Thoughts

I am averaging about 1 pound a week of weight loss.  I have built some lean mass.  I am really happy about that!  In the first challenge I lost some lean mass, my guess is it was mostly glycogen and water, but still it looks a bit scary to see that.  I am overjoyed that this time around I gained some lean.  So my overall weight loss was not as dramatic, but do I care?  No, not really.

I am hoping that by keeping the weight loss to 1-2 pounds a week I can allow my skin time to shrink down a bit.  It isn't looking so hot with the extra sagging :(

So, the biceps.  Maybe they didn't grow because of the body fat loss.  Fat puffs things up too.  They LOOK better, which is the important part I think.  I will keep working on it.  I don't need them to be huge, I just want them to get bigger than 11 inches...lol

I had a good workout today.  I messed it up since I wanted to do 2 exercises for each target area and forgot a second upper body thing.  So, maybe some dips or something tomorrow to make up for it.

End of Challenge II

So, I didn't make a bunch of my goals.  Blogging was not up to par for sure, nor was tracking some of the stuff I wanted to track.

My successes.  I did get to bed very close to 11 most nights, some nights even before 11.  I did exercise, but not according to my plans because of my injuries :(

So, the results are in.  Are you ready?!?


September 22 stats:

 thigh fullest part: 22.5
thigh: 17.5
calf: 14.25
ankle: 7.75
wrist: 6
forearm: 10
biceps: 11
waist: 34.5 (NW), 37 (AF)- my way of measuring, not sucking in like I do for 'official' tapings 
hips: 38.5 
chest: 35
neck: 13.5


October 28, 2010
thigh fullest part: 21.75
thigh: 17.5
calf: 14.5
ankle: 7.5
wrist: 6
forearm: 10
biceps: 11
waist: 32.5 (NW), 34.5 (AF) !!!!!!!
hips: 38
chest: 34
neck: 13.25


total inches lost= 8!  holy cow!


So the BF is harder to know for sure.  The tape site I normally use doesn't take into account the waist measurement, so it doesn't show that I have lost any body fat.  I found another site that says I am 30.4% now, and I was 32.8 with my last measurements, so it gives me a loss of 2.4%, which I like.  The scale at the gym that uses impedance says I have lost 1% of my body fat since Sept 22, from 29% to 28%.  I think I will stick with that one from now on.


I am down a total of 4 pounds, but I don't know the breakdown in fat percentage.


So my next 'challenge' ends on the day before Thanksgiving.  Still have the same end goals: reduce body fat, increase biceps.  I will do it!




So, I just re-did the one body fat percentage using the website I normally use.  At work it was giving me 26%, the same as it was in September.  Now it says 24.8%.  I am guessing because of the parts of the inches i wasn't using before?


So that stats for that:
24.8% BF ( 38.6 Pounds of fat and 117.4 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water) - 10/29/10


September BF%- 26 (40.8 fat, 116.2 lean)


Down 2.2 pounds of fat and up 1.2% lean!  That is some good stuff!!!

Running Strikes again!

So, now my knee hurts AGAIN from Squadron PT.  I can't wait until Wednesday so I can get on profile and maybe get this knee to finally feel better.

Eating was good today, I had a couple of times where I was super hungry, but was able to stay primal for 90% of the day :)  I ate one bite of the shell from a taco salad and 1/4 of a piece of Ezekiel bread, so not bad at all.

I was down another pound this morning.  I don't expect that to keep happening, but if it would like to I wouldn't mind.

We had pizza soup for dinner, yummy!  Then David brought home some Taco Bell, I ate the guts of a steak taco and some of a chicken taco salad, but not the beans or rice.

Exercise today:
walk/run for about 20-25 minutes
cool down 5 minutes (walking)
squats on TG
calf raises on TG
fitter: 1 min
elliptical: 3 minutes
rebounder: 2 mins
SLR for my knees

Tomorrow I was going to run, but with my junked up knee I may do the elliptical instead and let the knee rest a bit more.  I should do a tabata dumbbell thrusters session too.

I guess that is all for now.  Have a good night all!

Working It!

I waited until the last minute, but I finally got in some upper body stuff.  I did 2 sets of pull-ups on the Total Gym, 1 set of low rows on the TG, 3 sets of over head presses with 8# dumbbells (need more weight).  Then when I got home I did 3 sets each of diamond wall push-ups and regular close arm push-ups.  It isn't much, but it is better then what I normally do, which is nothing...lol.

Food was great today.  I was really hungry this afternoon though, I need to pack better for snacks at work.  Nah, I really just needed meat, beef today.  I was totally craving it!

I did some measurements this a.m. and it looks like i might have lost some more inches.  I am going to wait until next week, the end of the second 30 day challenge.  I was totally not as good this time around, but still not terrible.  I don't know if I will make my goals, but I might be closer than I originally thought.  After that I will do one more.  Basically 25 October until 24 November.  That way I can go 'off plan' for my birthday on the 25th.  So, next week I will re-do all the original measurements from 22 September.

I guess that is all for now.


Breakfast: almonds, coconut milk, green tea
lunch: 2 eggs, brie, sausage, carrot, coconut milk, red peppers
snack: almonds, pistachios
snack: string cheese, beef jerky, dark chocolate
snack: 1/2 banana, carrot, green tea with coconut milk
dinner: 2 slices bacon, asparagus and cheese fritatta
snack: dark chocolate

took supplements: magnesium, fish oil, Vitamin D3

Tomorrow is squadron PT, bleh...lol  Friday I will go run on the indoor track, double blah!

I posted the above blog, and then saw off to the side that I had not updated the weigh-in section in a while.  So, I added the weigh-in for today, 157.4.  And then I realized that I lost 2.7 pounds since September 29, which is only 3 weeks ago.  That averages out to .9 pound a week.  Basically I have lost a pound a week, for someone as close to goal as I am, that is excellent!  I really need to quit being so hard on myself!!!!