I’d have thought the endorphins would give me bounce, but currently they are being surpassed with tiredness and fatigue.
I joined the gym on the 6th, and finally succeeded in passing my 2 week flake-out hurdle, but because I have a bit of time up my sleeve, I went one step further..

I saw a Nutritionist last week.. out of pure curiosity, and somehow managed to sign myself up to his suggested diet
He hooked me up to a biostat machine to get all my reading things.

Unashamedly, I’ll let you in on them..
The ‘Normal Range’ is based on my height (and I presume, sex) – which, as you see below, I fall right in the ranges, but want to change which end of the ranges I sit..
Height ~165cm
Weight ~ 56kg (Normal Range: 54 – 60kg)
Body Lean ~ 41.4kg (Normal Range: 42 – 45kg) <–that’s muscle
Body Water ~ 53.4% (Normal Range – 50 – 60%)

Basic Metabolic Rate / Rest ~ 1442kcal/day (exactly what it should be)
Average Daily Calories Req ~ 2276kcal/day

Here’s the clincher in both weight and percent
Body Fat ~ 14.9kg (Normal Range: 12 – 15kg)
Body Fat ~ 26.6% (Normal Range: 21 – 27kg)

Was I happy with that body fat? Nooo!

My nutritionist, Dave, has set goals for me, and written a meal plan. And believe it or not, I am following them. I’ll write why soon..

Oh, the 6 week goal

Lose 5.7kg of Body Fat – 950grams/w
Increase 2.5kilos of muscle – 400grams/w
Basically, he want’s my bodyfat down to 17%

Eep

“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands” (Legally Blonde) – I have a plan for 2010, which helps avoid any jail time for me

It’s been quite some time since I put anything of any real substance on my blog, so I decided I should get back into the swing of things, literally.

2009 is behind us, thank bloody god. I’m sure I can safely assume many of you are glad to see the butt end of it, too.
For me, there has been some really high points, but the low points made it a huge struggle to get to the end of.

Let me explain why..

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