Tuesday April 6 2010
Just checking my progress, and I’m surprised at myself! I took a little break last week from formal workout, just doing conditioning exercises, and getting to the gym twice last week (Wednesday and Saturday--They were really good work days!). Anyway, this morning, I weighed myself, and I am 119.4 pounds! Woohoo! And my measurements are:
Neck 13.5
Waist: 26.5 (yay!)
Hips: 34
Which equals to 16.8%
Just some analysis: that equates to 20 pounds of fat and 99.4 lean pounds. Since my last measure day of Saturday March 27, I lost 1.14 pounds of fat, and about .2 lean pounds. But, after this week, all else being equal, I just need to increase strength gains to at least keep the lean pounds I need, and the fat burning will happen secondarily for fuel. Wow, I started writing my goals, but I definitely need to aim higher, because I am already at my approximate goal weight for April 30 (which is to be at 117 pounds and 17% body fat.) Good thing I didn’t post my goals yet, I guess!
It’s weird what a mindset shift it is to be a body builder/muscle gainer rather than being a fat burner. True, I still need (and want) to be a fat burner, but when my priority now is building muscle, I need to approach my workouts differently. Not necessarily have a different workout, but heavier, more intense with better foods. I need to treat each day as new, because I still have lingering food issues of when I was heavier, which means that I needed to restrict more calories. Now that I’m on a muscle building schedule, I actually need to eat more! And, a day off for eating good foods, like I had at Easter, definitely won’t hinder my progress. It’s almost like it helps! I know that I had a really good lower body day yesterday. I felt stronger with more energy. I just need to continue to set myself up for success with my food timing and ensure that I eat later in the day, like at 6:30 or 7 to fuel my muscle gains more effectively.
Happy sidenote: I increased weight on my dead lifts to 105 pounds! Woohoo! For squats and deadlifts and bench presses I want to be able to lift my body weight. Well, for squats, I want to lift 135 pounds (I don’t need to be an Olympian!) and at this rate, I can do that this month rather than next month like I thought. I love how health gains come by faster after a certain point, almost like snowballing. Realistically, those gains also reach a plateau, but I am enjoying the gains while I’m getting them! This Saturday will be my first measure day with chinups. I’m hoping to be able to do one unassisted, because I have a goal of 3 and eventually 5 and beyond.
Neck 13.5
Waist: 26.5 (yay!)
Hips: 34
Which equals to 16.8%
Just some analysis: that equates to 20 pounds of fat and 99.4 lean pounds. Since my last measure day of Saturday March 27, I lost 1.14 pounds of fat, and about .2 lean pounds. But, after this week, all else being equal, I just need to increase strength gains to at least keep the lean pounds I need, and the fat burning will happen secondarily for fuel. Wow, I started writing my goals, but I definitely need to aim higher, because I am already at my approximate goal weight for April 30 (which is to be at 117 pounds and 17% body fat.) Good thing I didn’t post my goals yet, I guess!
It’s weird what a mindset shift it is to be a body builder/muscle gainer rather than being a fat burner. True, I still need (and want) to be a fat burner, but when my priority now is building muscle, I need to approach my workouts differently. Not necessarily have a different workout, but heavier, more intense with better foods. I need to treat each day as new, because I still have lingering food issues of when I was heavier, which means that I needed to restrict more calories. Now that I’m on a muscle building schedule, I actually need to eat more! And, a day off for eating good foods, like I had at Easter, definitely won’t hinder my progress. It’s almost like it helps! I know that I had a really good lower body day yesterday. I felt stronger with more energy. I just need to continue to set myself up for success with my food timing and ensure that I eat later in the day, like at 6:30 or 7 to fuel my muscle gains more effectively.
Happy sidenote: I increased weight on my dead lifts to 105 pounds! Woohoo! For squats and deadlifts and bench presses I want to be able to lift my body weight. Well, for squats, I want to lift 135 pounds (I don’t need to be an Olympian!) and at this rate, I can do that this month rather than next month like I thought. I love how health gains come by faster after a certain point, almost like snowballing. Realistically, those gains also reach a plateau, but I am enjoying the gains while I’m getting them! This Saturday will be my first measure day with chinups. I’m hoping to be able to do one unassisted, because I have a goal of 3 and eventually 5 and beyond.
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