Week 3 - Fat Loss III - Picking up the tempo!

• Weight - 14st 3.5lbs (down 1.25lbs from last week)
• Body Fat % - 8.4%
• Waist - just over 34 inches

I'll be honest with you all, I'm finding the Fat Loss III sessions very hard going. I find they really sap me and it takes me a while to recover from them. Realistically I've been doing two sessions a week, workout A and workout B with at least a day recovery between each session but preferably more if possible. This week my work schedule took me away at the beginning of the week so I had to squeeze both sessions into Wednesday and Friday. I'm also doing my cycling as well which is adding to my aerobic and anaerobic work. I'm still not down to pre vacation levels but do believe that I am looking much better than I did previously. Obviously I'm under no illusions that there is still plenty of work to be done but I think it was the right move to complete Fat Loss III before moving onto one of the other program types. I think I will probably move across to a Hypertrophy phase following the end of Fat Loss III and see how things go from there.

Yesterday, I went for an organised ride because the weather has been uncharacteristically good over the past few days and it seemed a shame not to take advantage of it. At the end of the ride I realised that it was just short of 60 miles so that sort of made up for the missed days whilst I was away (and was very enjoyable as well). Diet wise I've been trying very hard and stayed away from much of the bad stuff though I believe that I am overeating in places. I'm drifting a little too much onto the peanut butter and think that I'm eating too much of it (which is easily done). Desert can be a little problematic so I'm trying to pre-perpare sugar free jello with squirty cream. I think it's a good option and will help me to avoid some nasty temptions whilst I'm in this Fat Loss phase. I have noticed that since coming back from vacation I have been having cravings for flapjacks (a major weakness) and dried fruit such as figs and dates. At least when I go onto hypertrophy sessions I'll be able to allow a little more flexibility around the pre-workout so may be able to sneak a little in there without too much damage. I'll have to see how that goes.

That's all for now, Cheers, BustaGut!

Week 2 - Vacation Rest Over - Back 2 it! - Fat Loss III

• Weight - 14st 4.75lbs (down 2.25lbs in 2 weeks)

Hi everyone, apologies for not updating the blog for a while. I took an extended break from training whilst on vacation and then another week when I got back as I was doing the charity bike ride. Even though I was doing some cycling everyday (which was very nice actually) the weight went on. All inclusive holiday's!! and my weight shot up to 14st 7.25lb. I did manage to get it back down to 14st 3.75lbs last week but my weight came back up again at the back end of this week. I think that it might have had something to do with my body getting over the shock of training again.

So I'm two weeks into Fat Loss III and working hard. The first weeks sessions (only 2/week) made me feel ill it was really hard going. This last week it was still extremely hard but I did better than the previous week by beating the time and doing more work in terms of reps so was pretty pleased by they way it all went. I've also been keeping up with the cycling to and from work and my legs have become harder and in my opinion look better than they previously did. It is getting a bit easier to wander out on the bike when the weather is nicer at the moment. I'll be training a bit later in the week this week as I'm away on business for a couple of days. I should be ok but admit I would have felt better had my weight not fluctuated back up. I'll just have to be careful. Hopefully I'll be able to provide more metrics with my next write up and get more of a comparison with the results. Well that's all for now.

Cheers, BustaGut!