Downside of lower weight: smaller boobs. Upside of smaller boobs: new bras!
Down to 53.9kg! According to the dietitian there's only 1kg to go before 16% bodyfat - I feel like I could cut even more, but James made me promise to listen to Regina. My arms are pretty much where I want them to be, but there's a lot more I could lose from my butt and thighs. I'm still lifting as much as I did when I weighed 61kg, but they're bigger lifts as a percentage of my bodyweight.
Deadlift: 65kg - from 107% to 121%
Squat: 62.5kg - from 103% to 117%
Bench: 40kg - from 66% to 74%
I'm on the verge of going up in bench though. I've been doing lots of dumbbell bench (17.5kg an arm) to help with my stabilizers and it really paid off when I went back to barbell. I'd be thrilled (THRILLED!) with a bodyweight bench one day, but I'll focus more on increasing my lifts once I've stopped losing weight. I'm really happy with my squats though - I've had a few guys at the gym tell me that I have really good squat form, and one guy looked at my bar (during a rest from his monster squats) and was like "more than bodyweight?" while I tried to be all casual - "hmm? oh ... yeah".
Losing weight has meant that I've had to buy new bras. And eventually new clothes too, but I can make do for now. But my strapless bra, which used to be a perfect fit, ends up around my waist. I'm like Homer - "/gasp .. I'm down to a B cup!!" I'm in a crop top half the time anyway (oh how I love you Lululemon), but it's nice to have some cute bras. So I went to Myer and grabbed some Pleasure State stuff, since I got to chain together a few discounts (25% off for Pleasure State if you buy 2 full price items, plus a $20 voucher from Myer if you spend more than $75 - which I can use next week to buy more lingerie!)
I got this (not the stockings or suspenders though):
plus a lacy red set that is just part of their regular MyFit range, and some seamless everyday bras and undies. The sales assistant and I spent awhile figuring out how to pair everything together so I still got the 25% discount but so we could maximise the $20 vouchers. We ended up splitting everything up into 4 groups so I got 4 vouchers. =D I had to buy an emergency chocolate though, because I was $2ish short on one of them. James can have the chocolate. The poor Myer ladies - they always have to remember the different specials that are going on.
James also wants some gym pants for when it gets colder, so we can use one of the vouchers for that. Mainly I want more undies though. Cat recommended the Kayser brazilian briefs, and they're my favourite style. I don't really find g-strings that comfortable, boy legs highlight my stumpy legs, bikini briefs are boring - brazilians are where it's at!
Speaking of brazilians, I've STILL got bruises from BJJ. My last ones haven't even faded yet and I have a fresh lot. Plus some scabs on my ankle from where some of my skin got rubbed off (either from someone grabbing my ankle or not cutting their nails). I have 6 bruises on my left hip - why do I have 6 bruises on my left hip? :O I don't think I'm even rolling that hard - nobody is rough - but here I am, looking like a peach that's been dropped down some stairs. James was looking at some of my bruises the other day and was like "these look like they were done by tiny jabby hands" (actually all he said was "tiny jabby hands", but I knew what he was getting at). I feel so weird not going to BJJ tonight, but Rob keeps telling me off for overtraining so I thought I'd skip Wednesday - and Monday will be an enforced day off too. Plus there's something weird happening with the gym schedule this Sunday and Monday so there might only be one weight training session too.
Also is it lame that my new Philips iron arrived and I was really excited? It makes ironing James' shirts much easier. My old iron was like 20 years old, and it turns out that ironing technology has come a fair way since then. I want my Fossil bag to arrive as well - I have grand plans for it.
I hope James comes home soon. I'm looking forward to showing him my new purchases and having him go "you should totally go buy some more expensive lingerie". Cos he totally will, I know it. Also I want to have dinner. Tonight it's lentil soup which will be served with some mountain bread so it becomes a complete protein. Or something. We had Urban Burger burgers last night (had a buy one get one voucher so I had one and a third burgers and James had two and two thirds). I haven't really thought ahead for the rest of the week, but I should do that before Ormi and I go shopping on Friday.
Deadlift: 65kg - from 107% to 121%
Squat: 62.5kg - from 103% to 117%
Bench: 40kg - from 66% to 74%
I'm on the verge of going up in bench though. I've been doing lots of dumbbell bench (17.5kg an arm) to help with my stabilizers and it really paid off when I went back to barbell. I'd be thrilled (THRILLED!) with a bodyweight bench one day, but I'll focus more on increasing my lifts once I've stopped losing weight. I'm really happy with my squats though - I've had a few guys at the gym tell me that I have really good squat form, and one guy looked at my bar (during a rest from his monster squats) and was like "more than bodyweight?" while I tried to be all casual - "hmm? oh ... yeah".
Losing weight has meant that I've had to buy new bras. And eventually new clothes too, but I can make do for now. But my strapless bra, which used to be a perfect fit, ends up around my waist. I'm like Homer - "/gasp .. I'm down to a B cup!!" I'm in a crop top half the time anyway (oh how I love you Lululemon), but it's nice to have some cute bras. So I went to Myer and grabbed some Pleasure State stuff, since I got to chain together a few discounts (25% off for Pleasure State if you buy 2 full price items, plus a $20 voucher from Myer if you spend more than $75 - which I can use next week to buy more lingerie!)
I got this (not the stockings or suspenders though):
plus a lacy red set that is just part of their regular MyFit range, and some seamless everyday bras and undies. The sales assistant and I spent awhile figuring out how to pair everything together so I still got the 25% discount but so we could maximise the $20 vouchers. We ended up splitting everything up into 4 groups so I got 4 vouchers. =D I had to buy an emergency chocolate though, because I was $2ish short on one of them. James can have the chocolate. The poor Myer ladies - they always have to remember the different specials that are going on.
James also wants some gym pants for when it gets colder, so we can use one of the vouchers for that. Mainly I want more undies though. Cat recommended the Kayser brazilian briefs, and they're my favourite style. I don't really find g-strings that comfortable, boy legs highlight my stumpy legs, bikini briefs are boring - brazilians are where it's at!
Speaking of brazilians, I've STILL got bruises from BJJ. My last ones haven't even faded yet and I have a fresh lot. Plus some scabs on my ankle from where some of my skin got rubbed off (either from someone grabbing my ankle or not cutting their nails). I have 6 bruises on my left hip - why do I have 6 bruises on my left hip? :O I don't think I'm even rolling that hard - nobody is rough - but here I am, looking like a peach that's been dropped down some stairs. James was looking at some of my bruises the other day and was like "these look like they were done by tiny jabby hands" (actually all he said was "tiny jabby hands", but I knew what he was getting at). I feel so weird not going to BJJ tonight, but Rob keeps telling me off for overtraining so I thought I'd skip Wednesday - and Monday will be an enforced day off too. Plus there's something weird happening with the gym schedule this Sunday and Monday so there might only be one weight training session too.
Also is it lame that my new Philips iron arrived and I was really excited? It makes ironing James' shirts much easier. My old iron was like 20 years old, and it turns out that ironing technology has come a fair way since then. I want my Fossil bag to arrive as well - I have grand plans for it.
I hope James comes home soon. I'm looking forward to showing him my new purchases and having him go "you should totally go buy some more expensive lingerie". Cos he totally will, I know it. Also I want to have dinner. Tonight it's lentil soup which will be served with some mountain bread so it becomes a complete protein. Or something. We had Urban Burger burgers last night (had a buy one get one voucher so I had one and a third burgers and James had two and two thirds). I haven't really thought ahead for the rest of the week, but I should do that before Ormi and I go shopping on Friday.