Change That I’m Still Seeing
February 26, 2008 10:35 pm After The DietThere are still changes that I’m noticing from day to day in my body. Rather than noticing something every couple of days now it’s more like once a week or after I’ve finished a workout there will be something popping out that didn’t before. No, not that, that always pops out.
Anyway I was thinking today about how my main goal from the very beginning has been to be comfortable with my shirt off. I reckon that it seems to be the inalienable right of even the most average looking dude in Australia so it would be great that at some point I don’t feel like I’m going to freak people out or make them ill. It’s going to be a lot harder for me than other guys both physically and mentally but I think I’ll get there, actually this diet and it’s after effects have given me confidence that I’ll get there.
So to the changes.
I’ve definitely noticed my legs thinning out quite a bit, it’s slowed lately because I do actually have quite a bit of muscle mass in my legs plus with starting squats and proper bike riding that’s going to help pump them up rather than deflate them. Either way it’s noticeable when sitting and running that there have been major changes there. My running tights no longer have to work hard to constrain my thighs and a pair of boardies that were tight are now super loose. More specifically the seperation in the middle of the quads is getting way more pronounced.
My chest is still getting better but I’m not sure that I’ll be able to fix this problem area completely by myself. Who knows a few months of low body fat might help the skin. However there has been some definition start to form in the center of the chest that wasn’t there before.
Biceps now quite often have visible veins running up them and across them. They’re getting more pronounced week to week and though they peeked out after a workout previously they’re there pretty commonly now just in day to day life. Other veins that I now noticed are on the underneath of the forearm and these run the entire length of the forearm now rather than just peeking out at the wrist and elbow joints.
There is a vein that run across my right shoulder that used to be visible only after a workout that is visible at all times now and actually reaches quite a way across my chest. That was never there before the diet and it has become far more pronounced in the last couple of weeks.
Back is another area of great progress, probably because I’ve been really working it lately but also I just store a lot of mass there. Removing a bunch of fat has revealed some definition and I can now feel and see my lats, rhomboids and erectors rather than just seeing a slab of back.
Deodorant has become difficult to apply now because it’s so concave under my armpits. I tend to use talc now a fair bit, but lynx is too big so it’s spray on or talc now. I seem to sweat heaps less now though so talc has proven to be pretty good actually.
So my stomach is the last area to talk about. I’m really surprised and a bit happy actually. It’s been the biggest changing part in the last week or two really, I can actually quite prominently feel my abdominals the top two are easy to feel when relaxed but I can easily feel it all when tensed slightly. I have to stress none of them were anywhere near noticeable before the diet. Also an important change is that this evening when I was stretched out I could actually see the outline of the top two in the mirror without any tensing. It gives me confidence that I could have some decent abs in a while by continuing these new habits! When I eat a big meal now I can easily feel my top two abs straining under the pressure.
So that’s what I’ve noticed in the last couple of weeks. The changes in back, chest, thighs and stomach are probably the biggest. It seems my arms are waiting for the rest of the body to catch up before they lean out more.
This is by far the leanest I’ve ever been. Who knows I might have a decent stomach for my birthday after all.