Saturday 21 February 2009

First Pics - and second Measuring Up post

Okay, so this is scary.

I bought my bikini, it's a size 10, I really like it but it's blatantly too small for me, ha!

I thought I'd get a colour other than black, one of my new year's resolutions for 2009 (other than the obvious shaping-up!) has been to wear more bright and daring clothes... resulting in my trawling through various retro clothing shops and wearing 80's style lurex tops to work, haha... my poor colleagues!!

Anyway, I've taken my first load of pics. I'm trying to console myself with the fact that they'll make absolutely awesome 'Before' pictures, as they're bloody awful! It's funny how you have a pre-conceived idea about what you look like, enough so that when you look in the mirror it's your mind's image that's often reflected back, not your true one... this of course leads to people thinking they're thinner than they are... or, at the opposite end of the spectrum, believing themselves to be overweight when they're really quite the opposite! I'm sure that a lot of us have suffered from some sort of Body Dysmorphia or another from time to time. But in any case, the camera doesn't lie (unfortunately) so here we go, here's me now:



as you can see, I'm not hugely overweight, but I do have a lot of weight that I could do with losing and my muscle tone is practically non-existent!! :-(

I don't think I've ever had back-fat before, so this is something new, and not welcome in the slightest! The double-chin action is not appreciated either.

It's also shocking how bad my posture is, and I'm pretty sure I could pass for 5 months pregnant!!


Weekly Measurements

Date: 21/02/2009
Weight: 11st 4.25lbs
BMI: 24.3
Upper arm: 13"
Below Bust: 30"
Stomach: 30"
Hips: 37.5"
Butt: 43.5"
Upper thigh: 25.5"
Lower thigh: 17.5"
Upper calf: 15"


Weekly Difference

Weight: + 0.5lbs
BMI: + 0.3
Upper arm: 0"
Below Bust: - 0.5"
Stomach: - 0.5"
Hips: + 0.5"
Butt: - 0.5"
Upper thigh: + 0.5"
Lower thigh: 0"
Upper calf: 0"


Overall Difference

Weight: + 0.5lbs
BMI: + 0.3
Upper arm: 0"
Below Bust: - 0.5"
Stomach: - 0.5"
Hips: + 0.5"
Butt: - 0.5"
Upper thigh: + 0.5"
Lower thigh: 0"
Upper calf: 0"


Analysis

As you can see I'm half a pound up from last week, not terribly surprising though as I've not been able to do any exercise these past few weeks apart from ride into work twice, so I'm not going to get too upset by that. The week before last I was 11st 6lbs so there is an overall loss :-)

Over my body I've lost 1.5", but gained an inch, so only half an inch loss to report. Still, not bad for someone who has been more or less a couch potato for the past two weeks!

I won't be able to train properly until after I've handed my next assignment in on Tuesday so probably won't be a huge difference to report next week either, but we shall see!!

5 comments:

  1. The color of that bikini is awesome! Good luck with your weight loss goals!!

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  2. Thanks!! :-)

    yeah the bikini is super, I love the summery colour and halterneck style, it's definitely more flattering on my top half :-)

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  3. With the active lifestyle you described in your first post, you'll be in awesome shape in no time at all.

    Best wishes.

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  4. Thanks, Jim! I love your 'new day' philosophy... it's one we should all adopt! :-)

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  5. All the best with your fitness goals, i'm sure you will do really well.
    Deb

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