I usually write this entry in the evening in front of TV, but today I need to at least start in the morning while things are fresh in my mind. I ate and drank yesterday planning to get a massive drop on the scales today. But it didn't happen. The scales showed a drop of 300g for the week which was absolutely devastating if I'm honest. I worked hard this week and I deserved more than a poultry 300g drop!! I know weight isn't the only metric I need to focus on, but its the only one I've documented for this 6 week sprint - to reach 100kg. Today I'm stuck at 102.8kg with only 2 weeks to go. I've been really disappointed and quite sad all morning. Its super frustrating when you know you're doing everything right and you don't get the results you want. I even eliminated oil last week thinking it was slowing my progress and that just seems to have slowed things further. I'm grateful I have AI, specifically Gemini to consult with on diet and exercise stuff like todays poor results. So I consulted, consulted and cried and bitched and ranted for close to an hour while I had my coffee. This was good as it allowed me to put things into perspective and uncover a couple of things: 1. I haven't had a dump since friday. Yea, gross I know. but theres a bunch of food I'm still digesting that is contributing to my weight today. 2. It forced me to measure myself. My waist is 1.5cm smaller than the last time I took measurement a week or so back. 3. I boxed yesterday for 90 minutes including a few rounds sparring at high intensity. My body is probably holding water as a stress reaction and processing minor injuries from the heavy shots I took to the body. 4. -300g is at least moving in the right direction. 5. I feel better. My stomach is a lot tighter and sometimes at the right time, in the right light, I don't hate my reflection in the mirror. Most importantly, I need to trust my process now. I don't need to make radical diet changes, workout more or do anything different. I'm doing everything right, the scale data just hasn't caught up. I will adjust my weigh in routine this week is to move from a weekly weigh in to daily. I don't like to obsess over the scales, but I think I'd like a bit more data as to how my body is reacting to various things throughout the week. I took the dog out for her walk early, still feeling sad. I wasn't feeling like audio books or music to listen to today so I chose a podcast I sometimes listen too. Https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cJl4MpssVaA&si=WKyvRt9MEHABnDSY Ironically this episode is about manifestation and having the universe provide for you. I think the universe provided this podcast episode for me today. I 100% needed to hear this today! I've had the day to think and to process. I'm still a little bit dirty with the 300g drop this week, but I've spent a bit of time researching and thinking. I've settled on a few tweaks for the coming 2 weeks Maybe I need to drink more water. I'm targeting 4L a day for the next 2 weeks. It can't be bad if its not the reason for my stall. Intense boxing and exercise in general causes your stress hormone cortisol to spike. This is OK if you're allow yourself to calm down afterwards. My theory is that mine spiked and didn't unspike for the weekend. My body then held onto water which made me weight heavy. Vitamin C, sleep and lowering stress reduces cortisol, so I'm taking three steps here: 1. Adding a chewable Vitamin C tablet each night to go with my Multi and My 2 x Magnesium and Zinc tablets. 2. I'm going to try Non Sleep Deep Rest before bed - I have a 10 minute podcast to try tonight 3. Caffeine doesn't help to reduce cortisol and I drink a lot of coffee. I think maybe its too much. I'm limiting coffee to 3 per day for the next 2 weeks + 2 Green Teas. Coffee will be finished before 2pm daily. So there, I have a plan. Aside from crying about losing a pitiful amount of weight for the week, i walked 13k steps and did a hard Strength Sunday session in the gym. Diet was good; Steak, rice and slaw (again) for lunch - i made an ok-ish mix for the rice with a little coconut aminos, miso paste, string onion and chilli - not bad, but not great either I added a chewable Vitamin C to my night time stack tonight. I've now got a vitamin C, 2 x Magnesium with zinc and a mens multi. I take them all at night before bed because the magnesium helps with sleep and if you're having coffee (which I'm not at 10pm) it'll mess with the potency of the vitamins. I also tried some de-stressing techniques just before bed. hopefully they helped calm me so that my body releases water and tomorrow I'm lighter. We'll see I guess....