Since my less than strict low carb regimen of last week, I’ve begun to regroup to begin my assault on my goal weight. With my base camp firmly established (please forgive the mountain climbing references), I’ve set my sights on reaching my goal weight of 165 lbs. and hopefully a BF percentage of 14%. I’m currently hovering around 171 lbs. and I know these last 6 pounds or so will be some of the toughest I’ve ever had to lose.
Overall, I’m quite pleased with my progress so far. I’ve managed to lose 13 lbs in 4 weeks, which is a much slower rate than I’ve achieved in previous years on a similar program, but still, 3 lbs per week is pretty rapid weight loss by most any standard. The really great news is that I’m enjoying the program and I rarely feel hungry. My approach this time around is to really listen to my body and eat something if I feel hungry — even if it’s 10pm. I know this goes against conventional wisdom, but I’m looking for what works for me, not what “They” say we should do.
I’m still devising my strategy for losing these last 6 lbs and I feel it will have more to do with exercise than diet at this point. The nutritional component of my program has and is serving me very well. I have some tweaks that I want to throw into it, but it’s working about as well as I could ask at this point. I have the feeling that I will need to increase the frequency of my cardio workouts and also increase the intensity as well as the focus of my ab workouts.
So stay tuned…