Published by JPLand on 14 Jan 2009 at 03:39 pm
OSTFR - #2
The scales arrived and I’ve weighed myself several times to get an accurate average. Here are my official starting points.
Weight - 179 lb
Fat % - 18.4%
Muscle % - 62.5%
Water % - 57%
Bone Mass -7.0
The goal here is to bring the weight down around 170-172, decrease the fat% and increase the muscle %. I don’t know what the water % means and I figure my bones should remain constant.
After posting my resolution, my work place announced a contest for teams to lose weight. (It’s officially called the “2009 Spring Couples Challenge” but that doesn’t sond manly enough to put on my blog. I’ll just leave it out.) The only requirement for the contest was that each participant’s BMI had to be over 25. Weighing in with my work clothes, I topped 187 and had a BMI enough to join. With my resolution in place, a contest at hand, and a friend at work willing to help me out, here’s what I’m doing….as of right now.
Running - Mondays and Wednesdays during lunch are devoted to a run. We’re shooting for 5k per run.
Fit Club - Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch are spent in a “cross-training” class which mixes cardio with light strength training. Thus far, Brian and I are the only guys in there. The ladies must be thrilled with my leotards.
Dog Walks - Each morning…well, most mornings…I take the dogs for a brisk walk. We only go about a mile because of my time constraints, but they seem to enjoy it and it gets my blood pumping for about 15-20 minutes. Not to mention, the 26 degree weather wakes me up pretty good.
Eating - I’m still eating.
Int 2 weeks, when I weigh-in for the work competition, I’ll post an update. Brian and I have decided to be bold and guarantee a top 4 finish. I just hope the other participants don’t get demotivated and quit when we magically turn into muscle men.
Sarah on 14 Jan 2009 at 5:28 pm #
My keen mathematical skills say that with the percentage of muscle, fat, and water, you are 139.7% human. We knew you were “special.”
Also, does this scale have a “full of crap” meter? I believe you would definitely be off-the-charts on that one.
JPLand on 14 Jan 2009 at 5:35 pm #
Now you know how I am able to give 110%.
Alana on 14 Jan 2009 at 9:34 pm #
Wow, man. That’s a lot of exercise. It sounds like you have some to spare, actually. Mind if I take credit for part of it? I only exercise 2 days a week, and I should be exercising 3. So I’ll take, say, one of your 5Ks. But you’ll still do the 5K, only I’ll get the credit. It’s like you have extra credits that you don’t need, so I’ll just take them so they don’t go to waste. Okay? In return, I’ll spot you some healthy eating credits.