Work in Progress IV

I told you I’d be back in a minute with a more in-depth update on my #finebyforty challenge and here I am. Like I mentioned in the last post, with Covid-19 happening, I haven’t been to the gym in over six weeks at this point, so my progress on bulking up has been delayed.

My fella and I have made sure to increase our activity level with daily walks, some jogging, biking and we’ve started hiking with friends on the weekends too. That effort has kept our cardio levels on-par or better than what they were, so we’ve both managed to continue leaning out through this gym hiatus. I’m happy about that, but frustrated that my progress on adding muscle mass to my upper body has been halted again (After hernia surgery last winter). It’ll happen in due time though; most important thing is that we all stay healthy.

Same Shorts, 65 Pound Difference

I realized over the weekend that my pajama shorts were the same red shorts from these “before” pictures you’ve seen several times, so I decided to do some side-by-side progress shots.

Left: the “after” shot for the front angle was taken Saturday morning and I’m bloated in my belly. We have a standing Friday night zoom happy hour with our friends, where we catch up, eat dinner and have drinks together. I woke up feeling (and showing) the prior night’s food and beverage choices in my gut.

Right: The “After” picture for the profile shot was taken this morning (Sunday) after a busy day with better dietary choices. The bloat is gone and you can see my baby 2 pack showing through (we’re working on it, girl).

Here are a couple mirror selfies for the week, to prove how extra I am ATM. No, I don’t shave my legs; I’ve just never grown a ton of leg hair and what I do have is blond. :)

The Details

As I always, I can’t really tell you what these numbers relay but I do know that ones that should be trending down are and the ones that should be trending up are at least maintaining.

Measurement	Starting	5/10/20	Progress
Height:	5'11"	5'11"	No Change
Weight:	265 lbs.	211 lbs.	Loss of 54 lbs.
Body Mass Index (BMI):	36.7%	25%	Loss of 11.7% BMI
Body Fat:	36%	25.2%	Loss of 10.8% Body Fat
Visceral (Abdominal) Fat:	19%	10%	Loss of 9% Visceral Fat
Muscle Mass:	130.5	161.1	Gain of 30.6 Muscle Mass
Bone Mass:	5.6	9.2	Bone Mass gain of 3.6
Max Push-up Count:	9	44	Gain of 35
Max Plank Interval:	25 seconds	110 seconds	Gain of 85 seconds
Max Bench Press Weight:	45 lbs.	195 lbs.	Gain of 150 lbs.

Threes

I got my third tattoo recently. All three of my tattoos are of three things.

I have three arrows on my inner-left wrist.

I have Mario, Yoshi and Luigi on my inner-left bicep.

And now these three triangle on my inner-right wrist.

Each tattoo is part of an evolving story. I decided to stay with the theme of threes as I add additional ink. This one represents new beginnings. Beyond that, I don’t want to give much away yet.

My next ink is coming early next year and will be continuation of the Mario tattoo on my bicep. I’m going to be adding to it in phases (keeping with the theme of threes) and turning it into a half sleeve in 2020.