The Moral Authority of Body Fat Analyzers
Ah, to be almost four and a boy in the spring.
My son spent this last week conducting a series of complex and profound experiments in hydro-electrical conduction and propagation. In short, he gave several electrical appliances a bath in the bathroom sink. One of which was my handy-dandy bio-electrical impedance body fat analyzer.
So I rush ordered another one to arrive by today so that I could do today's weigh in. The only difference seems to be that the new analyzer reads me somewhere between .5 and .7% higher in body fat percentage. On a guy my size that is a pretty big difference.
But I will report exactly what it says without excuses. The scale dropped almost 5 lbs. this week, I hit the gym with compound exercises, ran intensity intervals on the treadmill and ate almost perfectly - there just ain't no way I lost 5 lbs. of muscle this week.
No freekin' way.
This is an interesting idea for me. This sort of number or result in the past would have me firing down a rack of ribs, feeling nervous, putt-out, and oozing with the "But I did everything right. Poor me. I cannot ever lose weight. Do I have to be perfect? Anyone else would lose weight if they worked as hard as (poor, poor) me".
What a spiral of self-indulgent crap.
Today is different, today I am different.
I know I've put in the sweat equity. I know I've done it right. My inside world is stronger and more firmly rooted in honesty. This doesn't even begin to shake me because I know, and know that I know that I have done it right.
I have what Stephen Covey calls "Moral Authority". By walking the walk, I have some room to talk the talk. Moral Authority allows me to brush these numbers off as a temporary measuring problem. Not a problem with how I feel. Not a problem with how hard I have worked. NOT a problem with my plan or its execution.
I have been writing a book to help children learn emotional intelligence. The story has legs and I've already had book agents contact me interested in representing it. About six months ago I had to stop writing it. With every word it became more painfully obvious that I lacked to the Moral Authority to give advice to anyone. I will continue to lack the Moral Authority until I have slayed my own demons. Today I feel, for the first time in six months, that I am close to finishing that book.
I'm getting closer to being the man that my family needs and deserves.
Good luck and God bless!
HouseKeeping...
LAST WEEK
Weight: 359.8 lbs.
Body Fat%: 39.8%
Body Fat Weight: 143.20 lbs.
Lean Muscle Mass: 216.60 lbs.
At 15% bf, my goal weight is 254.82 lbs.
BMI: 48.8
Body Fat to Lose: 104.98 lbs.
THIS WEEK
Weight: 355.1 (DOWN 4.7 lbs.)
Body Fat%: 39.9% (*)
Body Fat Weight: 141.68 lbs. (Down 1.52 lbs.)*
Lean Muscle Mass: 213.42 lbs. (Down 3.18 lbs.)*
At 15% bf, my goal weight is 251.08 lbs.
BMI: 48.1 (Down .7)
Body Fat to Lose: 104.02 lbs. (DOWN .96 lbs.)*
My son spent this last week conducting a series of complex and profound experiments in hydro-electrical conduction and propagation. In short, he gave several electrical appliances a bath in the bathroom sink. One of which was my handy-dandy bio-electrical impedance body fat analyzer.
So I rush ordered another one to arrive by today so that I could do today's weigh in. The only difference seems to be that the new analyzer reads me somewhere between .5 and .7% higher in body fat percentage. On a guy my size that is a pretty big difference.
But I will report exactly what it says without excuses. The scale dropped almost 5 lbs. this week, I hit the gym with compound exercises, ran intensity intervals on the treadmill and ate almost perfectly - there just ain't no way I lost 5 lbs. of muscle this week.
No freekin' way.
This is an interesting idea for me. This sort of number or result in the past would have me firing down a rack of ribs, feeling nervous, putt-out, and oozing with the "But I did everything right. Poor me. I cannot ever lose weight. Do I have to be perfect? Anyone else would lose weight if they worked as hard as (poor, poor) me".
What a spiral of self-indulgent crap.
Today is different, today I am different.
I know I've put in the sweat equity. I know I've done it right. My inside world is stronger and more firmly rooted in honesty. This doesn't even begin to shake me because I know, and know that I know that I have done it right.
I have what Stephen Covey calls "Moral Authority". By walking the walk, I have some room to talk the talk. Moral Authority allows me to brush these numbers off as a temporary measuring problem. Not a problem with how I feel. Not a problem with how hard I have worked. NOT a problem with my plan or its execution.
I have been writing a book to help children learn emotional intelligence. The story has legs and I've already had book agents contact me interested in representing it. About six months ago I had to stop writing it. With every word it became more painfully obvious that I lacked to the Moral Authority to give advice to anyone. I will continue to lack the Moral Authority until I have slayed my own demons. Today I feel, for the first time in six months, that I am close to finishing that book.
I'm getting closer to being the man that my family needs and deserves.
Good luck and God bless!
HouseKeeping...
LAST WEEK
Weight: 359.8 lbs.
Body Fat%: 39.8%
Body Fat Weight: 143.20 lbs.
Lean Muscle Mass: 216.60 lbs.
At 15% bf, my goal weight is 254.82 lbs.
BMI: 48.8
Body Fat to Lose: 104.98 lbs.
THIS WEEK
Weight: 355.1 (DOWN 4.7 lbs.)
Body Fat%: 39.9% (*)
Body Fat Weight: 141.68 lbs. (Down 1.52 lbs.)*
Lean Muscle Mass: 213.42 lbs. (Down 3.18 lbs.)*
At 15% bf, my goal weight is 251.08 lbs.
BMI: 48.1 (Down .7)
Body Fat to Lose: 104.02 lbs. (DOWN .96 lbs.)*
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