R2D7 – Rest, Weight & Measurements

Today I was going to do X-Stretch like I have done before, but I took the decision that I would go out with my wife for a bit considering she is on vacation and I was working, besides the factor that I was still moving tables and I helped move a large hardwood conference table which seemed to weigh a ton LOL so I think I worked out today LOL.

Alright lets see what happened this first week of P90X Round 2:

Weight (Digital Scale + Caliper):

	Day 0	Day 1	Gain/Loss
Weight	172.8	169.4	-3.4
Body Fat % (From "CALCULATORS" sheet)	16.7%	16.1%	-0.6%
Lean Body Mass	144.0	142.2	-1.8
Fat Body Mass	28.8	27.2	-1.6
Body Surface Area (BSA)	18.2	18.0	-0.2
Body Mass Index (BMI)	25.5	25.0	-0.5

WOOHOO I made it in to the 160s now with 169.4 as my weight YAY!!. That means I lost another 3.4lbs and I lost 0.6% body fat, meaning I lost 1.6lbs of fat YAY!!.

This also brings my total body fat loss down to 38lbs!! WOOHOO!!

Body Fat Caliper Calculation:

SITE	1	2	3	Average	BF
Chest	16	16	15	15.7	16.07%
Abdomen	24	23	23	23.3
Thigh	12	12	12	12.0

I figured I would continue to show the caliper calculations. For those new to this, I have to take measurements with the caliper 3 times, then the average measurement of the 3 is taken and used to calculate the Body Fat %, When it was imputed at the top it was rounded up making it 16.1%.

Just in case you are wondering what I use for a caliper, this is the caliper I currently own:

It is fairly simple, you pinch a skin fold in certain areas and use the caliper to measure the skin fold in millimeters. There are calculators online, at the present time the easiest for me to do because I do this myself is the 3 point, but I will be hoping at some point to do a 9 point as it is more accurate. There is a website that has an online calculator and it also has videos on how to measure the different points of the body, I prefer the calculator on the spreadsheet as it obligates you to take the measurement 3 times to make sure it is taken correctly, but I do find the videos useful so I will provide the link:

http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

Measurements:

	Day 0	Week 1	Gain/
	Day 1	Day 7	Loss
Neck	16	15.75	-0.25
Shoulder	15	15	+0
Chest	41.75	41.5	-0.25
Waist	36.5	36.25	-0.25
Abdomen	38	37.5	-0.5
Hips	37	36.75	-0.25
Thigh	21.5	21.5	+0
Knee	14	14	+0
Calf	14.25	14.25	+0
Ankle	8.5	8.5	+0
Arm	11.5	11.5	+0
Forearm	11	11	+0
Wrist	7	7	+0

Again lost a bit around the core section, this is awesome, but what impressed me the most is somehow I lost a bit more around my neck, that is good news for sure.

Well I do have something to mention, for 2 weeks now I have been sleeping without the CPAP machine, it took me a bit to get use to sleeping without the machine, but I have been sleeping, I did not say anything as most nights have been hot and I woke up many times during the night, I figured it had to do with heat, but I was not sure if it was the sleep apnea, so I have been waiting for several cool nights in a row to see how I sleep, my wife says I have not bothered her. Before if I slept without the machine, my wife could not sleep in the same room with me, I snored so loud that she had to go out to the living room to sleep, it was one of the reasons I did the sleep test. At this point for the last 2 weeks I have not bothered her at all, I ask every day, did you hear me snore? Did I wake you up? and she says no I slept fine other than waking every now and then to it being to hot. when I had the issue, she wore ear plugs and still heard me, it was that loud. I am pretty impressed, not only has P90X reduced my weight, provided me with a clean bill of health and a solution to my sleep apnea, but because of the weight loss on my neck, the snoring has reduced to the point where I can have my wife back in bed, YAY!! so basically P90X gave me that too LOL :o)

Tomorrow starts Round 2 Week 2 with Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X and I can’t wait to hit that pull up bar :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike