Mission 1, Day 59: Stats come rolling in
The stats are in for the week. Here they are:
Just as I thought when I set these goals originally, hitting the fat percentage goal will happen, hitting the body weight goal will happen, but the lean body mass goal is going to be difficult to hit at this stage. My current plans are to go into a muscle building phase starting on February 4, 2008 for Mission 2. That will increase my body fat percentage slightly, but will also increase my LBM tremendously. I will use Mission 3 to cut back on the fat yet again. I honestly think I will come in lower than my February 3, 2008 body fat percentage goal of 13.0%, so that might be to my benefit. You might be wondering why I say that.
If I stay on the path I've been on, losing 0.5% each week, I will wind up at 12.0% body fat on February 3, 2008. If I can manage to get it lower than that, say 10.0% body fat, I can then go into a bulking phase in Mission 2. That will increase my body fat percentage slightly, but I will be bulking up on the LBM.
All in all, I am pleased with the progress so far. I know I'm going to have to shred very hard in January to be sure to meet all my goals.
| Item | Measurement |
| Current Weight (lbs) | 222 |
| Previous Weight (lbs) | 226 |
| Goal Weight (lbs) | 229 |
| Variance to previous (lbs) | -4 |
| Variance to goal (lbs) | -7 |
| Current Body Fat % | 15.0% |
| Previous Body Fat % | 15.5% |
| Goal Body Fat % | 16.0% |
| Variance to previous | -0.5% |
| Variance to goal | -1.0% |
| Current LBM (lbs) | 188.70 |
| Previous LBM (lbs) | 190.97 |
| Goal LBM (lbs) | 192.36 |
| Variance to previous (lbs) | -2.27 |
| Variance to goal (lbs) | -3.36 |
Just as I thought when I set these goals originally, hitting the fat percentage goal will happen, hitting the body weight goal will happen, but the lean body mass goal is going to be difficult to hit at this stage. My current plans are to go into a muscle building phase starting on February 4, 2008 for Mission 2. That will increase my body fat percentage slightly, but will also increase my LBM tremendously. I will use Mission 3 to cut back on the fat yet again. I honestly think I will come in lower than my February 3, 2008 body fat percentage goal of 13.0%, so that might be to my benefit. You might be wondering why I say that.
If I stay on the path I've been on, losing 0.5% each week, I will wind up at 12.0% body fat on February 3, 2008. If I can manage to get it lower than that, say 10.0% body fat, I can then go into a bulking phase in Mission 2. That will increase my body fat percentage slightly, but I will be bulking up on the LBM.
All in all, I am pleased with the progress so far. I know I'm going to have to shred very hard in January to be sure to meet all my goals.
Hey Michael, I'm interested in how you calculate your bodyfat percentage. Can you tell me how/what you use to do this calculation. Also, how tall are you?
Cheers, Mike
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Mike, I use the FatTrack II calipers from Accumeasure. It has you measure 3 different spots: (1) near the arm pit between there and your nipple; (2) 1/4 inch to right of navel at the stomach; (3) right thigh area. I am 6'2" tall. I currently carry all my fat in one place--my stomach.
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Wow! I wouldn't have guessed you were that tall!
I might have to invest in a set of calipers. I currently use my weighing scales and I'm not too happy with the accuracy of these for bodyfat reading. They put me at 28%-29% at the moment and I don't think I'm quite that high.
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Mike, here's the deal too...I got a set of the basic accumeasure calipers and did my measurements. I then had a trainer at my gym do them. I was off by about 4% (I was lower). I then (about 2 months ago) switched to the FatTracker II from Accumeasure (it is digital) and did my measurements. Went back to the same trainer and here are the results at that time:
Accumeasure FatTracker II -- 20.1%
Trainer -- 20.2%
I've gone back and compared several times and we are virtually the same on our measurements, so I'm happy with the accuracy of the calipers. I'd say, from looking at your pics, that you are probably around 20-23% body fat. It all depends where you carry your fat. If you saw me in person you'd see that I'm pretty "skinny" everywhere but my belly.
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