Measuring and Achieving Goals

On February 7th, 2009, I made a body fat % goal for myself.  According to a pair of $3 calipers--that I purchased for the express purpose of keeping track of this goal--my body fat at that time was around 24%.  So, I made a goal to get to 15% body fat by May 7th.  The number is insignificant.  My real goal here was to, over time, see that number decrease. And the more appropriate number to look at, in order to achieve that goal, was the skin fold measurement.

So, I fashioned a workout / nutrition program for myself.  And once per week I took my skin fold tests.  Once every three weeks I weighed myself to gauge how much fat I had lost and how much muscle I had gained.  Here are the results (click the image to see the enlarged version):



I'm very proud to say that I met my goal :)  I'm now starting the Strength For Life challenge (with a few minor adjustments--based on my experience--that I'll talk about at a later date) that Shawn Phillips has developed, and I'm in my first week of Base Camp.  I'll be starting the Transformational Training Camp on Monday, May 25th.  At that time, I'll try to blog regularly about my progress / struggles.  It should be fun!