joey44’s BodyBlog

Okay, I know that most of you don’t really agree with the whole "low carb" thing.  And I’m not really sure that I do either, but I’m gonna try it for a couple of weeks.  I just want to get better results in losing body fat.  I plan on taking no more than 30 - 50 carbs a day, and I’m increasing my protein to 300+ a day.  Last night I measured my BF and I was 17.2% on the scale you stand on, which was a slight increase, but the one you hold in you hand was 13.9% which was a decrease.  Who the heck knows!  Anyway, I feel like I have conflicting goals - Get bigger….lose body fat….. So, I’m gonna try something different.  And why?   Because the definition of INSANITY is:  doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Maybe I’m being relying on the body fat scale too much.  I’m down to 17% from 17.9% over the last 3 weeks.  That is on the scale that you step on.  The other one you that you hold in your hand says that I’m 14.5% BF.  So who really knows what I am.  One of the nutrition specialist that I buy supplements from said that those scales are not the most accurate.  I feel better and when I look in the mirror, it appears that my midsection is getting leaner.  I guess we will see over the next couple of weeks what happens.  Honestly, the first couple of weeks, I wasn’t as strict as I could be in my diet.  I was still use to my "bulking" ways, but now I have finally settled into a cleaner diet.  I’m not frustrated,  but I would like to see a bit better results over the next couple of weeks.

So, It has been one week into my cutting.  Not the greatest.  I did manage to lose 0.5% body fat.  I went from 17.9 to 17.4%.  I am happy that I lost some, but I am not satisfied.  But, I really can’t be too suprised - superbowl weekend was a little too tempting with all the chips and dip, and the fried chicken on thursday, and the birthday cake on Saturday, and the pork ribs…. haha, I guess I wasn’t as strict as I wanted to be.  Oh well, this is a new week!  Last week I ran for 20 min 3 mornings before breakfast, and did 20 min of the eliptical 3 days right after weights.  I expect to lose at least 1 - 1.5% this week as I am determined not to eat all the crap I ate last week!  I want that 6 pack baby!