I'm spending more time at the gym. Not buff yet (I like food too much for muscles to show up), but I can deadlift 115, bench 65, and squat 95 on a good day (bad knees = not many good days).  So that's nice. Aiming for three-digit numbers in all of the above, and the ability to do ONE un-assisted pullup before I die. So ( Read more... )

So I went to the gym and got one of those freebie profile things done by a trainer - according to their measurements (the scientific 'pinch test' method), I'm about 30% body fat and for my age, should be between 20 and 25%. Which basically means, after the math is done, I need to lose 8-10 pounds of fat ( Read more... )

Dropped to 163, jumped to 166; this is after doing a lot more muscle work at the gym, so I think it's not necessarily fat/size gain as much as muscle building up a bit and then probably water retention, etc.

I'm swapping out my Carnation instant breakfast for something like Fiber One whenever I have enough time in the morning to eat breakfast ( ( Read more... )