Week 13: 3 x swim, 2 x bike, 4 x run, 1 x S&C, 5 x physio
Consistency vs. Plan score: 10/11 (93/117, 79%)
Plan completion score: 9/10 (93/130, 70%)
Physio consistency score: 5/6 (18/22, 82%)
Weight: 94.2kg (WoW delta: -1.4kg , total delta: -5.6kg)
Another relatively good training week - that's two in a row now, I'm on fire!
Was feeling a bit under the weather on Thursday night (I have a feeling lack of sleep, running in cold/wind/rain & open-air pool swim on Wednesday all had something to do with it), so decided to sacrifice the turbo session and have a proper night's sleep. It was a good decision, as I felt much better on Friday and throughout the weekend.
FitNat is going very well. Weekend got messed up a bit with traveling up to Cannock & a restaurant dinner on Sat with friends, but otherwise all went according to plan, and with great results. Assuming my starting weight was 97.8kg - which was pretty much my run-rate pre-FitNat - I've lost nearly 4kg over 7 days. Which is nothing short of miraculous. Aaaaanyway, decided to continue with the FitNat approach for another 4 weeks and see what happens.
Also, as a result of this, I'm thinking of revising my weight goals, given that after just a few days I'm essentially 1-2kg from the original target.
New approach: today, I'm 94kg @ 23% BF. That gives me 72.4kg bone/muscle/other mass. Now, I'd like to drop the BF percentage number closer to 17-18%, with muscle mass staying the same or increasing. Assuming the first scenario, the target weight with 17-18% BF would be 87.2-88.3. That's what I'll aim for then: 87-88kg @ 18% (or lower) body fat. Any thoughts on this?
In other news:
Bike finally picked up, as some of you have already seen on FB. Loving it, although will need to learn to get comfy riding on the sticks, as well as getting used to new saddle sores (ouch!
). Tried it out today and loved it, despite the fact that Richmond Park on a sunny Sunday is a sh*te place to ride on a TT machine (not an awful lot of chances to push the effort up, with all the cars/leisure cyclists). It's very responsive, you can literally feel how each pedal stroke is turning into speed.