On Wed. I felt horrible, a cold had hit, sinus infection, watery eyes, misery. I panicked. I was extremely worried that this would lead me back to the bad habits after this progress mentally and physically. The happy ending to my story is that I was able to push through it. I read online about the neck rule, if the symptoms are above the neck you should be fine, if the symptoms are below the neck or in your lungs, then you need to recover. If you have a fever, no go as you could overheat and dehydrate yourself. That was enough for me to take the chance and make the trek, so I completed my cardio in the morning with the thought that I could stretch the interval in between workouts until as late as I could wait Thurs night and then push Sat until as late as I could, just to make it to my cheat/ rest day. The hard part was getting there, as every part of me just wanted to cuddle into the fetal position on the couch and go to sleep lol... but once I worked out I felt great! The mornings were tough... it hit my like a ton of bricks. I had no appetite to be honest, but I forced myself to eat all my meals including my three protein shakes. I used a netti pot on my sinuses almost every two hours, kicked up my hot tea intake, and beat it! Fastest recovery ever! This is a big accomlishment for me in my experience as I now know I can push through this scenario.
In order to avoid the dissapointment of the weight scale and keep some positives for motivation, I purchased a tape measure from Walmart for about $2. Going forward I will be taking all the recommended measurements to see my progress and not let the weight scale drag me down. I started doing some research on tools for measuring body fat. I've used calipers in the past, but what seems like a simple measurement never seemed consistent for me. I decided to purchase the Accumeasure calipers and Myotape body tape for measurements. As I was placing the order on Amazon, I noticed an Omron Body Fat Monitor (My wife use to work for Omron), so I read on. It was about $30 and free shipping, after reading many reviews and doing some online research on it, I decided to get all of them for $40 shipped to my door. This way I could get comfortable using the calipers and utilize the monitor for accuracy. Can't wait for them to come in now :)
This weeks cheat day is something that I have been longing since I embarked on this journey consisting of a good treat of Bdubs! Habenero and carribean jerk wings, blue cheese, wedges, cheese, sour cream... stuffed like a turkey, but so worth squashing my cravings. And the icing on the cake... I still have had no BLUE MOON! Those that know me realize, this in itself one of the biggest sacrafices I have made. Blue moon and I go hand in hand... well did. I still insist that I don't "need" one, "want" one, yes, but I can wait and I don't want alcohol to effect my metabolism.
So here is the new table I completed and will fill in going forward :)
| Week | Date | Weight | Chest | Arms | Waist | Calves | Hips | Shoulders | Neck | Thighs | Forearms | BF% Omron Monitor | Lean Mass | Fat |
| START | 11/14/11 | 265 | 53.00 | 35.00% | 172.25 | 92.75 | ||||||||
| 1 | 11/21/11 | 262 | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||
| 2 | 11/28/11 | 262 | 50.25 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
| 3 | 12/05/11 | 260 | 49.50 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
| 4 | 12/11/11 | 255 | 47.5 | 15.75 | 48.25 | 17.00 | 43.50 | 52.00 | 18.50 | 25.00 | 12.00 | NA | NA | NA |
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