6 Miles

One third of the 12 week challenge is over.  I have included an updated picture because there are some very subtle changes that have been made.  Mostly in the upper chest area.  You can see that my shoulders and chest are less saggy.  That is because I spend time doing what I hate, working my shoulders.  There is a burn that is very undesirable and I dread every time I do my upper body work out. 

I have also lost 9 lbs of weight, 2 3/4 inches from my waist, reduced my BF% by 5%, lost 11 lbs of fat and gained 2.32 lbs of muscle. This is all able to be calculated from my chart below. 

You may also notice that my Weight Goal and my Fat Loss Goal keep changing. That is because my Lean Body Mass keeps changing.  What this means is that if I had decided at the beginning that my goal was going to be to lose 30 lbs off of my weight I would have failed.  This is because as I lose fat, I add muscle.  This increases the lean body mass which in turn increases the lowest possible weight I can attain without making myself sick.   So, if you are in a weight loss program and you want to do it right, add a weight lifting program to your "diet" and know that your lean body mass will increase thus changing your shape and the number of resting calories your body burns.  This means you can truly burn more calories while you sleep without the "pills."

One other thing to note:  My Weight Goal keeps changing.  It keeps getting higher.  I have one friend/co-worker who was concerned that if I reached my Weight Goal of 156 lbs then I would be too scrawny.  Well, as you can see, my Weight Goal increases and this means that when I have finished my 12 week program I will have increase my LBM far enough that I will not be scrawny.

Pictures:

Before	Week 4 (1/3 complete)

My stats:

*LBM = Lean Body Mass (the weight that ISN'T fat, i.e. muscle/bones/blood)

My graph: