I'm gaining weight again. Which is maybe something I'm just going to have to learn to live with. This time around I'm fairly sure it's muscle, though. So there's that at least. Really I should just stop getting on the scale at all. Except that I really thought I was doing well, and that I'd finally see that damn number go down instead of up.
Aside from that number (which I really ought to just ignore) things are going well. I'm definitely getting stronger across the board. I can do 60-70 pounds on the lat pull down and row. I'm up to 15 pounds on the Arnold Press and 30 pounds on the dead lift. I've added weight to my step ups and feel completely stable doing them now. My trainer noted that, while I still have balance issues on the single-leg dead lift, my knee doesn't wobble at all. When she pushed me to fatigue on various exercises, I was able to do 20 pushups, and then another 15.
All in all I feel stable and strong when I'm lifting now. It's hard to figure out how this relates back to the ways my body is changing. My stomach feels and looks larger, but it's always been the last part of me to show change. The shorts I bought at the beginning of the summer feel loose. So I think I'm heading in the direction I want to be heading.
If I can just remember to stay off the scale, everything should be great moving forward. Despite the weight gain, I'm pretty sure I'm healthier than I've ever been. I'm certainly more active than I've been since high school. And I'm eating way more veggies and less junk than I was back then. I am getting results, as slow as the process has been, and it's making me feel good about myself.
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