Yep! It's happening, the shape change: the beer soaked guts of Christmas are steadily retreating and preparing for the onslaught of Cadbury Crème Eggs and birthday celebrations...
The data has been handed down for analysis and subsequent action:
Weight: 93.3 - UP 1.1kg from last week...
Body Fat: 10.7% - UP 0.2% from last week...
Waist: 83-87cm - DOWN 1cm from last week
My muscle weight has increased (those clever Tanita scales!) though and this correlates positively with the efforts this week to work on my legs more. Single leg raises, and single leg curls have been a bit of fun (slightly painful mind you, love it!) and it appears that the pay off has been an increase in lean muscle.
We like lean muscle! Why? It is your very own fat burning furnace and it burns as you go, not just whilst you are in the gym, but whilst you go about your business of the day. Unwittingly you are allowing your body to cut the fat as you push the paperwork around.
You need to include resistance training in your plans to get the best rests, just pumping out cardio sessions will not quite round off the results you are looking for.
I'm not talking about getting yourself 'massive', there's no need for that (and ladies, you can't get 'massive', but you can tone through burning fat, and you need to work your muscles to do that), but you do need to push those muscle cells to help you achieve those goals.
Don't forget the Body's Energy equation...
weight (fat) loss = resistance training + cardiovascular training + good nutrition + a desire to achieve
Calorie deficit.
It also means cool things like: you look and feel good and you get fitter - can't grumble at that!
Finally, Endorphins: they are really good, and you get them when you exercise!
Something About Me
- Fred of Sydney
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- 42 years old, waist size reduced from 110cm to a steady(ish) 85cm, Body fat down to 10% ish. Sharing how I did it, what I have learnt and how I am keeping it off, most of the time ;). I try to relay all the advice I get that works for me.