I’ve decided to post every month how things are going. See my previous posts on Fat Loss Calculations:<\/p>\n
Initial Fat Loss Calculation<\/a> post – Update Post<\/a> – The I got it wrong<\/a> post.<\/p>\n The short version is that in January I weighed 206 pounds (14 stone 10) and had a belly (not waist) of 43″ at the belly button, giving a body fat calculation of 30%. In Febuary I started Crossfit, and in March I started on the Zone Diet.<\/p>\n Now 3 months later (1st May) my weight is 200 pounds (14 stone 4) and my belly has shrunk 3 inches to 40″ exactly. This gives me a body fat calculation of 25% percent. Bare in mind, I’m not in this to lose weight, but to change shape and get fit. So I’m more interested in fat loss than weight loss.<\/p>\n A little maths then: a 5% reduction in body fat, at 5% of 200 pounds, make 10 pounds. But I’ve only lost 6 pounds, meaning I’ve put on 4 pounds of muscle too. \ud83d\ude00 When I first looked at this, a thought occurred: “5% reduction in body fat” doesn’t sound like much does it?? However, look at it another way: 5 out of 30 is a sixth, or 17%. So it’s more accurate to say I’ve lost 5% of my weight in fat, or 17% of my body fat. That sounds much better. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n I’ve already gone down a jeans size and a notch on my belt, but this weekend I had to go down a second notch on my belt <\/strong><\/em>(to a notch not used in 10 years!) in order to stop my trousers falling down!<\/p>\n I don’t think this is bad for 3 months effort. Actually, it’s not been a lot of effort really (well the Zone Diet isn’t, Crossfit certainly is!), I still drink too much wine, and still eat chocolate and ice cream. In fact, I’ve discovered that a Finger of Fudge is just 2 blocks of Carbs<\/strong><\/em>, which makes an excellent desert. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n Here’s to another 3 months, and losing another 5% of my body weight in fat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve decided to post every month how things are going. See my previous posts on Fat Loss Calculations: Initial Fat Loss Calculation post – Update Post – The I got it wrong post. The short version is that in January I weighed 206 pounds (14 stone 10) and had a belly (not waist) of 43″ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crossfit","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"category-the-zone-diet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}