Keeping the motivation... it's about progress not perfection.

Five completed weeks, 13 lbs down, over 6" lost around my belly, pants fitting better, shirts that were too tight I can now wear, think I was happy, ABSOLUTELY, BUT I wanted pictures to see the difference.  I made the mistake of not taking my pictures day one.  My first picture was on 11/29 and only a frontal.  How I wish I would have done a front, rear, and side to compare to todays.  I encourage you to complete this now!  What happened when I looked at the pictures on Sunday, really discouraged me.  Why?  I guess what I saw in the pictures today was where I had convinced myself I looked like already.  You see I was always comfortable with 250ish.  I bought flex pants and wore baggy clothes, so I hid the increasing size.  Well at least in my head I was hiding it.

Purchasing the fat monitor will help me understand what is going on inside my body.  If you look at the numbers below, I've actually lost 18lbs of fat and gained 5lbs in muscle, which nets the total of 13lbs lost.  The scale doesn't show that change in body composition.  This confirms what I have been physically seeing in my upper body on my shoulders and arms, as well as noticing my legs toning up. 

Weight	Body Fat %	Lean Mass	Fat
265	35%	172.25	92.75
252	29.50%	177.66	74.34

Last week I started measuring all the recommended areas and comparing to this weeks measurements again confirms the progress of reducing overall fat in major areas of chest, waist, belly, hips, shoulders, neck and in my arms.  When I work out my upper body, I'm starting to see definition on the muscles during the pump :)  You see the measurements confirm what I feel of forearms and legs actually growing muscle week to week.

Chest

Arms

Waist

Calves

Hips

Shoulders

Neck

Thighs

Forearms

47.5	15.75	48.25	17.00	43.50	52.00	18.50	25.00	12.00
47.25	14.75	46.25	17.50	41.00	52.50	17.00	25.25	12.25

All this helps keep the motivation.  It's about progress, not perfection.