Weight Update for June 29, July 6 and July 8 and the Start of No Junk Food

 For the last while, I haven't felt very healthy.  I feel like I've been eating a lot of junk food, and I haven't been super active (I'm still walking a lot, but I've completely fallen off the yoga habit) :(

So here were my numbers for June 29:

weight: 215.6 lbs
fat percentage: 48.6%
hydration: 35.3%
muscle: 25.3%
bone: 10.9%
cal: 2353

I had plans for the weekend, but after seeing those numbers (and just generally feeling like I've been unhealthy), I decided that after the weekend, I would cut junk food out for the rest of July.  I'm making allowances for the August long weekend because I'm planning on going camping (which will mean junk food, although I may try to just bring healthy snacks instead, we'll see).  

Because I have diabetes, I decided right off the bat that there would be one exception to the "no junk food" for the rest of July rule: if I go low.  In that case I will eat whatever I need to to get my lucose back up to a safe level.  Otherwise, I went and bought a ton of fruit for snacks (I haven't had kiwi in so long!  They're soooo good!) as well as some trail mix, so those have been my main snacks so far (although I also have some toasted baguette pieces which might technically be junk food because they're packaged and presumably processed, but they're super tasty with Baba Ganoush so I'm okay with eating them.  Plus they aren't tortilla chips, so I'm thinking they're a healthier choice in that regard).  If I feel like baking (and the weather isn't super hot), I'll make some snacks from Fuel Your Day as well, and maybe get some good snacking vegetables like snap peas.  I'm also drinking a lot of water with frozen fruit in it (throwing some strawberries or mangoes in is super good!)

The original plan was to start on July 5th, but everything got derailed over the weekend.  I ordered a pizza for dinner on the 5th because I just couldn't deal with cooking anything.  I did try to make it a healthier pizza with tomato sauce and lots of veggies - but I did order creamy garlic dipping sauce, which wasn't a good plan in hindsight.  So here's my weight for July 6th:

weight: 218.0 lbs
fat percentage: 49.6%
hydration: 34.6%
muscle: 24.8%
bone: 10.9%
cal: 2367

Yikes!!!!

But thankfully, despite still eating some pizza (but I'm proud to say, not with the dipping sauce after the 5th!) my numbers are improving already (July 8th):

weight: 216.0 lbs
fat percentage: 47.6%
hydration: 36.0%
muscle: 25.8%
bone: 10.9%
cal: 2355

I'm particularly excited to see the fat percentage go down by 2% and the muscle back up by 1%!

It looks like my "no junk food" plan is already working!