small dinners after a full day with almost no input. I also decided to up my protein intake.
I did only 2 out of 4 lean days, and maintained my caloric balance in the other 4 days. The weekend got out of hand, but not so badly as last week.
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)
- Week 7: 2/4 lean days, 5/3 maintenance days, 73.7kg -> 73.2kg (-0.5) 90.8cm -> 90.2cm (-0.6)
- Week 8: 2/4 lean days, 4/3 maintenance days, 73.2kg -> 73.5kg (+0.3) 90.2cm -> 89.7cm (-0.3)
- Week 9: 2/4 lean days, 4/3 maintenance days, 73.5kg -> 73.5kg (0.0) 89.7cm -> 89.7cm (0.0)
Will report again next week!