Week #4
Posted by Trixter on January 22, 2006
I think I see a trend here:
- 225.5 pounds
- 33% body fat
- Blood pressure 141/77
This is a 2.5 pound loss for the week, but a 2 percent increase in overall body fat percentage. I’m losing water (not necessarily a bad thing) but it also appears that I’m slowly losing muscle mass, which is a very bad thing.
I’m going to follow this road until I hit a plateau (or 8 weeks, whichever comes first), and then I’m going to start cross-training (for muscle mass) and running (for weight loss).
Oldskooler Ramblings 
Multimedia Mike said
I’ve always wondered what “cross-training” is, exactly. What are you doing for cross-training?
Trixter said
Cross-training is, in my experience, a generic term for “exercising every square inch of your body”. When a runner trains for a race, he mostly runs; when a triathelon athlete trains, he trains everything: Running, biking, swimming…
When I use the term cross-training, I intend to do a set of exercises that work all the major muscle groups: Back, arms, legs, etc. I will be very sore, and will most likely comment on how sore I am :-) But not until I hit the weight loss plateau… at 225 I’m still just a wee bit too heavy to run for my knees and 6’2″ frame.
Multimedia Mike said
I’m sitting at around 225 lbs right now with my 5’11” frame and I am tackling the insane San Francisco hills (I need to take a protracter with me one morning to measure the slope). But I’m also much nuttier. And I have a half marathon in less than 2 weeks.
Trixter said
Yes, I think it’s safe to say you’ve got much more muscle on you than me :-)
I’m glad I’m measuring my body fat percentage because otherwise I’d think everything is going just fine :-/