- Weight: 127.6 lbs.
- No workout today; next: Workout A on Oct. 4
- Total inches: 120.0
- Protein: 143 g (21 g over target)
- Calories: 2,523
I haven’t read “Moneyball.” I haven’t seen “Moneyball.” But I bet I would enjoy “Moneyball.” [all aff. links]
Rather than bore you with baseball statistics, I’d prefer to bore you with my physiological statistics.
Weight through Oct. 1
Measurement | Sept. 1 | Oct. 1 | Change |
Weight (pounds) | 121.8 | 127.6* | +5.8 |
Body fat percentage | 23.5 | 24.5** | +1 percentage point |
Fat weight | 28.6 | 31.3 | +2.7 |
Lean weight | 93.2 | 96.3 | +3.1 |
Total inches | 113.6*** | 120.0 | +6.4 |
That’s not bad: 3.1 pounds of muscle in 30 days! Will muscle growth accelerate, slow or remain steady in the next 30 days?
*The Lakeshore scale said 127.0 pounds, but I’m using my own scale for consistency.
**In the Poor range for my age group/gender, but Excellent if I were a 67-year-old woman.
***I was terrible at measuring my legs for the first few days, till I found a way to standardize it. So take that early number as probably too low because of my errors.
Exercise | Sept. 1 | Oct. 1 | Change |
Yates row | 7 x 55 lbs. | 7 x 85 lbs. | +54.5 percent |
Barbell overhead press | 7 x 30 lbs. | 4.3 x 50 lbs. | +66.7 percent |
Slight incline bench press | 3.2 x 30 lbs. | 4.2 x 50 lbs. | +66.7 percent |
Squat | 10 x 45 lbs. | 10 x 65 lbs. | +44.4 percent |
Kettlebell swing | 32 x 20 lbs. | 50 x 30 lbs. | +50.0 percent |
That’s an overall increase of 55.6 percent in pounds lifted with a total workout time of 3 hours, 42 minutes.
The project has cost me $216.63 so far. What surprised me here was a $41.55 savings in the average monthly food bill (both groceries and dining out).
You can see all the numbers updated in real time on the Measurements page.
My plan for October: Do a workout every 6 days. Eat a lot. Take a daily photo. And post on workout days, so expect five or six more updates this month.
The numbers are encouraging, and I am growing, inside and out.
Great progress, Wade! Brian and I are looking at joining a gym soon to replace fat with muscle and get back down to our “wedding weight” — about 30 lbs to lose for both of us.
Thank you!
Two of my friends just bought “The 4-Hour Body” to lose weight.