Bleh day.

Today is a bleh day. Maybe its a crash from all of the recent progress I've made or something. I just feel bleh. Its wednesday, which is measurement day. That means I take out a tape measure and measure myself to track my progress. I quit weighing myself a few weeks back, mostly because I reached a point where I was no longer loosing weight because of my weight lifting and increased protein intake.

I'm still currently sitting at anywhere between 198-202lbs, depending on the day. I started measuring myself once a week, 3 weeks ago.

This week, my body fat is at 13.6 percent. I don't know if that's right or not, but at least its consistent with my other measurements. I started measuring at 15.9 percent BF.

In the past 3 weeks, these measurements have changed significantly:
Bicep: + 0.5 in
Forearm + 0.5 in
Chest: - 1.0 in
Waist: -1.0 in

Other measurements are pretty much the same, ie neck, thigh, calf, hips.

If i had looked at the scale for my progress, I would have seen that 3 weeks ago I was 199, and today I weighed in at 201.5, which would lead one to believe that I made negative progress, but clearly by the change in size of the parts of my body, the progress is positive. My chest and waist got smaller(those are the 2 places I store the most fat), and my arms got larger.

The bottom line is not to pay too much attention to the scale when you are trying to get more fit. The scale might tell you how much you weigh, but there are far more important factors to pay attention to.

Now with all of that being said, I feel very guilty because I cheated badly on my diet today. I convinced myself that I "deserved" a pizza, and I got one, and ate it...the whole thing. I should have just cooked up the pork chops and eggs that I had in the fridge, but NO, I deserved an effin pizza.