Archive for February 6th, 2005
Abs Diet Challenge – Week 5 Complete
Boo-yah (as Stuart Scott would say). The gain last week appears to have helped this week. Body weight dropped significantly from 223.0 to 219.4 pounds, a 3.6 pound decrease. Body fat percentage dropped 1% to 26.8% while total body fat decreased by 3.19 pounds.
Running Totals
- Body Weight: 231.0 pounds down to 219.4 pounds (-11.6 pounds)
- Body Fat %: 28.4% down to 26.8% (-1.6%)
- Body Fat: 65.6 pounds down to 58.8 pounds (-6.8 pounds)
Last week was a great running week for me. I tackled a 3.83 mile run near Yahoo! on Tuesday and did a 4.1 mile run by my house on Thursday. Saturday I did some speed training at a nearby track. It was awesome. The gym was…not as good. I took off half my workout on Wednesday and skipped my Friday workout altogether. I’ve noticed my legs have been really tired, making my second sets of squats something to be dreaded. So the off days probably helped a lot. Additionally, I’ve noticed some pains in my calves yesterday and today. Most likely strain from the hills I ran Thursday. I’ll have to figure out what I need to do to get past the fatigue in my gym workouts. It’s possible that not having an off day last week hurt me, so hopefully the additional rest I got this week will aid my recovery.
Regardless, I’ve dropped over 11.5 pounds meaning I’m officially in range to enter for the Abs Diet Challenge (I needed to lose at least 5% body weight, which was 11.5 pounds when I started the diet). I just have to hope for a good final week of the challenge.
February 6, 2005
