This morning, it was time to pull out the caliper and step up on the scale for some measurements again. It’s been a week since I changed the diet (again) to keep the fat coming off. In short; I’ve been eating some extra carbs during and after my weight training sessions. And on off-days, I’ve been restricting carbs to veggies only (as usual). You can see the actual scheme in my last update, from August 5, complete with all the numbers.

This week has been kind of hectic. I and my business companion, Fredrik Carlsson, came back after a couple of weeks of vacation on Monday morning. We both had a lot of clients to attend to, especially those who will compete in the National Bodybuilding, Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Body Fitness Championships on October 7 and 8. I also had some priority clients along with new requests of training- and nutritional programs. It’s easy to lose focus on your own diet and meal schedule when you are up over your ears in work and put every ounce of concentration into your clients.
Anyway, the week went very well. The extra carbs around my workouts seem to have helped in re-gaining some muscle mass. When it comes to fat loss, the 7-sites caliper readings show a loss of about 1 lb this week. This is not totally accurate, since I see a lot of improvement in other areas that isn’t measured; like serratus anterior, external oblique, deltoids, forearms and calves. Since it’s now getting a bit harder due to the stubborn deep fat, I’ll start taking some other reference readings for future reference, like medial deltoid, lower back, calves and biceps (pretty much like the Parillo formula, except for the delts).

The results now after a total of eight weeks (56 days), August 12:

Morning body weight: 165.66lbs (75.3kg), down another 0.44lbs (0.2kg) from last week and a total of 18.34lbs (8.3kg).
Body fat percentage: 6.83%, down from 7.4% last week and from 14.8% at the start.
Fat weight: 11.31lbs (5.14kg), down another 0.98lbs (0.45kg) from last week and a total of 15.89lbs (7.2kg).
Lean body weight: 154.35lbs (70.16), up 0.54lbs (0.25kg) from last week.
Waist measurement: 33.15” (84,2cm), down another 0.31” (0.6cm) from last week and a total of 3.65” (9.0cm)

Here’s a little diagram for all you number and statistic-junkies. (Click to open)

A new update with photos will be up next weekend.