Eating issues, 4 wk results, etc.

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All right, consider this forwarning. This is going to probably be

long and rambling.

I know this is the opposite problem than some others have. My issue

right now isn't that I am always hungry or craving foods. It is that

I have absolutely no appetite, which lets too much time lapse in

between meals, or else I just plain don't remember to feed me for

hours on end. This past week has been especially hard in the eating

department. I find myself looking at the clock and it is one pm,

with no food in my system because I just am not hungry. Of course, I

am a night owl so I know my internal clock could be playing tricks.

I usually do end up hungry in the evenings. So any suggestions? I

am up at 7:30 am every day, taking care of the kids, the house, etc.

I usually don't fit in my workouts until around 10:30 am because the

little people have more immediate needs and a lot less patience than

me. lol Then it is well after 11 (on weight days) and I wait another

hour to eat. So I am getting a late start on everything. Aside from

giving up my " me " time in the evenings so that I can get to bed

earlier I am not seeing a solution.

I took my week four measurements today and weighed myself. Not

seeing a change in the weight from two weeks ago (which is when the

appetite went away), but I am seeing the measuring tape go down. So

that is a plus. So far

Starting: Current: Total:

chest: 45.5 " 41 " -4.5 "

waist: 36.5 " 33 " -3.5 "

low abs: 43 41.25 " -1.75 "

ribcage: 35.5 " 33.5 " -2 "

hips: 44 " 42 " -2

R.thigh: 25.5 " 24 " -1.5 "

L.thigh: 25 " 24 " -1 "

R.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

L.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

L.arm : 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

R.arm: 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

upchest: 41 " 36.5 " -4.5 "

R.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

L.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

For a grand total of 23.25 " lost in four weeks!!!! I will weigh 168

for the next four weeks if I can just keep losing those inches.

So now here is my problem. If I miss up to 2 meals a day, am I going

to be in such a deficit that I lose muscle mass instead of body fat?

That concerns me. I know I am feeling the muscles in my body more,

and I can see some definition on my quads and my ribcage too, I need

to buy some new bras because the back fat is melting off. I just

want to keep losing inches and am afraid with not eating my six meals

that it isn't going to happen.