I’m starting Week 6 of my 35 week journey to BMI 25 on a sad note. I haven’t lost any weight in the past 3 weeks. There’s definitely something wrong with what I’m doing because I’m hitting the weight plateau too early.
I have evaluated my current fat burning program and came to the conclusion that I am doing it wrong. I’m cutting corners by not doing everything in the program and not giving it my all during my workouts.
For those that haven’t figured it out , I’m following the fat burning program, “Fat Burning Furnace” by Rob Poulos. You can read about it at http://bestfatburningprogram.info. What the program promotes is doing workouts to muscle failure, counting calorie consumption, having proper nutrition, and getting proper rest periods. So far I’ve only succeeded in the workout portion.
So now, I’m forcing myself to do everything in the program. It will go like these:
Workouts: Time to make my muscles scream! No more half baked efforts: nothing but muscle failure.
Diet: I’ve succeeded in counting calories for 5 days (i won’t count calories on weekends). That’s a good test run. Tomorrow I’ll start with the actual daily recording.
Rest: So far, I’ve managed to force myself to rest at least 6 hours a day. The recommended duration is 8-9 hours. Six hours is already an accomplishment for me since I normally sleep for just 4 hours.
Here are the sad details for week 5:
Down:
- No weight lost—again
- Back to drinking 3-in-1 coffee mix
- Averaging only 10 glasses a day
- Can’t get enough of that indian food
Up:
- Averaging 6 hours of sleep a day — finally!
- Successfully track my calorie consumption during the week
More information on my calorie counting efforts on my next post.
