Day "Zero"
242 lbs
44" Chest
46" Waist (Gut)
42.5" Hips
25" Right Thigh
25.5" Left Thigh
14.5" Right Bicep
14" Left Bicep
Ugh. I really let myself get like this. Really. Don't know if I can put my finger on any one thing that made me decide to make a change, but it was badly needed.
See day 28 after the jump...
227 lbs (-17 lbs)
41.75" Chest (-2.25")
41.75" Waist (Gut) (-4.25"!)
41.25" Hips (-1.25")
24.5" Right Thigh (-0.5"?)
25" Left Thigh (-0.5"?)
14" Right Bicep (-0.5"?)
14" Left Bicep (No change)
Starting to look better. This is probably the most "dramatic" change from Day Zero photo-wise, but the increase in strength, energy, and looser fitting clothes doesn't come through in the picture. Still a ways to go, and I'm happy with the results so far, hopefully I can keep the trends up
So not a bad first 30 days. I'm not sure if I gooned up some of the measurements with the thighs and biceps, but I'm not super concerned with those measurements - I'm looking to mainly drop excess baggage this go around, if I gain muscle mass and look 'ripped' that's a side benefit.
On body fat measurement, my bathroom scale (a 5+ year old Taylor brand with bodyfat measurement capabilities) seems to be a veritable roulette wheel of measurements, especially when it comes to body fat percentage. Initially I was using the "normal" person setting, and despite 2 weeks of weight loss, the reading was still pegged at the initial 30-something percent. I set up my user profile with the "athlete" function and it seemed to make things better (or more reasonable?) and readings dropped to about 20%, but there still seems to be a variation of up to 10% when taking readings. Maybe I'll look into more accurate ways of measuring this, but I'm not worried about it at this point, because I can physically feel and see that the amount of fat is decreasing. The number isn't important.
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