Week 2 of IF

So, I'm a couple days late on posting results, but its been a crazy busy week.  Issues with the girlfriend and living situation, getting over being sick... BUT I am finally getting around to posting.  I've been working hard and sticking to the experiment.  Last week, I decided not to fast on Tuesday as I was just getting over my flu bug and thought it was best to keep myself satiated.

So, I started out with fairly bonkers results from the week before because of getting sick and apparently that wreaking havoc on my body fat reader.  Things have stabilized a bit now that I'm feeling better (still not 100%, but more than 80%, which is good enough for me right now.

I did incorporate one day of fasting on Wednesday night through thursday night - 6 pm to 6 pm, a full 24 hours.  I went from my bf reader thinking I am at 14% bf to it thinking I'm 12.6% bf.  I did manage to drop 3 pounds and lose some inches.  The inches are the keys that I'm looking at.  Unless I get a professional  skin fold test done each week, I can not trust the bipolar results of the body fat meter as much as I'd like.  Unfortunately, its the only tool I have at the moment that is functional.. that's mainly the reason why I've been keeping accurate measurements of key body areas over the last few weeks.  So, without further adieu, here's the results:

Weight: 156 lb
Body Fat: 12.6 %
Chest: lost .5 in - 35.5" to 35"
Waist: lost .75 in - 31.75" to 31"
Hips: Same, still 37.5"
Thighs: R and L lost .25 in - 21.25" to 21"
Biceps: Same, still 13.5" R, 13.25" L

Targets - I'm hoping that I see another decent decrease in body fat %.  I know once you get down to about 10% these bioelectric impedance devices really start to wig out. Once I look at the results and feel like I'm in that range, I'll probably go to the local clinic or university and have a professional skin fold done, just to see how the results stack up.

I'm expecting to be around 11% by next week, and around 154 lb.  I'd expect to see the chest and waist decrease a little, and the biceps and thighs remain relatively the same.

As far as the effects on my working weight for my strength training, I see a little difference, but nothing I'm too alarmed about.  My squat and deadlift are just as strong as they were 2 weeks ago.  I set a new personal record on the barbell row and on the power clean (140 lb, and 115 lb respectively).  My bench and OHP are suffering a little, but they always suffer after I hit a plateau.  I've decided to train on these exercises more.  I do a 3x5 set of bench and overhead press each day, rather than leaving 4 o 5 days in between them. I've been doing stronglifts long enough now to know that I feel the long days in between exercises are hurting my progress, and its not merely a lack of rest and recovery.  I will try this for one month and see how the progress looks.

Until next week, ciao suckaz!