Musings by Generator

Last week I stated that I would be posting my measurements up on here, I will be posting new measurements once a week to document my fat loss

So here they are, all be it a day or two late.

I will post the next set of measurements next week.

So I have made this year the year to do everything: I am studying again, and while sitting on the beach in Cape Town and watching the girls in our group ogle the fit flat stomachs of the men around, I also decided this would be the year I become a lean mean fighting machine, well just lean and mean.

So I have been going to gym for the last two weeks in the mornings, and I am really enjoying it, a far cry from the internal battle I waged last year to get myself to the same gym in the evenings. What I have no decided to do is post about my fitness journey on my blog, even if no one reads these posts, it will still feel like people out there know and I will feel guilty if I don’t go or if I don’t actually show any progress.

So here it is, my public declaration that I will get fit this year, and hopefully I can start running some form of races or something next year.

TARGETS:

Well according to those in the know, I should weigh somewhere in the 80’s. So I have set my weight target as 89.9kgs, but won’t be upset if I don’t get there. The areas where I want to see serious improvements are in my actual measurements, so waist, stomach, chest, thighs in inches/cm. I don’t mind weighing what I do as long as it is muscle and not fat.

I am also a candidate for heart problems (genetically in my family), so bringing down my cholesterol levels, heart rate, and all those other wonderful indicators of a healthy heart and vascular system are my main targets as well.

SO WHAT HAVE I DONE SO FAR:

Currently I have lost almost 2KG’s from about 2 weeks worth of gym (doing about 4 or 5 days at the gym). I currently walk at a moderate pace for 20 minutes, with a 10% incline on the treadmill, then I do weights (bench press, bicep curls, Lat pull downs, calf raises, leg press, shoulder pull downs, and crunches).

I have dodgy ankles and I found out this week that I over pronate when I walk and run, so I am getting orthics made, I should have them next week, and then I will be running instead of walking.

I don’t want to be a big gym bunny muscle man, I think that is just stupid and off putting. I want to have a flat stomach and some muscle definition. My goal is fat loss (not weight loss).

I will post on the weekend what my current and target measurement are, and how I plan to go about it (exercise and diet).

So here’s to 2010, the year I complete overhaul my life by the looks of things.