Today's thought

So today (Thursday) I had a session with Ivar. He had seen my transformation photo from yesterday and asked me what I'd done since I'd seen him last (two days ago) to get so lean! Obviously I hadn’t changed so quickly however I think being close to the details as we are, it is easy to miss the extent of the transformation over time.

What I have done differently in the last few weeks is keep my body guessing. As I wrote in a reply to my previous post:

My current approach is to try to burn 300 calories in pure cardio 3 or 5 times a week. I try to vary it to keep my body guessing. Sometimes do it on the treadmill, sometimes I do HIIT (hill sprints), sometimes I do treadmill. Sometimes I do fasted cardio.

The only 'constants' in my regime are (1) I do something everyday and (2) I give 80%-100% on every rep.

I even vary the way I eat (doing the occasional intermittent fast and having the occasional cheat meal). The only constants to my eating are that I eat at least 80% 'clean'/ healthy food and I keep in a caloric deficit most days.

Diversity in my approach not only keeps from getting bored it also keeps my body on it's toes. I'll keep it going... until the point that switching my approach gets stale on my body! It's a constant battle.

Today's stats

	Month	Day	Morning Weight	Calories In	Workout	Protein (g)	Carbs (g)	Fats (g)
Thu	May	24	218	1991	Back workout	191	160	58

Today's workout

Back day

Rowing machine
10mins

(Superset)
Lat Pull Downs/ Reverse Pull-Ups
35kg x15/ x8
35kg x15/ x8
35kg x15/ x8
35kg x15/ x8

Superset
Seated Row/ Trap Machine/ Shrugs
30kg x15/ 40kg x15/ 40kg x15
40kg x15/ 40kg x15/ 40kg x15
40kg x15/ 40kg x15/ 40kg x15
45kg x15/ 40kg x15/ 40kg x15

Cable EZ Biceps Curls/ Rope Tricep Extension
20kg x15/ 20kg x15
20kg x15/ 20kg x15
20kg x15/ 20kg x15
20kg x15/ 20kg x15

Leg Raises on Dip station/ Weighted Leg Raises
x15/ 7.5kg x12
x15/ 7.5kg x12
x15/ 7.5kg x12

Last month stats

	Month	Day	Morning Weight	Calories In	Workout	Protein (g)	Carbs (g)	Fats (g)
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
Sat	May	19	218.5	3152	Rest day	134	403	144
Sun	May	20	219.3	1831	Leg day, bag work	131	67	116
Mon	May	21	217.9	2052	+300cal Cardio, bag work	176	169	73
Tue	May	22	218.5	2440	Chest +300cal Cardio	164	247	54
Wed	May	23	218.4	1801	+300cal Cardio	122	183	57
Thu	May	24	218	1991	Back workout	191	160	58

Previous 30 Entries

Fit@41 diary - Entry #42: “Duvet Cycle Machine”
Fit@41 diary - Entry #41: “THREE MONTH UPDATE”
Fit@41 diary - Entry #40: “Consistently Inaccurate”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #39: “Making Up”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #38: “On the Double”
Fit@40 diary - Entry #37: “On the Double”
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!"