Way back on Saturday, June 18, 2011, I posted a blog in which I laid down some conservative hypothetical numbers regarding where I should be at this time. I just had a look at those hypotheticals and compared them to my real-world performance, and it doesn’t look good folks. I am behind the power curve by a considerable margin. The take home story is simple: I need a burst and breakthrough.
Here is the situation in a nutshell:
- According to my hypothetical projections, I should have been at 32.52% body fat on July 22
- The actual figure was 34%
- I should have weighed in at 219.938 pounds on July 22
- The actual figure was 221.2
- I should have had 147.95 pounds of lean on July 22
- The actual figure was 145
- I should have had 71.88 pounds of fat on July 22
- The actual figure was
The situation looks equally glum for this coming Friday. Take a look at these projections
- I should weigh in at 210.138 this Friday
- Right now, the bathroom scale is stuck at 218, meaning I am around 217.
- I think it unlikely that I will just suddenly plummet 7 pounds in the next 2 days.
- If I am lucky my weight will fall 4 pounds in the next two days, and my lean will improve.
- I am guestimating that my total body weight will be 213 this Friday. I hope I can hit that mark, but it may be difficult
- Speaking of lean, I should have 147.95 of lean on Friday. Let’s hope it is better than that.
- My Body Fat Percentage should be 29.59% this Friday. This would require a 4.41% drop from last time. That is far-fetched and unprecedented.
I have to admit that I am struggling a bit with the question of why my weight and fat levels aren’t dropping faster. I suppose everyone suffers a few plateaus during the course of a long marathon of weight loss, however, I am at a loss to explain why this is happening to me during a moment when I am intensifying the workout tremendously.
Just how much work have I done? Consider the following table for today alone.
| Order | Exercise | Minutes | Kcal |
| 1 | Bike | 22 | 268 |
| 2 | Eliptical | 22 | 348 |
| 3 | Rower | 21 | 237 |
| 4 | Treadmill | 15 | 192 |
| 5 | Bike | 16 | 195 |
| 6 | Bike | 13 | 150 |
| 7 | Eliptical | 16 | 250 |
| 125 | 1,640 |
As you can see, I damn near burned half a pound worth of fat in the workouts alone today. This doesn’t include the 25 minutes I spent in the saunas tonight, either. 150 minutes is quite a long time to spend training and steaming.
With effort like this, I believe my progress should be dramatic, and I should be on schedule. I am bitterly disappointed that this doesn’t appear to be the case. Unless I get a big surge in lean weight this week, I am going to be very unhappy with my progress come this Friday.
