Body fat test

Weight: 146.8
Calories eaten yesterday: 1719
Calories burned: 1968
Calorie deficit/overage: -249
Carbs: 56g
Fat: 81g
Calories burned in exercise: 93

Had my body fat test today. I'm a little worse than in February but better than in May (which was a fluke - I was holding onto a lot of water weight at the time). Official body fat percentage - 22.85%, so basically 23%. Some of the caliper measurements were higher than in February; some were lower. So things are moving around a bit. My fat mass is 33.76 pounds, and lean mass is 113.98 pounds. All my measurements were higher except for around my breasts; that was down a teeny bit. Ideally, I'd like 21% body fat. That would be my dream goal. The tests have shown my overall weight creeping up (144.5--146--148) . Must reverse that trend.

After the test I did 45 minutes of weights and a half hour of cardio. Then I had to leave for work, but when I got to the Coliseum BART station I had enough time to walk the rest of the way to work, so I did. FitDay says 331 calories. The walk from BART helped up my total steps so that I had over 10,000 by the time I got to work. My goal is 10,000 steps per day, but I don't always make it. However, I'll feel just as good if I can keep my average over 10,000, with the high step days balancing out the low step ones.

I did 8 reps on the first set of dumbbell curls today! That's the highest number of reps yet. Set 2 and 3 were 7 and 6 reps, respectively. I use a 20 pound dumbbell.

I'd like to be able to do men's push ups. I was inspired by my women's muscle and fitness magazine, which had an article on it in the last issue. I can do girl's push ups pretty well, but the male ones elude me. This is definitely something I'll be working on. :) I will do this!

Here's my FitDay graph showing calories eaten (in orange) and burned (in purple) for the past week. As you see, I should be losing.


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My dental appointment is tomorrow (4 pm). Pray for me.

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