Week 5: Fattie does the Funky Monkey and other interval exercise fun

Bodyweight: 251lb "BodyFat": 35

Well that was productive :) Weight has started to come off again. Who'd a thunk it, not going out for dinner every other day helps reduce weight. I still have no idea what the body fat % is all about because i know I'm shedding inches, that is unless my body uses only water as excess fuel.

I won't blab on today cause I don't have much to say other than I have finally added the video of me following the Jeff Fenech arm interval training. I know the guys on ESB are familiar with this but I thought it might be more entertaining with a fattie. There is also a  round of heavy bag for critique at the end.

Enjoy,

Till Next Week

TTF

Week 4: An injured arm, a heavy bag session and lots of sushi, what could possibly go wrong?

Bodyweight: 254.5lb "BodyFat": 34.4

I've been hurt in boxing before. I'll never forget my first real body shot, it put me out of training for weeks and to this day I would still take a hundred head shots over one body shot. That being said, even when that happened in sparring I still kept going to the end of the round (probably not the smartest decision I've ever made). But the pain I felt throwing my first left hook  on Sunday's training was show stopping.


So now I have some sort of strain in my left bicep, leaving me few options for boxing training. As compensation for the lack of training I took it upon myself to go to eat-all-you-can-eat sushi...twice. Given the enormous salt content of soy sauce combined with reduced exercise I took or more water and lost less fat. Booooo!


So that leaves me with extra weight loss yoga, which has helped me understand my inner feminine side (while sweating like a pig may I add). Running has also become more common, I'm determined to get to the 5K mark by December. The change in training has meant a further delay to the "Fattie does the Funky Monkey" video but rest assured it is coming.


Till next week
TTF

Week 3: I got hammered on beer and still lost weight! Sounds like an infomercial

Bodyweight: 254.5lb "BodyFat": 35.4

It would seem that getting viciously hammered on Canadian beer has two effects; the first is that the next day there is a tendency to denounce the demon drink for all eternity (a lie that is consistent across continents) and the second is that it is still possible to lose weight in the same week. That being said I'm sure the permanent damage done to my liver and the lost day for recovery is hardly a good balance.

This week marked a couple of mile stones; the largest drop in one week (that is probably water weight) and my return to sparring. It has been over 18 months since i stepped in the ring and boy did it hurt! Not so much the fists battering my face, but sparring after a boot camp session with the guys from BigTyme Boxing club tore my lungs up.

Sparring consisted of a short fighter, a tall fighter and a south paw, a good mix with lots of different punch combinations. It was only 30 mins but i got out a lot of ring rust, maybe i'll stick up a video in a few weeks. Anyway; weight is down, running is up to 14 mins and training is on track, everything's coming up Milhouse!

Till next week
TTF

P.S. The "Fattie does the Funky Monkey" video will be posted next week. A weekend of boozing prevented this from being recorded

Week 2: The laws of thermodynamics work! As long as you don't eat salt.

Bodyweight: 259.2 "BodyFat": 35.2

As seen by the last entry, clearly I wasn't doing something right. Using MyFitnessPal.com it was evident immediately that eating poorly (or at least not as well as I thought) was the cause. I literally tracked everything I ate as well as the exercise that was completed. Unfortunately the interval style training that boxing employs is not covered by the website and so I have to make an educated guess on work done.

And it would seem that I wasn't too far off. 3lbs in a week, yet my curious "bodyfat" measurement has gone up which I'm sure people will attribute as water loss. Which would suggest that since my "bodyfat" has gone up that I have been using water as energy. So with that in mind I have either discovered a new form of energy or the body fat measurement isn't exactly accurate.

But, all things considered it looks like progress is being made, but will the trend continue?

Next Week: A new video!: "Fattie does the funky monkey!"

TTF

Week 1: Where's Jillian Michaels when you need her?

Weight: 262.2lb "Body Fat": 34.5

So, 1.5lb and 2% body fat lost what does it mean? We'll either I'm lazy and only worked out 3 times this week or I've broken the laws of thermodynamics.

That being said hearing the good news that one my other chubby buddies has lost 50lb since the start of the year has been a big kick in the ass. Smaller portions and better food has probably helped in the small loss this week but recent developments may spur a more aggressive training regime in the next few months...a fight!
Provisionally I will be fighting on the 3rd week of October in a white collar event. More news on that in the coming weeks as training intensifies.

Next week, there will be a new video upload, this time i will be trying to increase speed and power.

Till next week
TTF

10 week Fattie challenge

So progress is slow and I could say the same old fattie excuses that "it's summer" and "cheese has energy and burgers have protein". However, I promised not to make any excuses so I've decided to add something that bring excitement to the TTF blog ... a graph!

Ok, more specifically a graph that will track a 10 week challenge to lose 20lbs. Its a little ambitious and there is no last minute sweat session to cheat. So I present you with the initial weigh in.

I have body fat measurement on my scales which I know isn't very accurate but any number that drops (or rises if i have a bad week) is a good indicator. I'll update every Wednesday with the news (hopefully good)

TTF

Running for fatties

Running is great for boxer because its an easy way to build cardio and lose weight. Problem is when you have to shift around a big heap of lard around your belly, running becomes the devil.

When I first started boxing  I tried the famous couch to 5K program (C25K). After the first couple of weeks I found it impossibly hard and after speaking to a running coach (probably should have done that rather that using the Internet), the reason became clear. The C25K ramps up too fast for fatties, hell the running sections increase 50% from week 1 to week 2!

The advice given to me was to start with a 10 minute run. If you can't run 10 mins you need to start with some other cardio and build up to a 10 minute run. Try to run 3 times a week, it's only 10 mins, I do it while the oven is heating up. Then every 2 weeks (or whenever you feel comfortable) increase the run by 2 mins. Once you reach 20 mins, confidence begins to increase and you are able to make larger increases. Tadda!! How to run if your a fattie.

It works! Today I increased to 12 mins and I bet I'll be telling you about 14 mins in two weeks. Mark my words

TTF