Today's thought

Today I did a double-session. In the morning I burned 300 calories on the treadmill and cycle machine. In the afternoon I did a boxing session with @colossus39. We talked a bit about weight/ fat loss. My goal is primarily to lean out and as such I can often get overly obsessed with the stats and figures. I like relying on objective measures as in the past I’ve found it is all to easy to allow your mind to play tricks on you. The scales may say your stalling or putting on weight yet in the mirror you see someone who is losing weight. When I get stuck in this loop I find I slack off a little, allow one cheat meal too many then balloon in weight. So I like to rely strictly on the scales and measurements. If they’re not going down over a period of weeks, action needs to be taken.

However there is a balance to be struck and Colossus reminded me of that. Due to my genetics it is likely that I’m building a disproportionate about of dense muscle even whilst I’m cutting. Because muscle is heavier than fat the scales may not tell the true picture of what is going on. The trick is to keep doing the right things to remain in a caloric deficit. It’s good to track progress however not be too wedded to the outcome as long as I’m going the right direction in the longer term.

Today's stats

	Month	Day	Morning Weight	Calories In	Workout	Protein (g)	Carbs (g)	Fats (g)
Fri	May	18	219.1	2477	+300cal Cardio, Kickboxing	145	218	66

Today's workout

Walk

• 15min

Treadmill
150cal in 14min 14secs

• 2min x8mph, 30secs x4mph
• 2min x8mph, 30secs x4mph
• 2min x8mph, 3mins x4mph
• 5min x 5mph

Cycle machine

• 150cal in 15 mins (level 8)

Chinups/ Pressups (superset)

• x5/ x30
• x5/ x12
• x4/ x12

Walk

• 15min

Last month stats

	Month	Day	Morning Weight	Calories In	Workout	Protein (g)	Carbs (g)	Fats (g)
Thu	April	19	224	1780	Legs	146	169	44
Fri	April	20	224.7	1976	Shoulders/ Biceps	132	157	88
Sat	April	21	223.6	2482	Cardio + Stretching	163	186	122
Sun	April	22	224.5	2416	Legs & Cardio	88	264	111
Mon	April	23	225.3	2002	Kickboxing	128	182	76
Tue	April	24	224.3	1879	Skipping	114	161	84
Wed	April	25	224.2	1833	Cardio	135	190	43
Thu	April	26	223.2	1850	Chest	154	188	55
Fri	April	27	222.7	2080	Skipping	153	154	84
Sat	April	28	223.4	1826	Cardio+Bag work	122	124	66
Sun	April	29	223.4	3591	Cardio + Legs	112	353	185
Mon	April	30	223.1	2676	Kickboxing	165	207	126
Tue	May	1	222.4	2098	Back	154	160	90
Wed	May	2	223	1998	Rest day	154	248	45
Thu	May	3	221.6	2221	Chest +300cal Cardio	147	176	96
Fri	May	4	221.5	2206	Legs +300cal Cardio	130	189	192
Sat	May	5	220.2	2216	Abs +300cal Cardio	131	188	98
Sun	May	6	221.4	3160	+300cal Cardio	155	256	103
Mon	May	7	223.2	3501	Rest day	111	323	165
Tue	May	8	223.4	2178	Push/ Pull +300cal Cardio	153	200	88
Wed	May	9	222.5	2087	+300cal Cardio	158	162	88
Thu	May	10	222.3	1953	Push/ Pull +300cal Cardio	159	259	37
Fri	May	11	221.2	1879	+1000cal Cardio	127	180	72
Sat	May	12	221.7	1288	Hill Sprints	104	128	37
Sun	May	13	220.6	3094	+300cal Cardio	131	320	141
Mon	May	14	222	2260	Insanity Day 1	145	188	104
Tue	May	15	222.4	2102	Chest	195	204	62
Wed	May	16	220.2	2143	Rest day	153	211	75
Thu	May	17	217.7	1781	Back	141	231	43
Fri	May	18	219.1	2477	+300cal Cardio, Kickboxing	145	218	66

Previous 30 Entries

Fit@40 diary - Entry #36: “Back Polar”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #35: “Fast Gains”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #34: “Chest Pains”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #33: “Testing Insanity”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #32: “It’s cheat day again!”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #31: “Keeping it light”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #30: “1000 calorie challenge”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #29: “Run Fat Boy Run!”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #28: "Mental plateau”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #27: How far would you go?
Fit@40 diary - Entry #26: Reset!
Fit@40 diary - Entry #25: Hot Stepper
Fit@40 diary - Entry #24: Chink of Light Years ahead
Fit@40 diary - Entry #23: Leg Day/ 300 challenge
Fit@40 diary - Entry #22: Back On My Grind!
Fit@40 diary - Entry #21: One off special
Fit@40 dairy - No #20: "One foot in front"
Fit@40 dairy - No #19: "Getting scientific"
Fit@40 dairy - No #18: "Another Day in Paradise"
Fit@40 dairy - No #17: "Keep on moving"
Fit@40 dairy - No #16: "Tuesday Takeaway"
Fit@40 dairy - No #15: "Leg Month"
Fit@40 dairy - No #14: "Duvet Day"
Fit@40 dairy - No #13: "Fighting The Urge!"
Fit@40 dairy - No #12: "After pleasure, pain!"
Fit@40 dairy - No #11: "Fitness takes backseat"
Fit@40 dairy - No #10: "Feet made for walking"
Fit@40 dairy - No #9: "No skipping"
Fit@40 dairy - No #8: "Have cake, don't eat"
Fit@40 dairy - No #7: "No cheating"
Fit@40 dairy - No #6: "While the trainers away"
Fit@40 dairy - No #5: "Many imagine, few execute"