Body Fat Challenge Check-In, goals posted and new link!

Morning!

Here's where I was yesterday:

Breakfast- BPC, 1/4 c almonds (after exercise protein)

Lunch- 1/4 c Publix buffalo chicken dip, 4 celery sticks

Dinner- 5 Publix hot n spicy unbreaded wings, 2 c baby kale mixed greens, 1/2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese, 1 tbsp ranch dressing

Snacks- 10 green olives, last serving (of 2) of the chocolate mug cake from the day before, 3 tbsp HWC whipped stiff

Water count- 143.2 fl oz

Body Fat Challenge Week 2

Yesterday was the beginning of our second week of this challenge and Ketovangelist has a new post up with his own stats, so you can see Brian puts his money where his mouth is- so to speak. If you'd like you can put your own stats in the comments there (I did). The post is here:

http://www.ketovangelist.com/body-fat-challenge-week-2/

I have to say, it's been pretty embarrassing putting my weight and fat pics and such out there. I realize at this point it's just a few friends and family members here, but even knowing that my readers love me regardless, it's mortifying. I've always been extremely secretive about my weight and the issues I've had associated with my battle to conquer the scale, but I realized recently that the secretiveness is half of my mental battle. If you never acknowledge the problem then you can turtle and pretend it doesn't exist, and that's what I've been doing for a very long time.

So here's what I posted on Ketovangelist:

Stats 6/1/15

Weight: 202

Body fat %: ?

Goal: ?

Waist size: ?

Stats 6/8/15

Weight: 200

Body fat %: 38.9

Goal: %: 35.9

Waist size: 40.5"

As you can see, I lost two pounds last week. That puts me at a 15 lb loss total from early-ish May to now. That, my friends, is a Scale Victory!

The hard part right now is adjusting my expectations for the scale, and limiting myself to weighing only once per week. The first week of keto I dropped seven pounds almost overnight. The second I lost another four. And the third I lost one. You will note my rate of loss has slowed considerably. I know this is normal, you know this is normal, everyone knows this is normal. However that doesn't mean in the back of my head I'm not screaming at the scale to MOVE ALREADY!!!! I've got to start resisting that, because when frustration sets in I will be tempted to fall back into my old eating patterns for comfort's sake, and I can't do that. The old way was literally killing me.

I'm counting on you guys, all three or four of you, to keep me accountable.

XOXO, 

Mandy