Day 14 of 42
Damn! Weight was up this week - 99.4kg today. I'm not too upset tho. I think my arm is storing a bit of inflammation for the new tattoo and the dinner i had last night felt really salty. I'm hoping both things will work themselves out in a few days. The most important thing is to not let a minor setback derail anything - especially given we're having Easter weekend with a lot of temptations around me.
Speaking of temptations - I'd really love to eat a whole bunch of hot crossed buns this weekend. I love break and something about those salty / sweet buns really does it for me! Hot crossed buns with lots of butter and jam - yummo! But alas, I have other priorities and I know one of those will lead to 5 or 6 of those, so better to just avoid!
I thought it best to avoid my normal Strength Sunday workout today with the new tattoo on my wrist. Instead I did a few rounds of skipping and shadowboxing then a high rep upper body routine. I needed the sweat session anyway and it felt good.
Its Easter weekend, but I still kept to my regular routine; up for a walk at 8, gym at 11:30 and then break my fast at 1pm for lunch. Steak, salad and slaw for lunch - the usual. Then roast lamb for dinner. Its all a bit same same.
Sitting at 99.4kg is pure noise—your 1,012-calorie tactical pivot and the discipline to walk past those hot cross buns during Easter shows a fighter's mindset, even if the tattoo-induced inflammation is masking your fat loss. I see the 'same same' fatigue creeping in with that 3/10 mood; you're historically prone to mental burnout when your routine feels like a grind, so don't mistake temporary water retention for a lack of progress. Flush the excess sodium from last night's dinner by slamming 500ml of coconut water today, and ensure you aren't sneaking any dairy into that 'slaw' to keep the #Reduce_Dairy protocol tight while your skin heals.