Day 14: Weigh In

Here we are, another week down.  Only 1 month to go.  After two weeks I have lost 12.5 Lbs, which I guess isn't too shabby.  I would much rather lose more than that, but I like most Americans want this to be quick and painless.  I didn't get to 283.5 Lbs quickly, so I guess I shouldn't be thinking it'll come off quickly.  Gaining the weight was a lot more fun though, I remember CiCi's Pizza, and Al's Cheese steaks.  Those were the days.  I am losing a bit of muscle, but they said I'm well within the normal range of muscle loss.  It's very difficult to lose a lot of weight and not lose any muscle.  Also I haven't been lifting weights as much as I would like to, so I need to try and get down to the gym more.

	Starting Weight	after 2 weeks	change in weight
Total Weight	283.5 Lbs	271 Lbs	- 12.5 Lbs
Fat	95.5 Lbs	85.5 Lbs	- 10 Lbs
Water	134.5 Lbs	134.0 Lbs	- .5 Lb
Muscle	53.5 Lbs	51.0 Lbs	- 2.5 Lbs

The funny thing is if you look at the numbers, I actually gained a pound of water back (if you look at last weeks numbers).  This could either have something to do with the beef jerky I ate this weekend (opps) or just in general I always hover around that much water weight.  I'm not going to have any beef jerky this week and we'll see if the water weight comes down.  They actually encourage a high water percentage, athletes have 60% water percentage (I'm at 49.5%) while those that are very obese can have as low as 30%.  Kind of interesting.