[Drew]

Um, it's been five days. I might have lost a few pounds (I think I'm a little on the 190 side of the little 195 mini-line on my scale, whereas previously I was more towards the 200), but nothing major.

[YYZ2112]

It's only been five days?

[canuck brian]

Went back to the gym for the first time in quite some time yesterday. I hurt. A lot. I'll be hopefully going back in again tomorrow.

[metalfiend666]

I've actually made quite a radical change to my eating habits already. I've cut out virtually all the chocolate, crisps and snacks I used to have and I'm now eating 3 pieces of fruit and having a glass of orange juice every day. I'm going to really make an effort to exercise as well. All I do at the moment is walk to work, and that's only a little over a mile.

[FortePenance]

Football practices are really dicking around with my weightlifting routine. I didn't go to the gym the last 2 days so tomorrow, I will crush myself.

[DelfinoPie]

Originally Posted by metalfiend666

I've actually made quite a radical change to my eating habits already. I've cut out virtually all the chocolate, crisps and snacks I used to have and I'm now eating 3 pieces of fruit and having a glass of orange juice every day. I'm going to really make an effort to exercise as well. All I do at the moment is walk to work, and that's only a little over a mile.

I walk around 10 miles whilst at work on a moderately busy day

Really gonna' step it up a bit this week and get back into lifting weights and gonna' either part exchange my old bike or just buy a new one

[TomAwesome]

As of today, I'm 220lbs even, which is surprising, because I've somehow lost a few pounds (about 3 or 4) since I stopped exercising several weeks ago. I'm not complaining, though. Do we have any official rules/conditions/whatever? I can get additional measurements if needed. I also have some pictures, but as they're far from flattering, I'd rather not post them unless other people are going to, too.

[budda]

I dunno what i was when i started, but im hovering at around 212. i bet i'll weigh more like 210 today because i've barely eaten. gonna remedy that soon lol.

i walk all day for work, gotta up the level of biking and try to eat a little better!

and hit the gym w/ my buddy at some point. yeah, not much of a plan i know..

[s7eve]

I decided this morning that my goal is to lose about 1.56 kg more fat and put on 1.26 kg of muscle.

That makes my final goal 66.6 KG with 8% body fat

My goal was always mid 60's with 8% but I realised when I weighed myself this morning that I will be 66.6 in the next few days and thought it would be funny to make that my final goal.

[Variant]

Well, I can't say I'm necessarily jumping on board with this 'contest' thing, but ever since my cancer scare a few months back (which, thankfully, thankfully, thankfully turned out as benign! ), in conjunction with my doctor reporting my having high cholesterol , has got me on a much upgraded workout plan... part of which is simply consistent cardio to combat the cholesterol issues, the other part being a weight lifting regimen to build muscle mass, which would have been a good thing if surgery/chemo was in my near future. Even in light of the good news, I think at 31 years old, I'm going to stick to both the cardio and weight training side of things as health has taken a back seat to other facets of my life, partially due to being blessed with a metabolism that keeps me slim without any working out, but falls safely away from hyperthyroidism. I’ve also adjusted my diet to a good extent, though while not bad before, it’s a lot better now. I’ve eliminated red meat almost entirely.

Mainly my goals are to reduce my chlerestoral (obviously) and improve cardiovascular health and physical endurance altogether, as well as adding a good bit of muscle mass and definition simply to be healthier and stronger, not so I can have a shirtless MySpace pic for gay dudes to beat off to. As for relvant stats here, my LDL is ‘borderline high’ at 148, and both my protein and sodium levels were a touch high. My personal stats are 5’-9.25” and 135 lbs. (when I first went to the doctor a couple of months ago), so I’m within the low side of my BMI at 19.8. I’m going to try and get a scale over the next few weeks so I can track my progress so far a building muscle mass goes. My current exercise regimen consists of six to seven days a week, cardio 4-5 days, and weight training 2-3 days. I WAS doing cardio everyday and combining it with the lifting on those days, but it would wear me out to the point where I couldn’t get though my sets so dedicated days for each type of exercise are a better solution for me. Cardio is a simple 35 min. or so on the stationary bike, medium impact. Enough to get the heart rate up for the duration, but not so much strain that it counteracts my weight training. I backed down the resistance on the bike, because I think I was overdoing it at bit at first.

Weight training has been a bit tougher… I’ve got the strength, I just can’t seem to get routine down to be effective so far as the visual results are concerned. Initially, I think I got a bad routine recommendation, with too many reps, and not enough sets. I was doing 10-13 reps for 3 sets… now I switched to 6-8 reps for 4 sets, pushing about 20% more weight. Also, I’m resting more between exercises which allows more strength to rebuild to make the next exercise work. If you’re getting your cardio elsewhere, rushing to the next exercise to keep your heart rate up isn’t necessary. In any case, while I’ve seen a little bit of muscle definition come out of it, I can’t see where any good mass is getting put on. I guess we’ll see how the adjusted plan works for me. Any suggestions would be kindly appreciated.

Good luck to all the rest of you in your respective get-in-shape endeavors!