Saturday weight = 191
Skulpt body fat result = 9.6%
Interpretation:
My weight has been holding very steady in the 189-190 range. It’s been a weird week with some of my food choices. Sodium intake has been all over the board, from one extreme to the other.
Bottom line here is that I’m looking leaner in the mirror, getting closer to the next belt notch down, feeling great, and lifting much more like a bodybuilder than a ballerina.
So yes, recomp. I’ve been bigger in the past, so getting a quick rebound response from the drastic change in lifting stimulus should be possible.
I’m also happy with my walking around look right now, so I’m reluctant to fight the urge to step on the gas pedal with my deficit just to nudge my body weight down.
So, I’m gonna stay the course. I could probably spark some incremental fat loss by staggering my calories a bit more. I haven’t had many low days or eat less/exercise less days, and usually one or two of those in a week will speed things up.
Hesitant, though, because I’m enjoying the volume of lifting for upper back and chest and I want to make sure I support my recovery so I can keep pushing.
I seem to re-run this analysis about once every two weeks. So far, my conclusion has always been “stay the course” with my overall calorie goal and explore some tweaks with the details.
I’ll stick with that approach for a few more weeks. I have reached my current level of leanness about three or four other times in my life. I never stayed their long enough and I never made enough of a commitment to push further to get even leaner.
My theory is that I don’t have to do both. I think if I just stay the course longer, I’ll gradually settle into a “leanest-ever” state, without having to drop calories much lower than now before eventually bringing them up a bit.
On the other hand, I have so many cards to play if I wanted to just get aggressive and blast through my leanness PR and get it over with. This approach is especially tempting because I have such great control over my diet right now. Full confidence that I could slash to 1800 calories/day right now if I wanted to.
I feel like choosing the slower approach will be a better path to strengthening my habits and getting my head around the concept of permanently eating this way and living the 2350 calorie lifestyle.