I Weighed In Today

I did a lot of physical exercise while I was in Georgia last week. I got up at 6:00am everyday to my regularly scheduled BFL workout. Monday was cardio on the treadmill. Tuesday, LB. ect. I was frustrated with my UB though. It's the first time that I lifted weights in the early morning, and I was working with a universal type gym that I wasn't used to. Hopefully I got a decent workout.

While down there, I took a walk every afternoon about 6:00pm. I probably averaged about 2.5 miles per day. Friday was a day off. So, since I'm back home today, I weighed in and took some measurements.

Weight still hasn't changed - 189 lbs. My waist dropped half an inch, my hips dropped half an inch, but both my thighs increased half an inch. That tells me that I'm losing belly fat and gaining muscle in my legs. This morning, I was back at my regular gym with Chris and did a cardio. Tomorrow is LB.

I logged my food intake and I'm way too high on my fat intake. Today (St Patricks Day) we had corned beef & cabbage for lunch. OMG! Way high in fat! Gotta figure out how to get that down.

Top 10 Things That Have Helped Steve

My buddy Steve is doing the Body-for-Life Challenge. He posted his list of the top 10 things that have helped him on the BFL-Challenge web site. With his permission, I've included his list on this site. To read it, click on the comments link below. It's worth the read.

I haven't been able to get to the gym...

...for the last four days, and I feel like this guy right here. That's right. See that belly. That's me. I tried working out with weights here at home, but I only have one set of dumbbells--and they are just not heavy enough to get a good lift in. I did some upper body and some core, but it's just not as effective as getting into the gym. And now this weekend, they're predicting the winter storm of the season. Just when I need to get to the gym! Well, I will get a cardio on cross country skis tomorrow. Right now it's raining ice, but tomorrow it's supposed to snow about a foot. That should do it.

So, here's what I did this past week

Sunday - Treadmill warm up 150 calorie burn. Lower body/core weightlifting.
Monday - 500 calorie burn on treadmill.
Tuesday - Treadmill warm up 150 calorie burn. Upper body weightlifting.
Wednesday - 500 calorie burn on treadmill.
Thursday - Treadmill warm up 150 calorie burn. Lower body/core weightlifting.
Friday - 500 calorie burn on treadmill.
Saturday - Treadmill warm up 150 calorie burn. Upper body weightlifting
When I say weightlifting, I'm talking an effort of 10 on the BFL scale.

Nutritional supplements - One per day of the Myoplex Ready to Drink. That would be an additional 43 grams of protein per day. Plus one serving per day of Phosphagen (Creatine)

And here's what I got for it.
Waist - minus 1/2 inch
Chest - minus 1/2 inch
Thigh - plus 1/2 inch
Calf - plus 1/4 inch
Weight - plus 2 pounds

I can already see and feel the difference in my body. I thought that I would lose some weight with all that cardio, but my thighs feel like Bruce Banner.

When I think I need some inspiration, I click on Joshua's picture.

Okay, Here are the Before Pictures!

To see the difference from before and after, this is my before picture.

Because of work schedules and other things, I took the last 3 days off from working out. The body needed a rest. We've been going to the gym 4 days a week... one week it was five times. Tomorrow I'll weigh in and take measurements. I don't think I've lost an ounce, but I've lost a lot of body fat and gained a lot of muscle. If you have the nerve, you can click on the pics to see the frightening detail.

Disclaimer: The owners of this site are not responsible for the shock this may cause.

Feb 4, 07 What the Frig??!!! I weighed in this morning and took measurements. No change! Nothing! Zilch! Nada! Something is desperately wrong. Could it possibly be that I can go to the gym 4 days a week and see no improvement after a month? This must be part of some vast right-wing conspiracy! Dave was in town last week. Maybe he sneaked into our house while we were asleep and gave me collagen injections around my waist. Or maybe I should stop drinking beer after every workout? : (

The Start Date Approacheth

The weekend is here and we have upper body today, lower body tomorrow, and cardio on Monday. Usually Monday is a day off, but we decided to add a cardio day. The plan is to keep the heart in the fat burning range (110-120 bps) for an hour. That should burn about 300-400 calories.

We went to the gym. I walked/jogged for 30 minutes. That's a calorie burn of somewhere between 240 and 315 - depending on who you ask. After that, a full upper-body workout. Flies on the exercise ball then machine presses for pecks, dumbbell side raises then machine raises for delts, shrugs for traps, pull-down then cable row for lats, cable pull-down for triceps, and dumbbell curls for biceps. I drank two bottles of water during my workout and my muscles seemed to pump up nicely. It was a lot of work!

We belong to Snap Fitness. It's a bare-bones gym - no showers, no saunas, no meet-market environment. But it's convenient - open 24-7, very affordable, and lots of locations around the country. We see a lot of the same people and the owner knows us by name. It's like a family. We really like it. They have several treadmills, elipticals, and bikes for cardio, a full circuit of weight machines, a smith machine and lots of free-weights. If you need it, they got it. And since it's a neighborhood gym, we've never had to wait for or turn on something.