Fat Loss vs. Weight Loss

Today is the day of the biggest disappointment in history! I have once again, gained 0.2kg!!!

I really don’t understand this thing. I work out hard, I eat good (mostly) and after all these weeks of hard work, I am still the same. Not only that, but what really frustrates me is that everyone can see my body is changing and I am losing weight. Everyone but that damn scale!

So, I am going to put extra effort in next week. I am going to stick to the diet 100% and the same with the exercise. And if the results are not in… I am going to declare Jeni’s scale as the biggest liar of the century and will completely destroy it. Somehow…

Mel

Jeni:
Don’t be so upset, Mel. There ARE good news from your measurement session today!

Mel’s hips circumference is down by 2cm from last week (and 5cm since we started). Her waist has decreased 3cm since we started and so have her thighs. Her body fat is now at 20.5%, which is only 0.5% away from falling into the “athletic range” – the average body fat of professional athletes and sports people. This is 3% down from the start of the program on 2 January and in absolute terms means she has lost 2.2kg of fat over the last 5 weeks.

This is actually great news as her overall weight loss is 2.4kg. In other words, all the weight she has lost is fat and not muscle or water. Believe me guys, if you see her body compared to 5 weeks ago, you will immediately see the changes. Mel is right, the scale is the only one out her not acknowledging her success.

She was too upset to right about her day, which is her off day, by the way, so I will give you a brief account of it.
Mel was so upset in the morning, after the measurements that she decided to stick to the plan religiously over the next week or two and minimise the effects of off days (when she can eat or drink whatever she wants and doesn’t need to exercise) as best as possible. So she started the day with egg whites and toast and followed that with Myoplex Lite as her mid-morning snack. For lunch she had egg whites on toast again as she was planning to go out with her friends mid-afternoon. As far as I understand, that translated into greasy fish and chips from Hout Bay harbour, followed by tuna salad and a glass of wine for dinner. She also took the dogs for a 45-minute walk in the early evening, cause she was feeling too bad about the greasy food! 

Anyway, I personally, think she is doing great and I would rather see 2kg loss coming from fat than 5kg coming from water. I mean, 2kg of fat is 4 blocks of butter in the supermarket. Have a look next time you are shopping and tell me if that doesn’t seem impressive.

Ciao!

Jeni