Minimize Me Monday

• I will continue to post this on Monday although I am using my measurements from Saturday.  My Precision Nutrition measurement check-ins are on Saturdays.  It is too annoying to weigh-in on Saturday and Monday.
• No weight loss this week and I completely own that one.  This week started well on the path to reducing dense carbs at non-workout times and ended up with me eating a combo at McDonald’s yesterday.  *Sigh*.  I don’t know what is wrong with me sometimes!
• This is a new month and a new day.  I’m still at 197.5 and I want to hit my quarterly goal of 185 by March 12th.  It is totally do-able if I fly right the next month and a half.
• I got my body fat measured for the PN program.  I had to find someone to do a 7-site skinfold test which is not necessarily the most accurate way to measure but if someone is skilled with the calipers it can be as much as 98% accurate.  I think it has to be a heckuva lot more accurate than that stupid Tanita scale that I have at home.  That thing put me at 44% even after a 20lb weight loss!  Since I carry most of my weight in my bottom half that method of testing is bound to overestimate me.
• My caliper test body fat came in at 29% which was absolutely not as bad as I thought it would be.  There is still much work to be done though!
• Even if this number is not accurate, a downward trend is the major focus.  I expect it to decrease throughout the 6-months of the PN program.
• My ultimate body fat goal is 20% which is considered athletic.  As a former couch potato, to ever “officially” have an athletic body would be sweet!
• I don’t feel like I’m working as hard as I can fitness-wise.  I’ve been leaving energy on the table during my workouts and that’s not my style.  I feel like there is this script in my head that goes something like “I’m bigger now so it is OK to not push myself that hard”.  “I’m a big girl…I should be out of breath…I should take a break…”  My goal this month is to stop working at 85% and give 100% again.  Size has nothing to do with effort!