Week 7 - A Mixed Bag!

• Weight - 14st 10lbs (down o.25lb from last week)
• Body Fat % - 8.6% (apparently down 0.6% from last week)
• Waist - just under 35 inches (same as last week)

I also have readings from a handheld body composition monitor. These are as follows;

• Body Fat% - 27.9% - (no change from last week)
• Body Water - 52.3% - (again slight rise in water content this week)
• Muscle - 68.1% - (slight rise in muscle from last week)
• BMI - 28.7 - (slight fall from last week)
• calories - 2, 837 - (a maintenance decrease of 8 cals)

The results above are a bit perplexing really. Some areas look like there's been positive movement whilst others show little if any change even though I've hit the sessions and cycling hard this week. Initially the drop in weight of only 0.25lbs each week for the last two weeks doesn't seem like much return for the effort that is being expended. However, the body fat result from the callipers is out of this world if it can be trusted as I think I might have mis-measured as I doubt there has been that much of a drop if any. This is sort of backed up when the handheld device reported no change from last week. The plus points are that there appears to be a slight increase in the amount of muscle with a corresponding fall in BMI. I do trust what I'm doing so I suppose it's just a case of stick with it and the results will come.

This week I did manage to get the full three gym sessions as I had hoped. And although tiring I really did extremely well in keeping the intensity high. Cycling was also done for the full five days to and from work which gives a working week total of 70miles (nearly half of that up hill as well). So from an effort perspective I am very pleased with the way that I've approached the week and intend to carry this across to next week. If I can complete three sessions as I have done this week it means I can then move off the Break In sessions and onto the proper Fat Loss workouts. I'll try to keep you updated as much as possible.

Cheers, BustaGut!