Wow, do I suck at keeping this log going. I guess that's in large part because my current workouts are so very unexciting; I've taken inspiration from
this heartening post by Power Man DL, and his prescription for someone in the midst of a diet -- "2-3 sets of 6 reps for a press (bench press, incline bench, etc), a pull (barbell/dumbbell row, chinup/pulldown) and a lower body lift (squat, deadlift, leg press, whatever) 1-2x a week" -- is pretty much what I'm doing, with only modest ventures into weight progression. It seems to be working fine in terms of retaining lean mass while losing fat, but is not particularly inspirational to type up week after week.
On the eating front, I triumphed last weekend, when I went to an annual get-together with a whole bunch of my closest friends, which usually involves Consuming Mass Quantities. Thankfully, we meet up at a suites hotel with small fridges in the rooms, so I was able to mostly feed myself with lean protein, vegetables, nonfat dairy, and a stash of my beloved
Siljans rye crackers. I *did* consume a rather startling amount of gin and tonic at the Friday night dance party, but then I also danced my ass off for about three hours, so I'm hoping some degree of parity was attained. (Note to self: dancing ass off = really excellent steady-state-with-some-intervals cardio. Plus, more fun than the elliptical.)
Full stats will be entered in the Sept. 1 Progress thread, but so far -- I was at 144 this morning, which is down 9 pounds from early July. This is exactly halfway through my planned weightloss (my goal is 135), and having such heartening progress to date leaves me very confident I can hit my goal by, say, the end of October, which was my original plan. Yay! (*fist-pump of provisional TRIUMPH*)