I am not generally working toward weight loss but it would appear I dropped two pounds this week. I weigh every Sunday morning. I was delightfully surprised! I did not change my usual diet at all which is decidedly quite health-supporting and I did my usual weights workouts.
Put this in perspective. My weight has been quite stable for several years now. I exercise regularly, particularly with a focus on maintaining cardio efficiency. I’m a menopausal woman in my 50s. I eat like most people do when they go on an intense diet. I just don’t lose two pounds in a week so this is a real change-up and must have been quite a good JOLT to my body!
I used the month of December to gear up to take on the 10K Kettlebell Swing Challenge. This week I hit it hard in a far more concentrated way than I did during my preparation and I guess the results speak for themselves!
This week I will put on my BodyBugg and share with you what’s happening with my daily calorie burn. This should be pretty interesting! At my age, height, and weight, my base metabolism rate for a day I might spend just poking around the house is about 1450-1500 calories. Now you know why I rarely lose weight! My metabolism rate without exercise is at the level a lot of people use for their day’s calorie intake when they’re expecting a deficit! If I didn’t workout, I’d have very little latitude for what I could eat and not have the pounds sneaking back on me.
I will vary the days between concentrated kettlebell swing routines and spreading out sets of 100 swings through the day. I’ll do a post on my regular diet this week. I will also discuss why kettlebells are an outstanding choice for weight loss, particularly the swing, and why they are great for women of any age.
Let’s see what happens next Sunday!
