Thread: Fat Loss Challenge - Eli

Excellent work mate.

Keep it up, you look to have a good level of muscle under the winter coat!

cheers mate,

always good to hear some friendly motivation. :)

Week 7 - 14/04/2010

weight = 117.2kg

week 1: 121.2kg
week 2: 120.5kg
week 3: 119.6kg
week4: 119.5kg
week5: 118.4kg
week6: 117.6kg

weight loss this week: 117.6 - 117.2 = 0.4kg

weight loss so far: 4kg

Originally Posted by eli420

Week 7 - 14/04/2010

weight = 117.2kg

week 1: 121.2kg
week 2: 120.5kg
week 3: 119.6kg
week4: 119.5kg
week5: 118.4kg
week6: 117.6kg

weight loss this week: 117.6 - 117.2 = 0.4kg

weight loss so far: 4kg

keep maintaining that fat loss each week and you will do really well,barely any muscle lost when dropping weight so slowly,

dont rush just take your time,

Originally Posted by minotaur

keep maintaining that fat loss each week and you will do really well,barely any muscle lost when dropping weight so slowly,

dont rush just take your time,

yeah for sure. i have adjusted my diet to a much cleaner one but am actually eating more than when i first started this program, i guess this is helping with muscle retention.

Good to see the progress is on track. If you have time, post up you most recent diet for the day. We can make some suggestions for tweaks down the track when your weight loss levels out a bit, which will happen. Keep at it. Your upper body will lean out quicker than your gut but all will give you a better appearance each week.

Originally Posted by Hogan

Good to see the progress is on track. If you have time, post up you most recent diet for the day. We can make some suggestions for tweaks down the track when your weight loss levels out a bit, which will happen. Keep at it. Your upper body will lean out quicker than your gut but all will give you a better appearance each week.

No problem mate, here is my most recent day:

meal 1: Omlette with turkey breast, capsicum, tomatoes, baby spinach, onion. (fish oil + multi v)

meal 2: bout 300grams lean roast chicken w/ large green leaf an carrot salad

meal 3: chicken breast and left over omlette from meal 1. (fish oil)

meal 4: turkey breast with roast fennel and steamed beans and broccolli

meal 5: peanut butter and leftover turkey. (not the best i know)

That looks fine and you are getting the results. At this stage just keep going. In the meantime, go to wollies and buy yourself a digital kitchen scale. Mine cost about $20. When your weight loss slows the scale will help you to be more precise which will make a big difference when fine tuning. Meal 5 is fine, just make sure you use a natural peanut butter. Stuff made by Kraft and Eta is highly processed and has hydrogenated oils and sugar (icing sugar to be exact) but you can get natural peanut butter in the health food section of Coles/Safeway made by Sanatarium. Or some health food shops grind their own.

Fat will NOT make you fat. Eating shit will make you fat. Stick to the clean foods and you will do well. Keep up the fish oil and you can also add in a small amount of olive oil to your salads. Buy pure virgin olive oil. Buy the Australian varieties. Most of the imported stuff is blended crap or worse. The only problem with the healthy fats is that they have over double the calories per gram compared to protein or carbs so just keep track of exactly how much you are using.

Originally Posted by Hogan

That looks fine and you are getting the results. At this stage just keep going. In the meantime, go to wollies and buy yourself a digital kitchen scale. Mine cost about $20. When your weight loss slows the scale will help you to be more precise which will make a big difference when fine tuning. Meal 5 is fine, just make sure you use a natural peanut butter. Stuff made by Kraft and Eta is highly processed and has hydrogenated oils and sugar (icing sugar to be exact) but you can get natural peanut butter in the health food section of Coles/Safeway made by Sanatarium. Or some health food shops grind their own.

Fat will NOT make you fat. Eating shit will make you fat. Stick to the clean foods and you will do well. Keep up the fish oil and you can also add in a small amount of olive oil to your salads. Buy pure virgin olive oil. Buy the Australian varieties. Most of the imported stuff is blended crap or worse. The only problem with the healthy fats is that they have over double the calories per gram compared to protein or carbs so just keep track of exactly how much you are using.

cool, yeah i've been using 100% peanuts peanut butter from the health food store. it tastes way better than the processed ones anyway. cheers for the tips mate. i also have kitchen scales so they should come in handy when my weight starts to plateu.

measurements for 20/4/2010 (2 months progress)

Bicep - 41cm (flexed 44cm) (no change)

forearm - 31cm (no change)

chest - 113cm (7.5cm loss)

waist - 104.5 (1.5cm loss)

hips - 115cm (no change)

thigh - 65.5cm (1.5cm gain)

losses are compared to last measurements taken. will have a weigh in tomorrow.

Eli

Quads have gained some muscle mate if everything else is down!

Originally Posted by Myst

Quads have gained some muscle mate if everything else is down!

yeah no doubt :). i edited out the frowny face after the 1.5cm gain on thigh, haha.

week 8 weigh in 21/4/2010

weight = 116.6kg

week 1: 121.2kg
week 2: 120.5kg
week 3: 119.6kg
week4: 119.5kg
week5: 118.4kg
week6: 117.6kg
week7: 117.2kg

weight loss this week = 117.2 - 116.6 = 0.6kg

weight loss so far = 4.6kg

woohoo!, doing well so far and feeling great!

week 9 weigh in 28/4/2010

weight = 115kg

week 1: 121.2kg
week 2: 120.5kg
week 3: 119.6kg
week4: 119.5kg
week5: 118.4kg
week6: 117.6kg
week7: 117.2kg
week8: 116.6kg

weight loss this week = 116.6-115 = 1.6kg (i'm thinking this rapid decrease could be due to me going to bed very early last night and missing my final meal? even though i still fit in 5 meals and a snack yesterday and also drank alot of water...hmmm...see how we go next week. i've also started taking acetyl carnitine before my weights and HIIT so this could also be the reason)

weight loss so far = 6.2kg

Some weeks you just get a massive drop, I lost 1.7kg last week and didn't do anything different!

week 10 weigh in 5/5/2010

Weight = 114.4kg

week 1: 121.2kg
week 2: 120.5kg
week 3: 119.6kg
week4: 119.5kg
week5: 118.4kg
week6: 117.6kg
week7: 117.2kg
week8: 116.6kg
week9: 115kg

weight loss this week = 115 - 114.4 = 0.6kg

weight loss so far = 6.8kg

Feeing good. noticing a fair bit more definition in shoulders and chest. legs are also starting to look more defined. Will post up some pics in a couple weeks.