Day 22. I can't believe that I am already in the home stretch - week three - of the detox. While I endured some difficult periods...giving up caffeine, living a week on essentially veggies and fruit, absolutely zero wine, life without gluten and eggs...it's already almost all behind me. Wild. Truly. Only six more days to go. With the holiday in the mix, and a extended weekend, I have no doubts it's going to fly right on by.
Yesterday, I went in for another Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA). I love the immediate satisfaction of knowing what's going on inside my body versus relying on subjective feelings (I feel thin, I feel fat, I feel bloated, yada yada). I have two results shown below - one that was taken a month ago today, and the other that was taken yesterday, after 21 days of detoxing. On 10/22, I weighed 120 and on 11/21, I weighed 124. As soon as I stepped on on the scale and heard him say, "Hmm one twenty four", I felt my shoulders shrug with shame. Four pounds I thought...how is this possible?
Well, the results proved to be a great reminder of why body compensation is the only thing that matters; not so much the reading on the scale. Yes, I gained four pounds, but it was NOT FAT...instead a beautiful mixture of muscle and healthy water. Yay! Trust me, I did a mini-celebration dance on the spot! :)
So to get technical, I'm up 2.7 pounds of muscle (even though detoxing - I'm still training just as hard), I have lost 3 pounds of fat, and I have 2 full extra liters of water in my body - stored right where it needs to be. The water in our body should be stored inside the cells...so our cells are like grapes...nice and plump...whereas an unhealthy cell would resemble a raisin - all dehydrated (not at all what you want, drink up!). The BIA results also revealed that I'm becoming more hydrated (I drink a gallon plus water a day). All of this is such great news; I am so excited that I am slowly making the climb to where I need to be.
So even though the number on the scale is higher, that's irrelevant. All that matters is the overall body compensation...and right now I'm giving it all I've got to get it where I want it to be. It's a journey...all the more reason to appreciate the ride!
As my mantra reads, "It's MY time to rid the fat and find the fit...for good!"
Keep it Clean!
Mrs. Skinny Fat
Yesterday, I went in for another Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA). I love the immediate satisfaction of knowing what's going on inside my body versus relying on subjective feelings (I feel thin, I feel fat, I feel bloated, yada yada). I have two results shown below - one that was taken a month ago today, and the other that was taken yesterday, after 21 days of detoxing. On 10/22, I weighed 120 and on 11/21, I weighed 124. As soon as I stepped on on the scale and heard him say, "Hmm one twenty four", I felt my shoulders shrug with shame. Four pounds I thought...how is this possible?
Well, the results proved to be a great reminder of why body compensation is the only thing that matters; not so much the reading on the scale. Yes, I gained four pounds, but it was NOT FAT...instead a beautiful mixture of muscle and healthy water. Yay! Trust me, I did a mini-celebration dance on the spot! :)
So to get technical, I'm up 2.7 pounds of muscle (even though detoxing - I'm still training just as hard), I have lost 3 pounds of fat, and I have 2 full extra liters of water in my body - stored right where it needs to be. The water in our body should be stored inside the cells...so our cells are like grapes...nice and plump...whereas an unhealthy cell would resemble a raisin - all dehydrated (not at all what you want, drink up!). The BIA results also revealed that I'm becoming more hydrated (I drink a gallon plus water a day). All of this is such great news; I am so excited that I am slowly making the climb to where I need to be.
So even though the number on the scale is higher, that's irrelevant. All that matters is the overall body compensation...and right now I'm giving it all I've got to get it where I want it to be. It's a journey...all the more reason to appreciate the ride!
As my mantra reads, "It's MY time to rid the fat and find the fit...for good!"
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| BIA results taken one month ago today |
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| Most recent BIA results taken 21 days into the detox. |
Mrs. Skinny Fat
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