Week 4 – Days 1 and 2 – 0 lbs lost in week 3 + Happy New Year!

Not so good news! Unlike week 1 and week 2, I did not lose any weight in week 3. I was doing less Non-Exercise Activity (thanks to the snow) but also had controlled my calories (down from 1500 to 1285 (average)).

	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Calories	1286	1361	1213	1321	1301	1247	1257
Carbohydrates (gm)	136	140	129	125	125	118	129
Fat (gm)	32	48	39	50	45	45	39
Proteins (gm)	121	105	108	104	102	97	105

On my weighing machine at home, I noticed a good 3 lb loss over the week but nothing in the official machine at Pro Club.

While I am a little disheartened, my dietician says that this is not unusual. She said either week 3 or 4 – people have a low weight loss week. She was encouraging and said that I would probably lose more than normal next week. I get to add some fruits to my diet this week. Here are the steps I intend to take to see weight loss by next week.

1. More Non-exercise activity. I will work on cleaning up the house, garage or garden.
2. Get Protein to Carbohydrate ratio to 1:1 (down from 1:1.2) – I might have to eat close to 145 gm of protein and carbohydrates.
3. Eat Protein as soon as I eat carbohydrates.
4. More intense work-outs – I will try to keep my heart rate @ 145-155 this week and see if that helps.

I did work out yesterday and will be working out later today.

Wish you all a very Happy New Year! I advise against making resolutions just because it’s the new year. Resolutions should have a stronger foundation like a values exercise. Success Television can help you get started. The first video is a sample from Success Television.  But, if you must make resolutions now – the second video has some tips.

Good Luck with your resolutions! Wish me luck so next week is more fruitful in terms of weight loss than this one.

del.icio.us Tags: calories,Non-Exercise Activity,protein,carbohydrates,resolutions,values