Week 30
Body fat pinch totals continue to creep downward ever so slowly. Last week I was up a mm from the week before, this week I am down two from last week, for another new low in the pinch totals. Pinch total is now 36 mm — my first BF% pinch total was 73 mm back in October, so the progress so far is pretty good, I’d say. I do five pinches: tricep, chest, abdominal, oblique and thigh and consult a chart from betterbodz.com. Supposedly I am at 12.6% BF.
I also think I have found one of the reasons that my weight plateaued… I had increased the number of times I had a protein shake during the day to three, where previously I would have one or two: usually two on the days I lift and one on the days I don’t. I was having three nearly every day starting about the time my weight stopped going down and I can’t say that I noticed any more muscle gains with the 3-a-day protein than I did previously. Hmmm, you do the math. So this week I went back to my previous schedule, twice on lifting days (one mid-afternoon, and one right after working out in the evening) and once on the off days and suddenly I was nudging on 174 again. It is a delicate balance trying to build muscle and cut fat at the same time, and I suppose some would say it can’t be done. After being chubby for most of my 40+ years I just want the fat off!
I continue to be pleased with my progress. I like what I am seeing in the mirror. Depending on the lighting my delts and pecs are looking pretty good and lately after the arm workout my arms seem huge… probably just me, but it’s definitely a big improvement from where I started. I just need to further reduce the flab around my middle… ugh, maybe I’ll actually have to do some cardio… 
Keep liftin’.
