Archive for July 23rd, 2009

Oh chin up, where art thou?

This morning I dipped below 200lbs for the first time in years. Woohoo!

Last night I did my last of six Workout A’s from the TT for Female Strength. The one where I was supposed to do my first chin up at the start of my first set….

Alas, the elusive chin up was, well, elusive. I let go of the floor, and pulled with all my might and budged not a centimetre.

Well, I finished the superset, but then on my third set, on my first rep, I actually shifted a fraction. Maybe an inch. No more than two. It was probably the most exciting inch of my life.

I have four weeks left in this challenge, although I’ll be doing a different workout. Not decided which one yet. But I say this as a fact… there is a chin up somewhere in my future.

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Blubberbegone Stats 2009

  • Start: 15 stone 13.6, 48.2% body fat, 8 stone 3.8 lean body mass
  • Goal: 10 stone, 20% body fat
  • Today: 13 stone 13.4, 43.0% BF, 7 stone 13.6 lbs LBM
  • Pounds lost: 28.2 lbs
  • Body fat lost: 5.2%
  • Lean body mass gained: -4.2 lbs
  • Exercise this week (Sun-Sat):
  • Total: 5 hours 10 mins
  • NROL4W: 45 mins
  • Intervals: 25 mins
  • Walking: 60 mins
  • Wii Aerobics: 60 mins
  • Dancing: 2 hours
  • Badminton: mins
  • Pilates: mins
  • Shaolin Kung Fu: mins
  • Tai Chi: mins
  • Boxercise: mins
  • Latin Rhythm: mins
  • Bhangra: mins
  • Yoga: mins
  • Swimming: mins
  • Elliptical: mins
  • Stationary Bike: mins
  • Rebounding: mins
  • Belly Dancing: mins
  • Kickboxing: mins
  • Wii Balance: mins
  • Wii Yoga: mins
  • Exercise last week: 2 hrs 03 mins
  • Joke of the Day

    I'm not fat - I'm a woman and a half.

    Motivation

    My Weight Loss Goals

  • 1. Crack 15 stone (210 lbs) for the third and final time. June 7, 2009
  • 2. Lose 10% of my body fat (14 stone 5/201 lbs) July 12, 2009.
  • 3. Fit into a size 18 (US 16). July 15, 2009
  • 4. Get my body fat below 40%
  • 5. Lose another 10% of my body fat (12 stone 13/181 lbs).
  • 6. Get my BMI under 30 (12 stone 9/177 lbs) - no longer obese, just overweight now.
  • 7. Weigh less than my husband.
  • 8. Fit into a size 16 (US 14).
  • 9. Lose my third 10% (11 stone 9/163 lbs).
  • 10. Fit into a size 14 (US 12).
  • 11. Get my BMI under 25 (10 stone 8/148 lbs).
  • 12. Lose my fourth 10% (10 stone 7/ 147 lbs).
  • 13. Fit into a size 12 (US 10).
  • 14. Reach my goal weight (10 stone) and decide if I need to lose any more based on my muscularity and shape.
  • 15. Turn heads in a bikini!
  • My Fitness Goals for 2010

  • 1. Achieve a cruising walking speed of 6.4kph. Status: 5.3kph.
  • 2. Increase continuous jogging time to 30 mins. Status: 1 min.
  • 3. Run a 5K for charity. Status: not even close.
  • 4. Complete all seven stages of NROL4W. Status: Stage 1, 1/16.
  • 5. Do an unassisted full chin up. Status: pending.
  • 6. Get my body fat below 30%. Status: 43.4%.
  • 7. Learn to ride a bike. Status: pending.
  • 8. Beat my husband at badminton at least half of the time. Status: pending.
  • 9. Learn a new dance style. Status: pending.
  • 10. Go back to the Shaolin Kung Fu class. Status: Improving cardiovascular fitness in preparation.
  • My Blubber Reduction Journey

  • My highest measured weight ever:
  • Jan 1 2006 = 238 lbs (17 stone)
  • BBG blog starting weight:
  • Sep 16 2007 = 215.5 lbs (15 stone 5.5), 47.0% BF Lean body mass 114.2 lbs (8 stone 2.2)
  • Highest weight posted since then:
  • Xmas 2008 = 223.6 lbs (15 stone 13.6), 48.2% BF, lean body mass 116.0 lbs (8 stone 4)
  • Lowest weight posted since then:
  • Nov 16 2009 = 193.2 lbs (13 stone 11.2), 43.7% BF, lean body mass 108.8 lbs (7 stone 10.8)
  • Lowest body fat posted since then:
  • Sep 7 2009 = 194.2 lbs (13 stone 12.2), 42.6% BF, lean body mass 111.5 lbs (7 stone 13.5)
  • My blubber reduction journey 2010:
  • Xmas 2009 = 196.4 lbs (15 stone 0.4), 43.4% BF, lean body mass 111.2 lbs (7 stone 13.2)
  • Jan 4 =
  • 101 in 1001

    26 down, 5 goals revoked, 70 to go, and 184 days to do them. Check out the 101 page, above, for all the latest on my journey to be a better blubberbegone.

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