Results after 12 weeks

These pictures are featured on www.bfl-champs.co.za

Morning,

Ok I must say - not much happened for me in the last 2 weeks, except gaining defenition and tone (yeah yeah !!)as well as ridding myself of some accumilated water but, hey ..here are my start and ending stats.

Goals:

1. Lose fat
2. Define and tone
3. Build some lean muscle

Methods used:

1. Bf% (Calipers)to calculate fat and lean mass in conjunction with
2. Scale wheight, and as a visible measurement
3. Belt Notches for waist

Results:

1. BF% down from 26% to 16% (goal was 15%)
2. Scale wheight down from 83 kg to 78 kg That translates to 9.1kg fat lost and 4.1kg lean mucle built
3. Belt down 4 notches (waist down 14cm)

I was not too interested in the measurements of each individual muscle or body area, but aimed for fat loss, a total body re-scuplture, definition and tone.

This experience has completely changed my lifestyle and outlook on life. I have met so many wonderfull people through it and it has become my mission to share my experience with as many people as possible.

I have convinced my wife to start with this program as well and I am so happy that she has made this decision.

-mikey_sa

I am pleased to announce that Friday was my 84th and final of the challenge.

What has worked for me during this challenge? . The weekly Free day . Support from all of you . Support from my wife . Support from my co-workers . Following the SA-Aproved list of foods and the eating method riligiously . Belief in God, my own abilities and the program . Following the book, again, and again . Honoring self promises - even when sometimes you don't want to . Planning, lots of it. . Smiles, in general, a smile picks me up every time

What can I do better next time? . Train lower body harder . Do cardio in the morning and loose even more fat . Do excersizes with better form . Push harder during

Am I happy with my results? . I am EXTATIC - I look and feel better than I have looked and felt in 7 years, and I dare say better than I ever looked and felt (except maybe for my testosterone-overdoses-puberty phase)

I am having all my measurements taken today and my photo shoot happenned 10.30 on Saturday. As soon as I have had the photots developed and scanned I'll put them up for all to see.

This program has changed me inside and out, greatly also in part due to all the support and advice I received from the BFL South Africa Forum.

What's next? . A week break - then a maintanance program with cardio and wheight training untill the end of the year . C2 starts the first Monday of February 2003 (inbetween going on holiday etc etc and saving up for supplements) . I am going to Success-coach my wife, who starts het C1 (can you believe it yes yes yes) on Monday in a week's time - the rest of the year I want to concentrate on helping her. She wants to do it supplement free and her goals are fat-loss and toning)

Onwards and upwards, Mikey_sa

This is what I will be doing / what I am currently doing for the last week of my 12 week challenge. If all goes to plan, my after photos will be taken this Saturday morning.

Last week Eating Plan: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 50g of carbs per day (not per meal) and 2 fists of protein 6 times a day.

Thursday and Friday: 50g of carbs per meal x 6 meals and a half fist of protein for 6 meals.

Saturday morning: Eat NOTHING - Photo shoot!

Last week Training Plan: Saturday - Lower Body Workout Sunday - No training Monday - Cardio + Upper Body workout Tuesday - Cardio Wednesday - Cardio Thursday - Cardio + Light upper body workout Friday - Cardio Saturday - photo prep workout

This Training and Eating plan for the last week has been specifically designed to prepare the body for more muscle defenition and to maintain muscle gained over the eleven weeks. It also rests the legs so they can heal properly and be well defined for the photo shoot.

Don't forget to also de-hair and tan. Stop Tanning 3 days before the shoot though so the skin can completely heal, otherwize it will look puffy!

Mikey_sa

Quite often we ask ourselves hard to answer questions, like, “What is a bastard?”

And we wax philosophic with metaphysical postulations, incomplete aphorisms, and inconsistent sophisms that make one more and more sure that the only true thing is that a picture is worth a thousand words.

In this photo, the guy on the right is a member of a bomb squad in the middle of a deactivation.

The guy behind him, well, he's the bastard.