After getting some inspiration from the Lonely Savage I got around to take my measurements today. It’ll be another of the metrics I’ll use to keep track of my progress. Currently I keep track of training time at funbeat.se, I weigh myself at least once a week and I’ll check my measurements once a month. I measure the circumference of the biceps, lower arms, chest, waist (just above the hip bone), hip (at the widest point), thigh and calf as well as measuring my shoulder width.
While browsing my training history at funbeat.se I saw that when was exercising the most (summer 2006). At that time I weighed 88,4kg and thus I felt like getting down to that weight again. I’m currently at 94kg and while not being overweight at all I feel like that with 6kg less and a lot more exercise will do me good. It will also make my body look better and I might even feel like getting a tattoo when my arms are less skinny. Jozze felt like loosing the same amount, so we’re going to get this done together.
Malin used viktklubb.se a while back to loose about 6kg to great success. I decided that I should give it a try. It’s mainly an food diary with a lot of nifty information thrown in. You get an individual plan for how much you should eat (in kcal) per day divided into breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. You can enter your exercise and see how much extra kcal you can eat that day to compensate for some or all the extra energy you’ve burned. You can also see diagrams for how much fat, protein and carbohydrates you should eat per day. As well as one with the same categories, but with data taken from what you’ve eaten that day.
I’m really amazed about how much I should eat. I’m going to eat 2530 kcal per day. Divided into 633, 759, 380 and 759kcal for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner as well as all the extras I’m going to earn myself from my exercise. I really doubt that I’ll eat all the kcal I earn from exercise though. It feels like 2530kcal is enough by a wide margin.
I’m going to try to build some more muscle on my upper body and especially my arms, due to the fact that I tire extremly fast when climbing and I’m sick and tired of that. I’m going to combine my running with some strength training. I’m going to use body as resistance and as warm-up I’m going to use the jump rope I got myself today. I have some learning to do since I never was good with the jump rope in school. ;)
I also challenge the Lonely Savage to gain 6kg in the same time that I loose mine.
