Phase 2, Day 42

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Weight/Measurements:

Weight: 125.5 pounds
Bodyfat: 22.5%
Waist, holding in stomach like I normally do: 27.5 inches
Waist, letting it all hang out: 28
Waist around my belly button, holding in stomach like I normally do: 30
Waist around my belly button, letting it all hang out: 31.5
Hips: 36.5
Chest: 30
Bust: 36
Thighs: R21.5, L20.5

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Weight: 134 -- 131 -- 129 -- 130 -- 127.5 -- 127 -- 125.5 -- 125.5

Bodyfat: 29% -- 29% -- 27% -- 28% -- 27.5% -- 26% -- 24.5% -- 22.5%

Waist, sucking in: 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28 -- 27.5 -- 27.5 -- 27.5 -- 27.5

Waist, hanging out: 30 -- 29.5 -- 29 -- 29 -- 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28 -- 28

Belly, sucking in: 32 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31 -- 30

Belly, hanging out : 34 -- 33.5 -- 33 -- 33.5 -- 32.5 -- 32 -- 31.5 -- 31.5

Hips: 38 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 36.5

Chest: 32 -- 31 -- 31 -- 31 -- 30.5 -- 30 -- 30 -- 30

Bust: 38.5 -- 38 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 36.5 -- 36.5 -- 36

Thighs: R22/L21 -- R22/L21 -- R21.5/L21 -- R22/L21 -- R21.5/L21 -- R21.5/L20.5 -- R21.5/L20.5 -- R21.5/L20.5


Not much happening here. (I don't really believe my fat percentage monitor, as I've said before). I do feel like my clothes are still getting looser, though it does seem to have slowed down. For sure, I've been eating more calories -- more like 1400 a day rather than 1200. This means I should have been losing more like an even pound of fat a week, rather than a pound and a half. A single pound can easily get lost in the shuffle of water weight or measurement error, so I'm not going to worry about my numbers right now.

At any rate, I definitely should think of myself as needing 1900 rather than 2000 calories a day for maintenance at this point. Sad. That's almost half a candy bar!

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Breakfast: small can of V-8; an apple

Lunch: a large slice of olive ciabatta with vegannaise and the last leftover dosha; about a cup of leftover cabbage curry (there's plenty remaining of that; my boyfriend didn't really like it)

Dinner: roasted chickpeas; diet Dr. Pepper

Exercise: none

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The roasted chickpeas were really delicious. I prepared them as a snack, but they were so good I ate the entire order and called it dinner. Somebody on one of the SBD boards said you can roast any kind of bean, and so I think I'm going to try doing different ones. If you are going to make these, I'd suggest a slightly cooler oven (like 350 degrees F), and a little less oil. They'll get crisper that way, like cornuts. Remember those??