Day 22
January 29, 2008 10:48 am Velocity Diet LogMeasurements
I was a little disappointed to not be under 100kg again but it’s pretty much assured I’ll be there next week.
Again the first number is from the last measurement, last week, and the last number is since the start, I’ve adjusted for what I was at the beginning extrapolating from my first run.
Weight : 100.4kg (-1.4kg, -10.4kg)
Waist : 95.5cm (-3.0cm, -11.5cm)
Thighs : 65.5cm (-1.0cm, -5.0cm)
Calves : 42.0cm (-0.5cm, -3.0cm)
Upper Arm : 35.0cm (+0.5cm, -1.0cm)
Forearm : 29.0cm (-1.0cm, -2.5cm)
Chest : 106cm (0.0cm, -4.5cm)
Sleep
I got about 5 hours sleep last night as I went out at night and got up early to be at a friend’s house. I wasn’t tired though and had lots of energy.
Exercise
I did back and shoulders today. I increased my weight and volume on deadlifts, rows, lat pull downs and the shoulder press. So pretty much everything went up. Deadlifts were suprisingly easy actually.
I also increased the weight on my squats so that I am squatting 70kg for 20 reps now at the end of my workout. It feels good to smash my legs so hard.
General
I had a great day. Starting off with weights and with it being a public holiday I almost kept forgetting that I’d already done so much exercise for the day. I felt lazy but then had to remind myself I’d done an hour of good weights.
I’d really, really thought I’d be under the 100kg mark today but I was literally within pissing distance! So at least I know I’ll be under the 100kg by the end of this but given the rapid starting weight loss the remaining weeks have been a bit disappointing. I still have to remember that losing 1.5kg in a week with only three weights sessions is pretty damn good!
I still lost good amounts on my legs and waist so I’m still dropping size which is the main aim really. I can still see changes in my thighs day to day.
I spent the day with a friend and her daughters and then some with her partner too. Most of it was great fun and eating the shakes was pretty easy. I just prepared it in bags before i left and mixed them together as I needed to. To me the weight loss is noticeable but it’s probably in areas that people wouldn’t tend to notice like my upper arms, upper legs and waist, but they did say that it was really noticeable in the face now too.
I had a solid meal at night to fit in with them though but that will be my solid meal for this week. It was free range chicken breast with some pasta that had olives, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic and basil tossed through it with some olive oil. I made sure to keep the pasta portion small and the chicken portion big so it wasn’t any different to my usual solid meal.
So all in all I’m feeling really good and it’s just starting to settle in that I’m on the home stretch with only six more days to go. At this stage I’m doing it for the achievement rather than any further gains. I do want to lose more weight, but the food changes and all those other benefits are here. I just want to be able to say I did the whole course and now I know it’ll be a cake walk!