Week 3

The diet is getting harder and easier at the same time. Harder in that I'm really starting to dislike some of the foods that I am eating. Mainly because I eat them so often. Easier because of the difference I notice when I eat like this compared to how I used to eat.
Every Friday night so far I have looked forward to waking up the next day. Saturday is my cheat day, I'm encouraged to have a huge calorie spike, mostly from carbohydrates, in order to reset metabolism and replenish stores. So I eat whatever I want. Usually not a ton of food, but I do eat quite a bit. The result; every Saturday I have trouble falling asleep because of a stomach ache. Now part of it may be due to the amount of food eaten, but I think the majority of it is from the foods that were eaten.
While on the diet during the week, I feel like I have lots of energy. I haven't had any stomach issues during the week. Yesterday after cheat day, I felt tired all day. I didn't really feel like eating all day, and had to take a pretty long nap.
How much of this has to do with the food that I eat, I don't know. What I do know is that i feel better during the week and am seeing some really good results. If it continues this way I will hit my goal in a lot shorter time than I had hoped.

                      Start             3/12           3/19          3/26
Waist              41                 40            39              38
Chest              42                 41            41              40
Arms              12                 12             12              12
Legs               22                 22             22              22
Hips               39                 38             37              37
Total              156               153           151            149
Weight           194.8            193.6        189.6        185.6




Once again I am really please about this weeks results. I have almost hit 10 pounds lost and should hit it by mid week if not by tomorrow. I look and feel better. I will post updated pictures next week. My body  fat percentage had dropped into a normal range. According to that measurement, I have lost 13 pounds of fat. I don't know how much of that is true, but it is encouraging. 
I don't know how long I'm going to stay strictly on this diet. I will definitely eat more like this than not though. I will probably stay on it at least til I get under 170 (a mark I haven't seen in five years). The results that I have seen are definitely hard to argue with.