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March 3, 2006

Fat vs. muscle? I'm not so sure

Quickest update on my last poo post then back to weighty issues I swear. Yesterday, I made my first bathroom visit as I went to the company gym (which is in a different building). In fact I only used it to change clothes (obviously I’m still a little defensive). Again I was smacked in the face with an offensive odor but this time it was as though someone assaulted me with a spray of lemon pledge. I figured someone took a poo and was trying to cover their tracks.

It wasn’t until later in the day that I made first official visit to the bathroom back in my own building. I was shocked to encounter the strong lemon pledge scent again! This made me a bit paranoid because I thought maybe that stench stuck with me. Could I possibly have followed the same person into the bathroom after she had taken yet another poo?

Later I overheard a co-worker mention that she didn’t like the scent of the new air freshener that they installed the previous day. It’s a machine that shoots scents at the entrance! I thought that my interpretation of these events was pretty funny but what’s probably funnier is that someone thought so much of the stink I wrote about in my last post that it motivated the facilities manager to take action and install a high-powered scent blaster.

Back to the weight stuff!

I peaked at scale this morning and I weighed 160 again. I know I shouldn’t be upset about this because it’s not even a pounds worth. Aside from two big dinners out I’ve been eating well and working out a lot. Losing one pound a week isn’t too much to expect at this point, though. It’s frustrating. I’m beginning to think that patience is needed more than will power in the dieting process.

I’ve been feeling leaner and a bit more muscular. Not that my muscles are necessarily growing, they’re surrounded by less fat. My pants are looser and the works. The fat percentage on the scale read 35 as opposed to the 37 I had been previously. This is really interesting for me. It’s difficult to gain muscle weight and with all my excess fat weight I should still be losing fat pounds faster than I would be gaining muscle pounds.

I don’t know what to think. Ultimately I feel really good so that helps keep me going. I will be buying a new car and listing my house this weekend, so in light of that I can only feel excited and great.

Posted by hopeful @ March 3, 2006 9:57 AM