2 Weeks In

I'm now 2 weeks into Dax Moys Muscle In a Month challenge and I'm extremely pleased with the results so far. I've lost 2lbs of body fat and gained 4.5 lbs of muscle- in just 2 weeks!

My abs are more defined, I've lost 1.5" from my waist, I'm stronger in my core and my upper back is more muscular. I'm really looking forward to the results over the next 2 weeks and the super compensation that'll occur in the 7-10 days after the programme ends.

Todays food

As I've already mentioned I'm trying to cram in the calories as I've been undereating.

Today I've eaten

Breakfast

Millet porridge, with tahini, peanut butter and cinnamon. Then added in 2 free range eggs-delicious : )

Then a banana and blueberry smoothie-need my servings of fruit.

Post workout

Banana and 2 Bounce Protein Balls - I first tried these at Dax's studio last weekend and they are addictive. My local Waitrose stocks them : )

Lunch

Tuna steak and Mexican rice & carrots

Snack
Bounce Protein Ball

Dinner

Chicken, leeks, mushrooms, garlic, onions and red chilli on a baked potato

Snack
Banana, peanut butter and tahini moothie

Quick Update

The workouts are going great, I'm getting stronger, getting through the workouts quicker and I'm definitely leaner and more muscular.
I'll post my measurments and pictures later today.

I realised I wasn't eating enough a few days back, my weight had stayed the same, but I had got leaner, so I was building muscle and burning fat at the same time : )
However I want to end up several pounds heavier-all muscle, so I'm upping my calories. I went on to www.fitday.com and worked out my daily calorie intake and it was around 2,350.
Certainly not low calorie, but for the volume of work I'm doing it's not enogh calories.

I've doubled the size of my breakfast and added in a larger snack, that should give me several hundred extra calories per day and the weight should start to pile on : )

Ooops, 8 days since I last posted

I can't believe it's 8 days since I last posted.

In that time I've had some of the most severe delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) imaginable, my weight has fluctuated, my limbs got bigger then got smaller. Life has been a bit manic with getting on Dax Moys KCA course at the very last minute this past weekend and having to rush to get cover at the gym, miss my brothers wedding suit fitting and walking around London for 2 hours trying to find a hotel.

Anyhoo, the DOMS has subsided and in some warped, twisted kind of way I'm enjoying the torture of the workouts. I seem to be getting stronger and more agressive as the workouts go on, which is strange for me.

I'm the same weight, but definitely leaner. My problem is I need to eat more, oh and sleep more. My 3 year old son keeps wetting the bed-we're trying to get him out of nappies during the night-so lots of disturbed sleep : (

My weight did drop below 12 stone at one point, but I cranked up the calories and am just over 12 stone although leaner.

I willget my wife to take some motre picture and post them asap and get some measurements

Austin

Day 2 Nutrition

Breakfast
Peanut butter and banana smoothie

Snack
Apple & 1o of almonds

Lunch
Banana

Postworkout
Chicken, rice and peas.

Snack
Grapes and 1oz of cashews

Dinner
Chilli beef stir fry with rice noodles

Snack
Live bio yogurt, blueberries, banana & cashews.

3 litres of water

2 cups of ginger and lemon tea.

Day 1 Nutrition

Breakfast
Banana and peanut butter smoothie

Snack
Apple & 1oz on almonds

Pre workout
Banana

Postworkout
Rice, peas and chicken breast

Snack
Apple & 1oz of cashews

Postworkout 2
Grapes.
Banana, blueberry & cashew smoothie

Dinner
Chicken risotto with red and green pepers, onions and mushrooms.

3 litres of water so far.

2 cups of lemon & ginger tea.

Only supplement I'm taking is a high quality fish oil : )

Chest 39"

Shoulders 19"

Waist 34 "

Hips 39"

Left Thigh 23.5" & 19"
Right Thigh 24" & 19.5"

Left Calf 14.5"
Right Calf 14.5"

Left Arm 11.75" ha ha I have an eleventeen inch arm : )
Right Arm 12.5"

Height 6 foot

Weight 168lbs

Bodyfat 13.5 %

There's no picture of me from the side because when I turn sideways I disappear : )


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I look a happy bunny, probably because I know what I have in stall for me over the next 28 days.

Guys, feel free to laugh at my skinnyness and pasty white skin : )

New Physique Challenge

I've been sworn to secrecy and signed a confidentiality agreement, so I can't give exact details of the workouts, but for the next 28 days i will be a guinea pig for Dax Moys Muscle in a Month programme.

It's going to be brutally hard and right now I'm questioning my insanity, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Tomorrow I'll post my before pics. I'll log what I'm eating on a daily basis and how I'm getting on with the workouts.


Austin