Sunday, Day 1, Week 5

I'm posting this 6 days after the actual event, because things have been a little crazy for me recently, so no thoughts for this post, since I can't remember back that far.

Front:


Back:


Measurements:

Weight - 179.0
Hips - 33.25
Waist - 32.75
Chest - 40.0
Neck - 15.0
Left arm - 13.0
Right arm - 13.0
Left leg - 22.75
Right leg - 23.0

Sunday, Day 1, Week 4

Measurement day today. Can't believe it's been three weeks already. I don't think I've eaten properly according to the Warrior Eating Order for at least a week, so I need to get back to doing that or risk halting my results, I think. I should also be drinking more more consistently.

Front:


Back:


Measurements:

Weight: 178.5
Hips: 33.5
Waist: 32.25
Chest: 40.0
Neck: 15.0
Left arm: 12.5
Right arm: 13.0
Left leg: 22.5
Right leg: 23.0

Gone down another pound and a half without really losing any leg or arm measurements, so I'm presuming it to be fat. Hips have gone up by 0.25 but that could just be a random fluctuation. Waist down by only 0.25 instead of 0.5 this week, and I think it might be because I've stopped eating as well as I was to begin with. I'll have to work harder on that next week. I've also decided not to use those body fat calipers because I don't think they're accurate enough to really be worth it.

Saturday, Day 7, Week 3

On Thursday night at 7:00 I stopped eating. For 43 hours. We were doing the 30 hour famine, to raise money for the poor starving children in Africa and all that. Since we were going to stop eating after breakfast, I decided to just stop eating after dinner that night and end up with another 13 hours of fasting. The hunger wasn't bad, probably mainly because I've become so used to it that hunger isn't a big deal to me any more. Even when those who weren't fasting busted out some food I didn't really feel all that hungry.

It was also my first day of any real exercise (though still only moderate in intensity) in five and a half weeks. Essentially the exercise was doing a fairly vigorous walk in hilly terrain without a path for half an hour on Friday night, and then some balls-out maximum effort jogging around 1:00 PM on Saturday. Oh and some fairly intense digging for treasure on Saturday morning. It wasn't that bad, even though I was running without food. I discovered how dismally out of shape I've gotten in 5 weeks, but I don't think there was much decrease in performance due to lack of food. This is good news for when I decide to start training again.

Concluding thoughts: Going without food even for 43 hours doesn't really feel all that bad any more. The exercise without food wasn't bad either. 43 hours of fasting may have messed up my or something, but oh well big deal, I'll just do it right next week.

Thursday, Day 5, Week 3

Got skin-fold calipers from www.accumeasure.com yesterday. Gonna have to add that to my list of measurements. Oddly enough they claim to be within 1.1% of underwater measuring, yet they only take one skin-fold site... I'm thinking of looking up a guide to getting a test with more sites than just one.

Sunday, Day 1, Week 3

Hard to believe it's been two weeks already, but at the same time, hard to believe it's only been two weeks. Measurement day today.

Front:

Back:


Measurements:

Weight: 180.0
Hips: 33.25
Waist: 32.5
Chest: 40.0
Neck: 14.75
Left arm: 12.5
Right arm: 13.0
Left leg: 22.5
Right leg: 23.0

Lost another two pounds and another half inch at the waist. Some odd fluctuations in the arm measurements, but it's probably just a random fluctation from wrapping the tape measure around them slightly tighter or something. Next measuring day I might put up all the pictures so far side by side for comparison.

Thursday, Day 5, Week 2

From this point on I'm only posting when I actually have something interesting to say. Such as, on Tuesday, I ate 4lbs of dinner. I weighed myself before and after (just out of boredom). Before weight: 181.5lbs After weight: 185.5lbs

Definitely need to drink water during the day or else will get very thirsty at night. The desire to eat food gets worse when you're feeling more depressed.

Monday, Day 2, Week 2

Was pretty hungry today. Didn't bring any fruit to school. I think it was a bad idea. Might have been hungry because I didn't eat as much as usual last night, might have been hungry because I ended up eating some carbs at lunch because someone offered me food and I couldn't politely refuse (it was just a bite or two but perhaps it was enough to get me hungry?).

I've noticed that although I don't really get thirsty during the day, if I don't drink enough during the day, I get ridiculously thirsty during the night. I think that maybe that's because my PSNS isn't active during the day, so I don't really need to use water for all that much. But then at night my PSNS kicks in and starts demanding water, and I don't have any stored in me.

Had a whopping dinner tonight. A plate full of spaghetti and meat (with a bunch of veggies as well, of course). Entire plate full, and stacked about two inches high. Very good, began reaching my eating limit towards the end, but ate it all and felt good about it afterwards. Need to remember not to make milk the last thing into my mouth after a meal - it leaves a gross feeling in the mouth. I've also discovered that I don't actually like the taste of 2% as much as skim/1%.

Concluding thoughts: Drink lots of water during the day or else you'll get really thirsty during the night and wake up and feel gross. 2 litres isn't enough for me. Also, make sure you eat until you actually feel rather full, or else you'll be hungry the next day (I think).