Credentials

Apologies for the late post. Sometimes I become caught up in different things, and there are only so many hours in a day. In any event, as promised, here is a table of my past measurements from July through November, 2008.

	Baseline	1 Month	2 Months	3 Months	4 Months
Body Fat %	23.5	22	20.8	21	20.5
Weight*	242	226	223	222	221
Neck**	17	16	15.5	15.5	16
Chest	44.75	40.5	40.5	43	44
Shoulders	50.75	48	49	50.5	50
Waist	45	41	41	40	39
Hips	46.5	41	39	43	43.5
Bicep (R)	15.25	15.5	15	15.75	15.5
Bicep (L)	15	15	14.5	15.25	15.5
Thigh (R)	23.5	26	25	26.5	26.5
Thigh (L)	23.5	26	24.5	26.25	26
Calf (R)	17.75	18	17	17.25	17
Calf (L)	17.5	18	17	17.25	17

* Weight is in pounds (Ibs)

** All circumference measurements are in inches

As you can see, there is much to discuss here. Two main issues I wish to discuss:

1. I have marked certain measurements as plateau periods. This often happens to people trying to lose weight (and even body builders and professional athletes).
   
   
2. The reason why I did not mark these measurements as plateau is because you often have a loss in body fat which is often evenly distributed throughout your entire body. Moreover, at the same time you are losing fat, you are (usually) gaining muscle. Thus, while these measurements may appear to be skewed (some of them probably are since different people took these measurements over the four months), this phenomenon is reflected in the sharp downturn in most of the measurements followed by their gradual rise.

Unfortuantely, I am still working out the gym membership issue. Once it is secured (hopefully in the next couple of days), I will take my new benchmark measurements and begin my new regimen. I'll also post a new article once it has been written.

Until tomorrow..