Last week I reduced my carbohydrate intake slightly and vowed to eat "cleaner" carbohydrate sources to see how I would respond. I also wanted to see if adding fruit to my meals throughout the day (vs. only with breakfast) would impact my results. Needless to say, this was not a great experiment because I manipulated more than one variable (cleaner carbs + less carbs + added more fruit).
Here are the results:
Weight (2/27/12): 211.0 Weight (3/3/2012): 208.0 Change: -3.0 lbs.
Body Fat % (2/27): 7.64% BF% (3/3): 6.05% Change: - 1.59%
Lean Mass (2/27): 194.89 lbs. Lean Mass (3/3): 195.41 lbs. Change: +.52 lbs.
Fat Mass (2/27): 16.11 lbs. Fat Mass (3/3): 12.59 lbs. Change: - 3.52 lb
So, I decreased my body weight by 3 pounds. More importantly, I dropped a significant amount of fat (probably some excess water as well) without sacrificing hard earned muscle mass. My results show that my body is responding well to this change, and I will likely continue this meal plan until I need to worry about making more significant muscle gains.
Mentally, this change was fairly easy. I am used to eating low sugar foods and the addition of fruit throughout the day actually made eating carbohydrates more of a pleasure instead of relying on so much grains.
Anyway, excited to get my body fat percentage back down to the 4% range for the summer!
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