Updates for 2012: Part III - Graphs don't lie

If you have missed my previous post, you might want to read that first.

As promised here are the graphs for 2012.

My weight stubbornly stayed at about 138 lbs for the longest time. No matter how much I tried to eat, I could not gain any more weight. Around June I decided to go for cutting phase and that worked fine except I lost a lot of lean mass too. But I was at least closing the gap between weight and lean mass, indicating a reduction of fat. The gap after end of June is when I could not go to gym or check my weight. Now for the fat % graph.

The fat came down really quickly as is normally the case with my body type. By the end of the year I was at 7.5% body fat and weighed in at 119 lbs. Although it seems like I am at 7.5% body fat using the 3 site Jackson/Pollock method, looking myself in the mirror, I would say I am at around 9-10%.

What next? I am not really sure. At the end of the year in 2012, I was thinking I should continue to cut down the fat until I am really looking like I am at 7.5% body fat, when I look myself in the mirror. What happened next is coming up in my next post.

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