Velocity Diet - Day 22

Nurse Sandy is holding a realistic model of five pounds of human fat! More on this later.

I completed the third week!

Here are my updated composition stats:

Weight: 184
Waist: 34.25"
Neck: 15.50
Bicep: 13.50
Body fat: 21.7% (bathroom scale)
Body fat: 16% (Navy Tables)

I lost another two pounds but the body-fat measurements are less than encouraging. The bathroom scale says I am down another 1/2% but the Navy tables put me a full point higher than last week. Based on this, fat loss has slowed down or stopped although this might be attributed to measurement error. I am hoping that my metabolism has not tanked.

On a positive note, I hit a personal best in one of my lifts this week. This is pretty surprising being three weeks into a calorie-restricted diet. I was able to press a 32kg kettlebell for five reps with each arm and do this three times. My previous best was three sets of three.

Another positive note. I am down 11 pounds now and I can safely assume that at least 5 of it is pure fat. My doctor keeps a model in his office of five pounds of human fat. It is a great visual and shocking really. He was nice enough to let me drop by and snap a shot of it.

This week was full of ups and downs. As I reported previously, I bonked while skiing over the weekend. I have been sleeping well but yesterday I broke out into a cold sweat around dinner time and felt pretty nauseous. This is the second time this has happened over the three week period and it is no fun. I am sure that some would call this a cleansing reaction or healing crisis; I have no idea really.

Just 7 days left! Lets see, thats about 38 shakes, 28 tables spoons of flax seed, 42 fish oil capsules, 28 tablespoons of almond butter ...