Not dead! I’ve been a delightful combination of too sick to cook, and too busy to do much adventuresome eating.

I wrote a bit before on my weight, which is relevant today as I had an official weigh-in and body fat test. Today at noon I measured 136.5 pounds (what I expected) and 9% bodyfat (quite a bit lower than I had imagined). What this means is that in the past few months I’ve put on a lot of muscle and removed the fat, which leaves me lean, if not mean.

While 9% is fine, I don’t really want to get much leaner. My trainer is great, and is completely on board with me being a vegan. We talked about ways to make sure I can gain a bit more mass, which involves a lot of protein and fats, and of course lots of quality calories! Something I hadn’t considered was having a significant amount of protein before bed. She’s going to do some research in the next few days and see if there are any other ways I can tweak my diet to make sure I don’t waste away. It’s an ongoing process.