Welcome

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Welcome to my body sculpting journal as I journey on the path to sculpting my body to the Grecian Ideal as portrayed in Greek male sculpture and Michelangelo's David.

I will begin with a quick overview:

I have been dieting for 8 weeks , 7 on the Atkins diet. I lost 12.5 lbs. on Atkins. 6 days ago I started the Abs Diet by David Zinczenko, Editor-In-Chief of Mens Health magazine.

After 6 days I am up 1.4 lbs. but that could be muscle gain. As the simple weight measurements don't fully account for muscle gain, I bought a body fat analyzer yesterday and I plan to track my body fat loss as a more true gauge of my progress.

Here are my statistics:

I am 44.5 years old

I am 6'2" tall

I am a Endomorph/Mesomorph body type

I would say I have small bone structure and long features

When I started on June 19, 2009 I was 236 lbs

Today, August 16, 2009 I am 226.4 lbs

August 15, 2009 at 3 pm I was 29.0% body fat

August 16, 2009 at 5 am I am 28.2% Body fat

Here are my measurements against the Grecian Ideal:

August 15, 2009

Grecian Ideal                                                                       John Kelly

Wrist 7.5"                                                                             7.5"

Chest 49"                                                                              47"

Waist (belly button) 34"                                                    45"

Hip 42"                                                                                  41"

Bicep 18"                                                                               14"

Forearm 14"                                                                         11.5"

Thigh 26"                                                                              22"

Calve 17"                                                                               15.5"

Neck 18"                                                                               17"

 My biggest challenges are my high body fat percentage, I need to be down to 6-15% to show my abs, and my biceps/triceps which give me low self confidence. I want 18" muscular arms.

I have not been working out so far, the first 2 weeks on the Ab Diet say no working out. I plan on joining the Y to work out 3x a week.

That's it for now.