Day 21 – X Stretch – Week 3 Done WOOHOO!!

And so this marked the end of Week 3 YES!!!. So how was it today? It was great, I am starting to get a bit more flexible, just a little, but hey little by little. They do the plow pose here as well and I am happy to say that I was able to get in to the first position with the legs up very easily now. I still can’t touch the floor in plow or bring my knees to my head but I still have a bit of Buddha belly LOL, so I shall be able to do it soon enough :o). Only other positions I can’t do are ones like hero’s back, yeah I can’t lean that way yet, or should I say I currently struggle with that LOL.

Alright, so the end of a week also means weight and measurements for me, so lets get to it, I am a bit excited and lets see why.

My Stats:

Weight:

	Day 1	Day 14	Day 21
Age	36.0	36.0	36.0
Height	69.0	69.0	69.0
Weight	207.4	204.2	199.2
Body Fat %	33.4%	29.7%	28.9%
Lean Body Mass	138.1	143.6	141.6
Fat Body Mass	69.3	60.6	57.6
Body Surface Area (BSA)	2.1	19.8	19.5
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6	30.2	29.4

First this is first, I have placed Day 1, Day 14 which was last week and Day 21 which is today, so you can compare the difference from one week and from Day 1. The most important have been highlighted, green down and red up.

SO I am now a little bit bellow 200lbs WOOHOO!! that i awesome and something to be excited about. Weight wise or scale wise I have lost 8.2lbs. Looking at the Body Fat %, I have lost a total of 11.7lbs in plain body fat, THAT IS AWESOME!! and since I continue to shrink on my skin it shows the lean body mass has also a loss of 2lbs, which is also fantastic.

And now we shall look at the measurements.

Measurements:

	Day 1	Day 14	Day 21
Date	3-Apr-10	17-Apr-10	24-Apr-10
Neck	18	17.5	17.5
Shoulder	17	17	16.5
Chest	45.5	45	45
Waist	44	43	42.25
Abdomen	44	43.5	43.25
Hips	41	40.5	40.5
Thigh	23.5	24	24
Knee	14.5	14.5	14.5
Calf	15	15	15
Ankle	9	9	9
Arm	13.5	14	13.75
Forearm	11	10.5	11
Wrist	7.5	7	7
Waist-Hip Ratio	1.073170732	1.061728395	1.043209877

Again I did the same thing here, compare from Day 1, Day 14 which is last week and Day 21 which is today, I highlighted the changes, green down and red up.

Alright so biggest difference is the waist with 0.75” loss. I am really happy, even with the 0.25” loss on my abs. These are tough areas to loose weight from and I am working hard in order to accomplish it and it is working, little by little it is all going away, YAY!! Now my Forearm has gone up, this was the left arm (I am right handed, and I have always measured the left). Now I had mentioned before that when I started using the dumbbells my forearm felt like it was going to pop, so either I increased in muscle or it still a little swollen.

Next week I start Week 4 which is considered a recovery week. Now just because it says recovery it does not mean it will al be easy. So just what do I have lined up for next week:

• Week 4:
• Day 1 – Yoga X
• Day 2 – Core Synergistics
• Day 3 – Kenpo X
• Day 4 – X Stretch
• Day 5 – Core Synergistics
• Day 6 – Yoga X
• Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

As you know Yoga X is not all that easy, very good workout for sure. Core Synergistics, I saw the video slightly when I first got the DVDs and as far as I remember it also is not that easy LOL We shall see, I am excited to try some new stuff, plus the week after I get to try some new routines, that will also be fun.

At this point I will say that so far this has been the best decision I have done in my life, well besides the decision to marrying my wife, but this one has been an important decision as well, as my own health and quality of life deserve to be improved so I can enjoy it better with all my loved ones, and I am not dissatisfied so far. So I shall keep pushing play and yelling BRING IT!! and do as Tony says to do, do my best and forget the rest.

Thank you for your time:

Mike