Well I need some good motivation, so why not bring back a familiar face…errr…shirt. Remember this:
Yup, looks nice on him. On me it has a certain ability to accentuate my fat rolls to the tenth degree. The challenge is simple enough, I have until a certain date to drop the fat. Whether I drop the fat or not, on the last day of the challenge I have to post a picture of myself in the oh so tight t-shirt. For the sake of public record here is some information about the current state of my body.
The Starting Line. Today is June 25th. As of today I weigh 178. I went over and plugged my numbers into the on-line body fat estimator.
For those who want to know the input values:
Waist at narrowest point, 34 inches; Waist size at naval, 36 inches; Hips at widest point, 39.5 inches; Neck at narrowest point, 15.5 inches; weight, 178 lbs.
The results:
Using your measurements of a 34 inches waist and weight of 178 pounds your body fat percentage is estimated to be 20.66 % using the U.S. Navy body fat formula, or 20.44 % using the formula developed by the YMCA. [Body fat estimator]
It should be noted that this calculator can overestimate body fat if you carry most of your weight around your belly- like me. This is fine though since most of the pounds dropped will likely come from the same location, so the results should as least stay consistent.
The Goal: To drop those rolls that this shirt will cling to like white on rice- or I guess brown on brown rice. As far as objective goals, the next time I visit the body fat estimator I want to input the following numbers:
Waist at narrowest point, 32 inches; Waist size at naval, 34 inches; Hips at widest point, 39 inches; Neck at narrowest point, 15.5 inches; weight, 167 lbs.
The above numbers would lead to a body fat estimate of roughly 16.5%.
The Dates: The starting date is today (June 25th, 2008), the ending date is a month from now (July 25th, 2008).
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Sounds good. I have to give this a go.
You can pick them up at Wal-mart for less than $8.
I stand corrected- $9.88
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5823697
I like it! I’m in!
I forgot to mention that I MUST post pictures of myself in the shirt on July 25th, 2008.
TT, I’m thinking we need to lose the morning breakfast chocolate sprinkles!
Great idea, good luck! I was in London a couple of years ago and my team took me out to a go-kart track where you had to get into jump suits. I managed to squeeze into one but holy smokes I felt like a sausage.
John: “I managed to squeeze into one but holy smokes I felt like a sausage.”
I know what you mean. They are awfully unforgiving. I think the shirt makes me look worse than a shirtless picture would make me look.
“TT, I’m thinking we need to lose the morning breakfast chocolate sprinkles!”
I don’t even eat the breakfast “sprinkles” (BTW I made little quotation marks with my hands to emphasize the point) anymore. My new thing is eating dinner in the morning and breakfast at night. Guarantees a good front load of nutrition and calories for the day and keeps me feeling fuller for longer throughout the day.
Hey, TT, if that shirt doesn’t work out, try this one:
http://eatmyfuckingstilettos.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/muscleman.jpg