So, I am a work in process.
I have been steadily increasing my calories since the first week of February. Today, I weighed in at 10 pounds heavier than I was then, but I’m also eating 150 calories more per day.
Not freaking out – OK, just slightly. Why? Other factors:
- I measure myself once a week on Wednesday morning. My average of chest, waist and hip measurements has gone up exactly one half of one inch.
- I’m sleeping better than ever.
- I’ve hit my old PR numbers on press and deadlift from when I was way younger and much heavier.
- I recently left full-time employment, so my daily step count has decreased.
- My weight can fluctuate four pounds day to day based on my training, salt intake, stress, and sleep.
Tip – I have weighed myself daily for over 600 days. Along about day 200-and-something the power that number had over me died. It is just a number. All those other things mean more to me and should to you as well. You are not a number, you are a person.
So, what’s next? I think I am ready to try a mini-cut.
