The Final Weigh In Of 2009
Today is news years eve and I’ve decided to make this the final weekly weigh in of 2009. I’ve got a big day ahead of me in terms of calories. I’m meeting friends for a few drinks this afternoon. Then were going out for a calorie laden Indian meal around 7pm. Don’t think I’ll really be watching what I eat, but I will definitely not be drinking too much. Got to be up at 5am tomorrow morning, got a flight to catch to Benidorm Spain. Its not going to be that good of a start to 2010 diet and exercise wise. Because the first 4 days of 2010 is going to be spent in an all inclusive hotel in Spain. I’m not that worried though, because I plan on doing a few perfect push up workouts whilst I’m away to reduce the weight that I’m likely to gain.
This week has been Christmas week and I’ve ate more calories this week than I any other week in 2009. I’m expecting a weight gain of a few pounds at least this week. OK its time I got on the body fat scales to see what the damage is. The damage isn’t as bad as I thought, I’ve gained weight but its only 3.4 pounds which I can live with and my body fat percentage as gone up by 0.2%. Next year I’m going to really knuckle down and probably concentrate my goals on muscle building as well as fat loss. I’ve just started a muscle building blog to keep me motivated on my muscle building progress. Starting this fat loss blog, as been a great motivation for me this year, but the bottom line is I failed to reach my target body fat percentage of 10%.
In the end I was way off, and I’ve only got myself to blame for not reaching my goal. Exercise wise I have been brilliant and can probably count on one hand the amount of gym workouts that I missed. Its the diet part that I’ve let myself down on, there hasn’t really been one week were I’ve stuck to my diet plan 100%. 2009 as really been a roller-coaster for me on my fat loss journey and perhaps I’m not as educated on diet and exercise as I thought I was.
Like I just mentioned my main aim for 2010 is to build muscle, so I plan on totally reevaluating my diet and exercise plan to allow me to grow more muscle. I’ve got my eye on a few online muscle building programs out there. So I might buy one, then record my weekly progress on my new muscle building website. 2010 is going to be a massive year for me, I’ve achieved some success this year and lost around 40 pounds of body fat. But my plan for 2010 is to wipe the floor with this years progress and finally reach the goals that I set for myself. Whilst I’m in Spain I’m going to write down a plan and stick to it. The only thing that is stopping me succeeding is me.
What A Fantastic Xmas Gift Digital Body Fat Calipers
Its Christmas day today and to be honest with you I am not feeling too great. I drank way too much booze again yesterday. Like I always do each year, I’ve just finished a full fry up breakfast which will hopefully soak up some of the excess alcohol I consumed yesterday. I am off out at 2 pm for Christmas dinner at my wife’s grans house. So me being the gym junkie that I am, I think I will go in the gym for a quick and intense weight training session. To speed up my metabolism for the excess calories that I am going to consume during Christmas day.
Got a fantastic gift off my wife, I’ve got a fantastic set of accufitness fattrack pro digital body fat calipers. These will come in really handy because I plan on using as many different methods to measure my body fat percentage as I can. My scales said I was at 20.8% on Friday, but when I look at myself in the mirror there really isn’t that much fat on my body now. Reckon I’ve got around 15 pounds of fat to lose then I’m almost certain that my six pack will be showing.
In the early part of 2010 I plan on doing a bulking up phase because, I want to get my weight up to at least 200 pounds (14st 4 pounds). I must start talking in the UK measurements of stones and pounds again. Because 80% of My Body Fat readers are UK residents, I just think its quicker and easier to deal with just pounds.
I’ve got big plans for 2010 and I think its definitely going to be the year when I reach all my fat loss goals. I really thought that I would do it in 2009, but before you know it the years over. I’m not alone though, because now many of us weight loss bloggers are actually making the goals that we set for ourselves. I’m the type of person who is always very harsh on myself, and see myself as a bit of failure because I didn’t reach my target body fat percentage of 10%. But I’ve got to look at the positives I’ve lost 40 pounds of body fat in 2009, which is good. I’ve got a good platform to work on now and achieve the body that I want.
Weight loss is the issue for me never as been, in my eyes weight loss is so easy I just can’t understand why so many healthy people struggle to do it. Its fat loss which I’m finding the problem, if I could lose 2 pounds of body fat each week I would be a very happy man. I could lose 2 pounds of body weight each week without even trying, heck If I wanted I could lose 7 pounds of body weight every week, because that’s how easy it is to lose body weight. Fat loss is just so much harder, that why I can’t understand why everyone judges there progress on what the scales says in pounds. We need to become educated that your body fat percentage reading is what matters most.
Weekly Weigh In December 24th 2009
This weeks weekly weigh in, is a day early because I won’t feel like weighing in and blogging on Christmas day. Also my final weigh in of the year will be a week today on news years eve. This is because I’m flying out to benidorm in Spain for a 4 day all inclusive break. This is not going to be a good start to 2010 diet wise because of all the free food and booze.
I will be taking my perfect push ups bars with me, so hopefully I will be able to get in a few workouts whilst I’m in Spain. 2010 is going to be my year, this year I’ve had my ups and downs, but I’ve progressed and made decent progress. In 2010 I am going to really step it up, the month of January and possibly early February will be spent cutting and losing fat, then I plan on going on a muscle building phase and put 20 pounds of bulk on then I’m going to reassess my fat loss then. I’m in the middle of making a plan that I intend sticking to in 2010. I know what I need to do to succeed, its just putting the plan into place.
OK having just stepped onto the body fat scales, this week I’ve put on 3.4 pounds and my body fat percentage has increased by 0.7%. I knew I had put weight on this week, because the amount of calories I’ve consumed this week as been really high. I’ve off out for Christmas drinks and a meal in a few hours, so this is going to set me back even further. Its just that time of year, were I always eat junk, so weight gain is going to happen. I plan on continuing to train really hard in the gym, and eating fairly healthy in between Christmas and new year.
The way my metabolism is running at the moment, you ever know I might do OK this year and not put on that much weight over the festive period and my short holiday in Spain. One thing that I can guarantee you is my body weight will not go up again at next’s weeks weekly weigh in. I will do everything in my power to stop it happening. I am going to consume lots of calories today, tomorrow and boxing day, then I’ve got Sunday,Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to knuckle down ready for the final weigh in of 2009 on news years eve.
Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you all have a wonderful time, If you can’t be good be careful.
