Day 8

Day 8 had two big things in it for me. I weighed/measured myself for the first time since I started this, and I had my pre-grading!

Measurements!

For the measuring, I gained 2.5kg since I started, my body fat percentage was 4.9% and my bicep was 29cm. I hadn't previously taken the last two measurements, but the weight came in at a total of 58.5kg. Not a bad result for a week of having two god-awful protein shakes every day. I say god-awful not because of their taste anymore, but because of how they make me feel.

I will aim to measure myself on the first day of every week since I started, which is Thursdays. I will also be keeping a log (spreadsheets, everything is improved with spreadsheets), which I might publish at the end of all this.

Pre-Grading

Secondly, the pre-grading. Oh deary me. Firstly, I injured my toe putting the mats out, such that I effectively did a fair few of my techniques standing on my left leg. I also had the "opportunity" to practice my "iron face" technique in a V. For those who're wondering, the "iron face" technique is where you can't decide how to react to an incoming punch, and so opt to simply hope that your face turns to iron. It's highly ineffective, I have quite a swollen nose.

As a result, my feed back was mostly to keep my hands up in the V, and to do more throws in a V, rather than locks which can end up tangled. I am allowed to grade, on condition of my foot getting better.

On a related note, a friend has requested that I do progress pics. Tempting, very tempting, if I do it at all, I'll do it once the swelling & bruising on the bridge of my nose has gone down significantly.

Calories

I've almost run out of mixed nuts, stripping me of ~400 calories, and with the two jitsu sessions today (I had a gentle hour of practice before the session, then the pre-grading session a couple of hours later), I am currently about 2,100 calories today.

I'd best go get eating.