Measurements Day!

 Hey everyone, it's Measurements Day again!

Over the past 10 days, I've managed to avoid binges (yay!), ate sensible portions, exercised, and did a lot of spring cleaning.

 Although I'm still not back to daily workouts, I have kept up with my exercises (7 times in 10 days) and I started adding in more challenging and varied moves for my arms (with 2 kg weights.)

I have a badly damaged tendon in my right foot, so I've not been able to do as much walking as I would have liked, but surprisingly, I've still managed to loose a significant amount of fat from my thighs! Hopefully my upcoming physical therapy sessions and special support (to wear inside my shoe) will help it heal quickly, and I can resume taking longish walks with the pooch this summer.

I was shocked when I saw my total all-over-body loss... I'm so happy, it makes me teary.




04 June to  13 June 2012
Weight : - 1 kg
Breast : - 1/8"
Stomach: - 1/2 "
Waist: - 3/8 "
Hips: - 1/2"
Thigh:  - 1 3/8 "
Upper Arm: -1/4 "

All-Over-Body Inches Lost : - 3 1/8"



Total Loss : 29 Jan. 2011 - 13 June 2012

Weight : - 4 kg 
BMI : - 1
Breast : - 2 1/4"
Stomach: - 4 1/8 "
Waist: - 5 3/8 "
Hips: - 3"
Thigh:  - 5 1/8 "
Upper Arm: - 3 "
 
Total All-Over-Body Inches Lost : - 22 7/8"

... that's almost 2 ft. of me ... gone!

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Circuit with small weights for toning and strengthening arms

Quick bit of good news: A few days ago, I re-broke the BMI barrier! I'm now back to BMI 39, which means I'm no longer "morbidly" obese. Yay! I had regained 1 kg, 3 months ago, and I couldn't shake it... finally, it's gone, and I'm not inviting it back again... ever!

I found this video yesterday, and I'll be incorporating it into my weekly workouts.

Since I don't have a bench, I've been using a wooden dining chair for the sitting parts, and then laying flat on the floor for the "on the back" parts.

 

So far, I've only done the circuit x2 (instead of x3, as is mentioned in the video) because I find it a bit intense at the end of the 2nd round. I hope to be up to the full 3 rounds by next week. In the meantime, instead of doing the 3rd round of this circuit, I've been doing 1 round of my usual arm workout (from Susan Powter's Lean Muscle Mass video.)

This routine works on the arms, shoulders, chest, and back. I'm hopeful that it will help give me more improvement in my triceps (yeah, problem zone extraordinaire!)

Here is the video:


http://youtu.be/GN6bL3WaYKk

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