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3/5/08 Log: TT Challenge 8 Week Stats

Week
0
2
4
8
12
Change

1/6/08
1/20/08
2/3/08
3/2/08
3/30/08
 

Age
32
33
33
33

+1 year

Weight (lbs)
145.8
142.8
142.0
141.0

-4.80 lb

Neck
13″
13″
13"
12.75"

-0.25"

Shoulder
42″
41.5″
41.75"
42"

0"

Chest
36.5″
35″
35"
34.5"

-2.00"

Waist
27.25″
27″
26.5"
26"

-1.25"

Abdomen
29.5″
29.25″
28"
27.5"

-2.00"

Hip
39.25″
38.75″
38.5"
38"

-1.25"

Thigh
23.5″
23.5″
23.25"
23"

-0.5"

Knee
13.5″
13.5″
13.5"
13.5"

0"

Calf
15″
15″
14.75"
14.5"

-0.5"

Ankle
7.75″
7.75″
7.75"
7.75"

0"

Bicep
12″
12″
12"
12"

0"

Forearm
9.5″
9.5″
9.5"
9.5"

0"

Wrist
5.75″
5.75″
5.75"
5.75"

0"

W-H Ratio
0.69
0.70
0.69
0.68

SF-Thigh (mm)
15
14
12.5
12

-3 mm

SF-Tricep (mm)
13
10
10
10

-3 mm

SF-Subscapular
(mm)
11
12
12.5
12

+1 mm

SF-Suprailiac
(mm)
15
10.25
10
9.5

-5.5 mm

SF-Bicep (mm)
6
4
4.5
4

-2 mm

BF% Omron
24.9%
23.8%
21.8%
20.4%

-4.5%

BF% Navy
25.95%
24.95%

BF% Durnin-
Womersley
26.96%
24.51%

As you can see from the table above, I have been slowly but surely making progress in my spring cut. Of […]

3/3/08 Log: 4 Weeks of TT left!

141.0 lbs, 20.4% bf according to the Omron at work.
I am confident that I am actually in the 140.x range, but yesterday was pancake breakfast day with DH, and we also went out to Bahama Breeze for dinner with his mother. I ordered the Red Pepper grilled chicken breast with crispy yucca and veggies, […]

2/3/08 Log: 4-Week TT Progress Photos and Stats

Okay, I finally took my Day 28 pics for the TT 12-week contest. Sorry I missed Day 14 pics, but frankly, there wasn’t much to see that week anyway!
I’m retroactively using the Durnin-Womersley formula to calculate body fat based on skinfolds because it seems to produce values that look reasonable to me (compared to […]

2/1/08 Log: February Program

I got in a combined 2K3 upper and lower body workout this morning that has completed wasted me even though I cut the number of sets per exercise down from three to two. Losing 2 cups of blood tends to tank my strength levels for a few days afterwards. I did some mega supersets with […]

1/20/08 Log: TT Challenge Week 2 Stats

I slept in yesterday morning and went out to lunch with my husband and mother-in-law as a late birthday outing. We went to Chili’s, where I ordered the Guiltless Chicken Sandwich platter which consisted of a WW bun, about 4 oz. of grilled chicken breast with mustard, one cup of steamed veggies, and half […]

TT 2008 12-Week Challenge Reboot

As I may have mentioned last week, I am re-starting my 12-week TT challenge today after admitting to myself that trying to cut during the month of December is utterly moronic and a textbook example of “Setting yourself up for guaranteed, ignominious failure.”
Believe me, I will never, EVER attempt a cut between Halloween and New […]

PDB Mega Challenge 2007 Progress

This challenge is a bit convoluted as far as workout plans go, so here is a handy chart of my progress with bi-weekly progress photos, notes on the kind of workouts I perform in each phase, and any diet changes I make to my baseline plan (posted below the chart) along the way.

Photo/Week
Training/Nutrition
Measurements

Week 0 […]

10/5/07 Log: The Return of Femgenix

142.2 this morning due to Pie Fest and the early start of TTOM.
Goodbye to scale movement for the next 7 days! I expect to be legitimately 139/19% bf on the Omron at the end of next week though. I am already noticing that the uber-cute pants I made myself last week are starting to […]