More than Just Pounds

I finished my 2nd week of my cut and I'm down -1.2 pounds!  I was surpised I lost so much because I went WAY over my calories last Saturday on day 1 of my week and ate 2616 calories.  My 7-day average for this past week was 1892 calories, so I didn't do too bad on average thankfully.  I also didn't exercise as I expected to, so my deficit wasn't even 500 calories, more like 250 calories maybe but I still lost and that's great!

Time will tell if this MATADOR metabolic reset really works for me personally.  If you look at when I started this to reset my metabolism, I was at 162.0 and then I ate at 2300 calories for 2 weeks and went up to 164.6.  Now, at 2 weeks later of my cut, I'm down to 161.6.  So, I have lost a total of 0.4 if you go by the very beginning of this experiment, as you can see in the chart below.  However, remember, it's about more than just pounds!  This is about resetting my metabolism for the long-term and being able to eat more and still lose and I'm accomplishing that finally.

So, I'm making progress essentially but let's see how this last week, week 3, of my cut goes.  Then, after this 3rd week, I will do a week of maintenance at 2300 calories and repeat the 3-1 cycle again.  Here are my current stats:

I have motivation from today's weigh-in to make this last week of my cut a good one!  I did 94 minutes of dancing, rowing and weight training today and it was also the first time in 2 weeks that I've done weight lifting.  So, going forward, I should have a true deficit of 500 calories for this coming week and expect to be down at least another pound. 

I am SO HAPPY that I am eating more now and losing!  Remember before I reset my metabolism, I was eating 1700, now I am eating 1800 and seeing losses.  I'm excited about this more anything because I value my metabolism and want to keep it fast and efficient as I lose the last bit and head into lifelong maintenance.