So, a few moments ago the score was 183.4 pounds on my Tanita bathroom scale. Yesterday morning, my weight was 184.754 on the Bod Pod. As you know, the Tanita weighs heavier than the Bod Pod by about 0.8 pounds these days. I would guestimate that the Bod Pod would place me at 182.6 this morning.
What happened to those 2.1 pounds? My itinerary last night cannot explain it. I did not hit the sauna. I did not get a massage. I did not purge out my intestines with Magnesium Sulfate. I did not take Tylenol. I did all of these things on the evening of the 5th, before the Bod Pod. Yesterday, I simply ate two Paleo meals, and drank two additional whey protein drinks. I also worked out like a kettlebell savage last night.
This is a tantalizing result, and very suggestive.
But now comes the rub: meal #2 consisted of chicken, nuts and blue berries, and it produced one hell of a sticking event. A sticking event is a side-effect of roux-en-y gastric bypass in which certain food types 'refuse' to clear the pocket stomach for an extended period of time. The gut-pressure this produces results in a very uncomfortable feeling. You feel as if you have a drainage plug stuck in your gut. It blocks everything from passing, including water.
I hardly slept a wink last night. I doubt I slept at all. I tried to relax on the couch and then in bed, but I didn't really sleep. Eventually, the sun came up. I am anything but well rested right now. Strangely, I do feel as if I have a good amount of metabolic energy this morning. Mentally, I am very frazzled right now. Physically, I am ready to go exercise.
Certainly, I cannot afford a repeat of last night. If the paleo diet produces sticking events like this, I just can't do the paleo diet. One of the symptoms the paleo diet was designed to correct is poor sleep. I cannot afford to go sleepless again.
I am going to stick to it today, and eat my final meal of the day no later than 6:00pm. If I stick again, the paleo diet is over and out. If I sleep well tonight, game on.
Still, you have to wonder about that sudden evaporation of 2.1 pounds. My weight has gone this low before. I have seen these figures and lower. However, my body is feeling pretty hard and toned this morning. I think I look leaner.
Tantalizing results for just 24 hours. Very suggestive...
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Bod Pod XV: I am now officially a member of the healthy class
It's been quite some time since Bod-Pod XIV: 49 days to be precise. November 18, 2011 was the last time I stepped into the Bod Pod naked. As a consequence of physical injury, exhaustion, the holiday season, and a need to spend money elsewhere, I decided to shutdown the Bod Pod testing for a little while.
That time is now over. Back to work.
I am generally pleased with my latest results. I didn't make massive progress, but I made important progress. A major milestone has fallen: The Bod-Pod software now rates me as member of the healthy category, rather than a member of the moderate risk category.
The facts of the case of are these:
Just to give you an idea of how difficult it is to move the BFP needle downward, consider the following facts. When I began testing on 5/13/2011, I had 114.09 pounds of fat hanging from my frame. Today, I have only 35.266 pounds of fat clinging to my frame. That is a loss of 78.824 pounds of fat. I lost 69.01% of my total stock of body fat. At the same time, I only succeeded in moving my BFP from 44.1% down to 19.1%. I only reduced my body BFP 25%.
Doesn't seem fair, does it? That just doesn't seem right. How can a guy lose 69.01% of his body fat and only move his BFP downward 25%? This even more problematic when you stop to think that I increased my lean mass 4.928 pounds during that period.
Nevertheless, both of these statements are mathematically true by definition. I lost 69.01% of my total stock of body fat, and it was only sufficient to move my BFP down 25%. I think this is the best possible illustration of what a bitch the Bod Pod test really is. This machine is pretty hard to impress.
I am under no misapprehensions about how easy the next barrier (15%) is going to be to breach. I know it will be hard. The further I go towards perfection, the more elusive it gets, the more effort it takes, and the more time it takes.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war!
In order to breach this next barrier, I am seriously considering taking the CrossFit Paeleo challenge. You can read about it here and here. This is all the rage in the CrossFit movement. I have read pretty outlandish claims for this diet & training regime. Just this month, the print magazine Fitness-RX pretty much guaranteed a loss of 10 pounds of pure fat and the addition of 10 pounds of lean in just 30 days, if the program is executed correctly.
Now, I have lost more than 10 pounds of pure fat in a single month. I have done this many times. During the high-tides of summer 2011, I lost about 12 pounds of pure fat each month, every month, month after month. I have the Bod Pod records to prove it. However, I never succeeded in adding 10 pounds of pure lean in any month during this phase of the game.
Many experts will tell you it is damn near impossible to lose fat and gain lean simultaneously. Believe me, I know it. My Bod Pod records will show you that I have lost fat and gained lean simultaneously, once or twice, only to see my lean gains evaporate into thin air under the pressure of further weight loss.
Still, I am going to give this a try. If I succeed, my body weight will remain 184.754 pounds in 30 days, however, I will have only 25.266 pounds of body fat left, and my lean weight will be 159.488 pounds. This will move my BFP all the way down to 13.675481992270803338493347911277%. How about that precision?
That time is now over. Back to work.
I am generally pleased with my latest results. I didn't make massive progress, but I made important progress. A major milestone has fallen: The Bod-Pod software now rates me as member of the healthy category, rather than a member of the moderate risk category.
The facts of the case of are these:
- My body weight decreased from 186.898 to 184.754, a net reduction of 2.144 pounds
- My body fat decreased from 40.180 pounds to 35.266 pounds, a net reduction of 4.914 pounds
- My body lean increased from 146.718 to 149.488, an increase of 2.77 pounds.
- My Body Fat Percentage (BFP) is now 19.1%
- My Body Lean Percentage (BLP) is now 80.9%
- My body volume decreased from 80.731 liters to 79.416 liters, a loss of 1.315 liters.
- As I mentioned before on this blog, any BFP between 15% and 20% is considered a healthy BFP. 19.1% qualifies me as a member of the healthy class.
Just to give you an idea of how difficult it is to move the BFP needle downward, consider the following facts. When I began testing on 5/13/2011, I had 114.09 pounds of fat hanging from my frame. Today, I have only 35.266 pounds of fat clinging to my frame. That is a loss of 78.824 pounds of fat. I lost 69.01% of my total stock of body fat. At the same time, I only succeeded in moving my BFP from 44.1% down to 19.1%. I only reduced my body BFP 25%.
Doesn't seem fair, does it? That just doesn't seem right. How can a guy lose 69.01% of his body fat and only move his BFP downward 25%? This even more problematic when you stop to think that I increased my lean mass 4.928 pounds during that period.
Nevertheless, both of these statements are mathematically true by definition. I lost 69.01% of my total stock of body fat, and it was only sufficient to move my BFP down 25%. I think this is the best possible illustration of what a bitch the Bod Pod test really is. This machine is pretty hard to impress.
I am under no misapprehensions about how easy the next barrier (15%) is going to be to breach. I know it will be hard. The further I go towards perfection, the more elusive it gets, the more effort it takes, and the more time it takes.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war!
In order to breach this next barrier, I am seriously considering taking the CrossFit Paeleo challenge. You can read about it here and here. This is all the rage in the CrossFit movement. I have read pretty outlandish claims for this diet & training regime. Just this month, the print magazine Fitness-RX pretty much guaranteed a loss of 10 pounds of pure fat and the addition of 10 pounds of lean in just 30 days, if the program is executed correctly.
Now, I have lost more than 10 pounds of pure fat in a single month. I have done this many times. During the high-tides of summer 2011, I lost about 12 pounds of pure fat each month, every month, month after month. I have the Bod Pod records to prove it. However, I never succeeded in adding 10 pounds of pure lean in any month during this phase of the game.
Many experts will tell you it is damn near impossible to lose fat and gain lean simultaneously. Believe me, I know it. My Bod Pod records will show you that I have lost fat and gained lean simultaneously, once or twice, only to see my lean gains evaporate into thin air under the pressure of further weight loss.
Still, I am going to give this a try. If I succeed, my body weight will remain 184.754 pounds in 30 days, however, I will have only 25.266 pounds of body fat left, and my lean weight will be 159.488 pounds. This will move my BFP all the way down to 13.675481992270803338493347911277%. How about that precision?
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