Weighed and measured

And so it comes to fruition

This morning, as the sun struggled through the overcast skies, I stepped onto the scales. It had been a hellish and stressful week before this moment, so my hopes were not high for my starting point. However, stress and lack of movement seems to have done me some benefits in the weight department!

Weight: 107.1KG
Fat: 25.9%
Muscle: 44.5%

So, scales done, time for the tape measure. My gut was the obvious weak spot, as those of you who have seen it can attest to, and the ruler would not lie here.

Chest: 104.5cm
Waist: 93cm
Abs (gut): 104.5cm
Hip: 114cm

Hmmm... room for improvement for sure.

OK, so onto some strength tests, stuff we can re-run and compare at the end of the challenge. We started with some warm up exercises, checked I wasn't going to die from a heart attack, then got into the embarrassingly unbalanced tasks

Pushups (1min) : 7 (yes, seven, not seventeen or seventy)
Squats (1min): 31
Prone hold (plank): 34sec
Crunchies (not sit-ups) (1min): 22
Wall sit: 33sec

So, not very impressive. Need to add some chin-ups (predicting 3 max) and dead lifts to these to complete the set, but, well, lets just assume they will be equally crap. There were a bunch of other tests done too, all of which were similarly unimpressive.

OK. Baseline set, timetable in place, goals well defined, diet mildly improved and motivation semi-high. Next activity planned (apart from commuting in the drizzle) is a romp in the hills on Sunday and maybe a timed ride around McLeans Island on Saturday. Time to start improving!

Day Two - Double Damn!

Yep, far too much time working, at the office and at home, and exercise and diet took a backseat to sleep.

So, still fat, only now a bit fatter, lazy, only more sedentary than before, and we're 2 days in! Gulp.

So, now that CheckOutMyFriend has been launched, I can get some sleep and get some exercise! Honest, Wednesday will be a busy one again, but Thursday AM - weigh-in and fit-test time!

What a week.

Day One (damn!)

Well, I had organised a test, weigh-in and PT session for early Monday morning. All systems were going well and enthusiasm was high! We had a 20week meeting on Sunday evening and keenness was mustard flavoured.

However...

On that Sunday I was working hard on a project and before I knew it, the sun was rising on Monday morning and I was very unprepared for any physical activity. This continued onwards for the rest of the day. I snuck in an hour or so of sleep around 3pm, then carried on slaving away till well after midnight.

So. Day One. I spent almost all of it awake, consuming high-calorie, high fat, high-GI, hi carb foods, drinking coffee and (diet) lemonade, did no exercise whatsoever and didn't even get myself weighed or measured. Seeing as how this project is going to consume all of my spare time (including sleep time) for at least the rest of the week, I'm not sure how well my first few days will go.

So, start as you intend to go on? Gawd, I hope not.