The Hacker's Diet - November

I was on a ROLL during November. I was militant about the diet and I joined a new gym, this one much closer with all new equipment. I worked out 2 out of 3 days for a total of 21 days and 8,500 calories burned. Remember, a pound of fat is 3500 calories.

The weight just fell off during November. I remember waking up in the morning after having worked out the day before and skipping dinner and being beyond hunger; I should have been hungry but wasn't. At one point I felt like I had extra skin on my stomach -- maybe it was loose from losing weight so fast.
Each morning I would plug the latest weight number into my spreadsheet and watch it drag the trendline down a little bit and it would give me such satisfaction!

Who knew that seeing your weight go down by .2 lbs could be so thrilling?

I began to experience a feeling of victory-in-progress, of invincibility even. I know that sounds silly but it was working so well. Even the day after thanksgiving I woke up and weighed myself and STILL the trendline went down.

Needless to say, I am quite proud of November. I consider it no small feat to generate a deficit of almost 50% of the calories you need every single day for a month.

Lost in November: 6lbs

Total Loss Since Starting Diet: 10.7lbs