Day 29

“Belief triggers the power to do” - David Schwartz

Weigh day today... Now, I was reading a conversation on My fitness pal the other day about weighing yourself which I wanted to talk about. I am a firm believer in not looking at the scales and the only reason that I did it on this blog is because that is a stat that people like looking at so I included it. 

We have to consider the difference between 'weight loss', 'fat loss' and 'inches'. Some people tend to get very confused and allow the scales and what they say on a day-to-day basis to rule their lives. Imagine, if you will, a tub of lard weighing in at 2lb. Imagine next to it, a piece of prime steak, also weighing in at 2lb. Which would be smaller? The steak, of course. It weighs the same but it is denser and takes up less space – just the same as body fat versus muscle.

When we exercise, we use stored body fat as energy and we increase muscle mass. This is why we may not necessarily see drastic changes on the scales, but you will see inch-loss… steak, not lard! So you may not have lost 'weight', but lost 'fat' and lost 'inches', which is exactly what we wanted to happen in the first place. Remember that muscle is metabolically active tissue – it uses energy, and the more muscle mass we have, the more energy used.

Put in simple terms:

• Yes, a restricted or specified diet will promote weight loss but this will not JUST be fat.
• Exercise, combined with a sensible diet, promotes fat loss, increase the density and firmness of muscle mass and boost metabolism.
• Muscle does not 'weigh more than fat' – a lb is a lb!
• Muscle takes up less space than fat, meaning inch-loss, not necessarily 'weight' loss on the scales.

However, I have started doing it for this blog so I will stand on those buggers once a week for continuity. But I won't get upset when I don't have a massive weight loss because you can see what I am truthfully eating, you can see my body changing (apart from the tum swelling issues I have at the moment grr) and the true reflection is with the tape measure.

Anyway - if anybody wants to add anything to my weighing rant, feel free.

So weigh day:

Weight
10 stone 1 pounds (starting weight 10 stone 7)
Waist
30 inches (31 inches) 
Hips
36 inches (36.5 start, 37 last week!?)
Left & Right bicep, both 11.5 inches (11 inches)
Top of Thigh (L) 21.5 inches (22 inches)
"       "      "    (R) 21.5 (23 inches)
Mid Thigh (L) 19.5 inches (20 inches)
               (R) 19 inches (20 inches)

FOOD
Not a good day today. Running around with Izzy and no appetite :(

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Usn Protein Fuel 25 - Strawberry Cream Shake 330ml, 1 bottle 330ml	165	13	1	25
Eat Natural (Uk) - Gluten Free Meusli, 1 cup, 50 g	434	114	18	12
Add Food Quick Tools	599	127	19	37
Lunch
Usn Protein Fuel 25 - Strawberry Cream Shake 330ml, 1 bottle 330ml	165	13	1	25
Add Food Quick Tools	165	13	1	25
Dinner
Tesco Finest - Bushbok Sweet Potato, 200 g	190	43	1	2
Tesco Finest - Sweet Chilli Smoked Salmon, 1 piece	195	3	15	22
Tesco - Steamed Veg (Carrots , Broccoli & Sweetcorn), 1 pack	90	12	2	4
Add Food Quick Tools	475	58	18	28
Snacks
Add Food Quick Tools
Totals	1,239	198	38	90
Your Daily Goal	1,913	191	42	191
Remaining	674	-7	4	101
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
	*You've earned 193 extra calories from exercise today

WORKOUT
Body Pump - 60 mins
Warm Up - 10kg
Squat - 30kg
Chest - 12kg
Back - 15kg
Tricep - 10kg 
Bicep - 12kg
Lunges - 20kg
Shoulders 3kg handweights 10kg bar

PHOTOS

Until tomorrow...