Sunday, Week 6 (with Progress Update)

Who hoo! Progress day AND my rock climbing lesson. This has been a very good fitness week overall for me.

Progress:
Weight: 132.8lbs (137.8 baseline, 135.8 post-vacation, down 3 from last week!)
Waist: 30.25 inches (31.5 baseline, 31 last week, down .75 from last week)
Below Waist: 32.75 inches (33.25 baseline, 33 last week, down .25 from last week)
Body Fat: 32% (down from 34% at beginning of the week)

The body fat measurement is new. It's from the probably non-accurate body fat measurement on my Sharper Image scale. I don't look at this as a real number, but seeing a downward trend is good. I think I was down to 27-28 towards the end of my last fitness crunch before going to Hawaii. Getting this into the 20s would be awesome.

A note about the loss from last week. I think the 135.8 weigh-in was skewed by the Burger King and Teddy Grahms that I ate on the plane the night before. That weight quickly came off (so it probably wasn't a "real" gain, if that makes sense). I do think that my gain in muscle has started kicking in, though, regarding helping out with the weight loss. The more muscle I have, the more calories I burn at rest.

Only one thing has been slightly problematic. I've been having a headache since mid-day yesterday, and it came back this morning. I took some Advil with my cereal, though. Hopefully that will knock it out, and it won't come back. Hopefully this is NOT an indication of more ear problems.

Food:
Breakfast: Kashi Lean - a little over 1/2 cup (85), 1/2 cup skim milk (45)
Pre-Workout: Yogurt (55)
Post-Workout: IsoPure (100)
Lunch: Boca Burger (90), Salad (20), turkey (20)
Sanck: Pear (90)
Dinner: Chicken Pasta Creation (170)
Snack: 2 turkey (40), 1 wine (100), Fudge Bar (60)
Total: 875

Exercise:
Stretching: Throughout day
Rock Climbing Class!!! - 2 hour class (but it was just instruction on knot tying and belaying - which is spotting while someone is climbing), I did 40 minutes of climbing after the class. I did about 8 climbs in that time - all auto-belayed (so that I didn't need a partner). I got up to about 3/4 of the way on my final climb. I did 3 different courses (by each of the auto-belay ropes). The other climbs I got about 1/2 - 2/3 the way up. It was an excellent workout and lots of fun. It would have been more fun with a partner, but it was still worthwhile. There were a lot more courses that I could have tried if I hadn't had to stick to the auto-belay ones. I'll very likely go back. They have ladies night on Thursdays (1/2 price), so I might go some Thursdays after work. My hands are a bit blistered, but they will toughen up with practice. It will be interesting to see how sore I am tomorrow. It will definitely get easier if I get more upper body strength.