Progress Update

The attention to fitness has really paid off. I do light training with dumb bells and an exercise mat. With the dumb bells I do 15 bicep curls on each arm, shoulder presses (20) and bench press (20). On the mat I do 20 stomach crunches. This is all very quick and easy to do since I injured my back last year and don’t want to do any hard training too soon. It’s what I consider “reminding my muscles that they are still required” and for my body to consume fat rather than muscle when it needs energy.

Once my back was getting past the crippling pain stage, I started jogging. At the start of the run, I had to tension my lower back muscles to avoid pain. But 3 minutes later the muscles were nicely warmed up and pain free. I found that the supporting muscles around my spine and abdomen have been built up via jogging so I have cured my back problem now.

Now I jog every other day and since January of this year I have lost 7Kg of weight so now I weight in at 93Kg. Now I look like I am not over weight since my abs have a fit looking shape and my chest is bigger than my mid section. But I still have significant fat at the sides of my mid section “love handles” so I still need to shift some more fat.

I think my face looks thinner but I am not sure that makes me look more handsome since my bone structure is showing up more. Anyway I plan to work at losing a further 8Kgs which may take me until next year but I think it is worth the effort.

Diet-wise, I didn’t change much except lately I am eating fruit for breakfast rather than toast and marmalade. I will post some photos of my body change soon.