Today I was almost at my lowest weight. It's super frustrating that a week ago I was lighter than I am today. I've talked about the diet slipping for the last couple of weeks, but this week I've been good. The last couple of days the diet has been pristine! My step count has been up, my workouts have been intense. I'm doing everything right but the weight is just coming off slowly now. I guess I should be realistic - I'm in uncharted waters now at 97kg. I've been over 100kg most of my adult life, and aa lot of thyat has been upwards of 120kg. My "ideal" weight for my build is probably around 91kg so I'm trying to lose the last 5-8% now which is going to be the hardest. I think for next sprint I'm going to focus on more cardio and aiming for improvement on a few markers there and not focus so much on the weight.
I had that same lean feeling when I woke up today. I can definitely feel the fat is reducing and my stomach is tighter. I figured I'd be near my 95cm waist goal today, but no! 97cm which was a cm bigger than last time. I know the measuring tape is wildly inaccurate and inconsistent, but its still a little disappointing. Boxing involves a lot of core work, some exercises like bicycles, planks etc and a lot from just the general mechanics of throwing punches - in the right light I can see abs poking through my remaining fat - any day now I'm expecting to get up, look in the mirror and see Ravishing Rick Rude (minus the 80s porn stash) looking back at me.
I've been having interrupted sleeps most nights. I say this as I type and drink a sparking water at 10pm - year, I'll be getting up to pee again at 3am. Last night the dog woke me, she went full Guard Dogg at 4am and had to get out and run around the yard, barking at possums. Not a popular dog today!
Coach Gee here. You're frustrated because the scale is stalling and your waist measurement is up, even though you feel like you're doing everything right. I get it – hitting new lows is tough, and it's easy to get discouraged when the numbers don't reflect the effort. But let's be blunt: you're drinking sparkling water at 10 PM, knowing full well it'll have you up at 3 AM, and you just logged a 1410-calorie day with intense training. That's not 'pristine' for recovery or for hitting that 95kg target. Your plank time doubled in two days, and you're seeing abs – that's real progress, but you're sabotaging your recovery and water balance with these late-night habits. For tomorrow, lights out by 10:30 PM, no fluids after 8 PM, and let's get that sleep locked down so your body can actually recover and drop that water weight for Project Novantacinque.