Still hanging in the 141 range today, but I’m fine with it. Body fat percentage is still heading in the right direction and my Burda pants are even looser this week.

I took my Omron body fat analyzer to work again yesterday to let the boys check their “scores” (Hey, it’s a video game company…we are all about scores) against one another. They always have a great time busting each other out about weight and body fat %. (Guys LOVE to call each other fat for some reason. I’ve noticed this in the Army and in the male-dominated video game industry as well.)

Once again they were surprised at how much I actually weigh. One co-worker said that I was “heavy” for a girl, though I didn’t LOOK it of course, LOL.

Hah…gotta love those backhanded compliments.

One of the other co-workers felt that co-worker #1’s comment was harsh, but I said that as long as I can fit into clothes smaller than the ones that other women my height were wearing at 10-15 lbs less than MY scale weight and perform 50 real push-ups without stopping, I didn’t give a sh!t how much I weighed.

Weight is a measure of gravitational pull, not personal worth or physical conditioning. I wish more women would realize that and stop allowing a few numbers on a scale determine their mood for the day or even their sense of self-worth.

Food was on target yesterday, and today’s meals are clear through M3 so far. I did the FGX leg workout this morning followed by 30 minutes of HIIT intervals on the stationary bike. I haven’t used this leg routine in a while, so some of my weights were a bit low, particularly on the deads and leg press, but I’ll correct that next week.

I put my regular M2 in the pre-workout slot to give myself some energy and feel that this did help, so I will continue to do this for the rest of the challenge. I’m not too concerned about doing fasted cardio in the mornings for “optimum” fat loss at this point. I subscribe more to the total daily caloric deficit school of thought when it comes to nutrition. I’d rather be somewhat fed and able to give 100% in my AM workouts than fasted, weak, and only able to eke out a workout at 75% intensity but theoretically empty out a few more fat cells per minute.

Besides, with the 5k training happening on my cardio-only days, I still want to give priority to performance over fat loss. And of course I want to maximize my efforts on the lifting/HIIT days.

So yeah…no more fasted AM workouts for me.

I am LOVING that lean “fat burning mode” sensation I keep feeling every day now after my workout and breakfast. I still got it today even though my workout wasn’t performed in a fasted state.

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WORKOUT
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- FGX Legs (30 min)
- HIIT Bike Sprints (30 min)

Planned meals for today are:
M1: 1 small banana, 1/4 c. Total Cranberry Crunch cereal
M2: 30g raisins, 30g (dry measure) oats, 1/2 c. sauteed spinach, 3 egg whites
M3: 1/4 c. (dry measure) brown rice, 1 serving chicken and eggplant stir fry, 2/3 c. asparagus veggie mix
M4: 2 rice cakes, 1 T. ANPB (or pineapple smoothie)
M5: 1/2 serving chicken chili con carne, 2 oz. chicken breast, 4 c. spinach/lettuce salad, 2 T. light dressing, 1 small apple
M6: Pineapple soy protein smoothie (or 2 PB choco protein pops)