Week 6

Well this week has been a bit of a challenge, I have had to fit in sessions with my chiropractor on Monday and Friday. This wasn't going to be a problem as I was going to fit in training on Tuesday & Thursday, my training session on Thursday didn't happen as my morale was down, I was going to try and fit in some training after my chiropractor but I didn't think it would be a good idea straight after the session.

So I'm going to have to pull my finger out and get to the gym tomorrow, and go for a run on Sunday.

I'm not going to be expecting much loss this week, due to my lack of training, I'm going to have to get stuck into my training next week.

On the plus side some of the ladies at work mentioned my weight loss, I couldn't help getting slightly embarassed, but its also a good morale booster.

I have a big weekend next weekend as I'm going to the Heineken cup final with some friends, it will be interesting to see if they notice any weight loss, I have seen some of them for months so I should look very different. Weigh in on Monday lets hope we get a better result than last week, although that will be difficult when I haven't done anymore exercise.

Weigh in 12/05/08

Well I did a weigh in this morning, and I'm a bit confused, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

Overall I dropped 3 pounds from last week, which is the biggest drop in overall weight since I started. But this has been entirely lean muscle mass, in fact I lost more than 3 pounds, as for some reason my body fat increased by 0.5 pounds. It looks like the few ciders I had on the weekend didn't do me any favours, I know that my diet is the one thing that I do need to work on, everything else is going well, but I need to eat much cleaner.

I have created a food diary, so hopefully that will help me keep track of what I am eating, its quite a clever spreadsheet. I just need to make sure I keep it updated.

I'm also seeing my chiropractor this evening (Which should be fun!!) which unfortunately means I won't be able to train, but I am going to go and do weights tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday, I'll also try and fit in some running on Wednesday and Friday, hopefully this extra exercise will help burn the fat.

Weigh in tomorrow!!

I thought I'd get a sneak preview before my weigh in tomorrow, I've been a bit concerned that my progress this week has been nonexistant, I haven't cheated much this week, although I did have a few drinks on Friday night. The results don't look good, but I'll now for sure tomorrow when I do my weigh in.

I'm off to see a chiropractor tomorrow night, his taking a look at some back pain that I have, I don't think this has ben due to weights, it is due to a car accident I had a few months back. Unfortunately due to the times I don't know when I'll be able to fit in my training.

Well the weigh in this morning gave me some motivation, I went for a run first thing this morning, it was painful as it was first thing in the morning and I haven't been for a run in ages.

Anyway, after today I'm going to have to start writing a food diary, I've tried to do these before but they are difficult to keep up-to-date. Also I have the issue regarding lunch at work, as I get the cooked lunch I have no idea what the protein/carb/fat content is for the food, but I'll see what I can do.

Feeling good today

So I went for my usual gym trip this evening, for some reason I was feeling extra strong. I increased the weight on one exercise, and I increased the reps on a few others from 10x3 to 12x3. Also some of the exercises that I really struggle with (which I have in the past not been able to complete) went really well today, I still struggled but I did finish them and they were slightly easier.

I'm also now completely out of Promax (Nightmare!!!) only joking its not the end of the world, I should have the new stuff tomorrow plenty of time for my next gym outing on Thursday.

I did get a maximuscle catalogue today though, I'm still completely confused about what the difference is between Promax and Promax diet, I'm happy to continue using Promax diet for the next month, but I'm going to contact Maximuscle to see what they suggest after I finish this stack.

Weigh in & Photos

So I did a weight in this morning, overall my weight has dropped but only just, it would be fair to say it hasn't changed at all. My body fat has dropped by 0.9%, which has meant a drop in about 1.7 pounds of fat. My muscle mass has increased to 140 pounds, this was the same as when I started the exercise. Overall I guess there hasn't been a massive change, but at least my overll fat content has dropped.

I also decided to add some photos of my progress so far, I'll be changing these photos as time goes by, the photos from 1/4/08 were very fuzzy but when I reduced the size they didn't turn out so bad. When I first started taking photos it was difficult to see my progress, but after creating the slides and comparing the photos side by side I am pleased with my progress.

I'm pleased with the side view as it shows a noticeable change in my gut size, I never really realised how big my gut was until I took this photo a month ago. Although I have made progress I also realise that I still have a long way to go. I wasn't really that convinced by my front view (I was pleased with my side view so that wasn't a problem), but now that I have the photos side by side I'm quite pleased. You can see that the front of my gut has narrowed, my pecs don't look as droppy, also around the waist there does seem to be some improvements.

Bank Holiday workout

I missed my workout on Friday, I had to go into London for the day and ended up staying in town to catch up with a friend. This meant that my meals for the day were pretty much ruined, but the pizza we had tasted amazing!!

As I was feeling pretty tired and fragile by the time I got back to Guildford I decided to give the gym a miss, but I promised myself that I would hit it hard this morning, which I did. I wasn't feeling 100% when I got there but I put the time in and did my sets, I felt quite fulfilled afterwards.

I also placed an order in for a new stack of maximuscle products, I thought I'd have enough to last me another week but the Promax diet seems to have dissappeared in the last day or so. I decided to go for the same products as last time, I'm certainly not ready to start bulking up, and to be honest I was slightly confused by the other weight loss stacks that they had, so many different products that all do the same thing? Anyway hopefully I'll get them delivered soon before all my stock runs out.

I'll be adding my stats tomorrow morning, I have been keeping an eye on this throughout the week so I'm expecting to see some changes.