Saturday 7 April 2012

Saturday 7 April Day 16 To Fitness

What a week!! Unfortunately I have had one hell of a busy week which has resulted in me having to skip some training sessions, although I've still managed to get out for my morning walk. My diet has been off the ball as well due to me being out and about with my client. As an example, on Thursday night after managing to grab a protein bar I always keep handy when at work, my client decided he wanted me to join him for a last minute three course meal. His culture means that to refuse his hospitality, no matter what the grounds, would cause upset. As I'd already eaten all of my required calories for the day I went for the lightest I possibly could. I was able to get away with a tuna steak salad to start, a parma ham salad for main with olives, sun dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts and a small fruit salad for desert with mineral water to wash it down. It was all very, very nice (the benefits of working in personal security!) but was essentially a 3 course meal more calories than I needed!

Training wise, due to me finishing early, I've skipped a few workouts. A couple of day have resulted in me getting 4 hours sleep so I've left the gym sessions on those particular days. Tomorrow will be back to normal so back in the gym before work. I've now updated my pictures for my weigh in the 1 April as well as the comparison shots at the top of my blog. That's it for now, looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight and getting back in the gym tomorrow.

Sunday 1 April 2012

Sunday 1 April 2012 - Day 10 to Fitness

Weigh in day!

First yesterday in brief. Was up at 06:30 this morning, walked the dog and then jumped in the gym. This mornings workout was Thrusters. 7 rounds of 3 reps. Was pleased with my reps and weights this morning. They were as follows;
1 - 50kg  2 - 52.5kg  3 - 55kg  4 - 57.5kg  5 - 60kg  6 - 65kg  7 - 70kg

The last set of 70kg for this was very hard and pretty much my limit. Looking forward to doing this again in a few months to see if I can improve on it.

Diet today was spot on. 

Right, now for the weigh in.

My previous weigh in weight  on the 22 March was 293lbs / 132.9kg, my weigh this morning was 286lbs / 129.7kg!!! 

That's a loss of 7lbs / 3.1kg in 9 days!!!!! I'm very happy with that, although I'm a little concerned that I may have lost muscle tissue as well as fat as that is an average of about 5 lbs a week, but some of that could be water, and it might stabilise over the next week. One thing I want to make sure I'm doing is losing body fat and not just bodyweight as they are two completely different things. I've also lost .5 of an inch off my abdomen, .5 of an inch off my calf, 1 inch off my chest, .5 of an inch off my hips and . 5 of an inch off both my neck and thighs. 

Diet today was slightly off. Woke up with a breakfast shake as per normal. Mid morning I had some bacon, poached eggs and tomatoes, then for lunch was a Sunday Roast in the garden with my wife and kids. I'm working night's again now for a couple of days so was in bed by 15:00 and back up at 18:00 to start the day with another breakfast shake.

Training wise today was bad. I went into the gym to do a workout, but got 1 round into it and had nothing left in me. I felt too drained and decided to knock it in the head. Monday is supposed to be a rest day, but I will train to make up for today.

All together not a bad day. I'm very happy with my results so far.

Updated With Pictures