Andi Loses It: Week 2

Oh yeah, that's right, I did it again! Down another pound this week!

I'm gonna be honest. On Saturday morning, I was actually down two more pounds in addition to this. There may have been a few french fries and a Caramel Brulee Latte from Starbucks that interfered with that between Saturday morning and today, plus, well, ladies, you know certain things happen at certain times of the month that add a little to the scale, and I'm gonna just leave it at that. But yay, I'm now down 5 pounds since November 1st.

Weight training continues to be the biggest factor in the weight loss trend. I don't know what it is, exactly -- I have been working out steadily for about six months now (with a break for holidays and vacations, of course) but since adding weights two weeks ago, it's like the metabolism furnace has been kicked on high. And I'm not complaining. My body fat percentage (as read by my scale) is dropping as well -- it was 57 on Nov. 1 and was down to 55.4 this morning, which tells me whatever I'm doing is actually removing fat and hopefully adding lean muscle mass.

I did poorly with tracking food last week, though. I added more protein, thus reducing carbs, and lost weight. For example, I replaced my afternoon snack of crackers or something similar and coffee with low fat cottage cheese and an apple, or pistachios and grapes, or other similar combinations.

Tomorrow, I have my routine physical as well as my dietician appointment. I got my bloodwork back this morning and everything looks good...the only thing on the low side was HDL cholesterol, but overall cholesterol was 152, which is good, and every other number checked (potassium, sodium, fasting glucose, kidney/liver enzymes, etc) all looked perfect to me...we'll see what the doc says tomorrow, though.

Above all else, though, I FEEL great. I used to have aches and pains and soreness in my hip and back and that's mostly subsided now. I have more energy...I didn't even take a nap this weekend.

So, here's hoping I lose those two pounds again this week, and keep this scale moving in the right direction.


By: Andrea Caruso

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