Had a bit of a revelation climbing last night .. was managing to move up the rock on the most marginal of holds (natural holds, vertical rock). Just kept on going .. felt great, no real effort .. just climbed them. Brilliant feeling.
I’m more concerned with training the vertical stuff at the mo’ cos that’s what I’ll be climbing outdoors. So I also lapped a very slightly overhanging (big holds though) 5c route .. maybe 5 times.
Next time will choose a 6a route and see how it goes.
Fingers and arms absolutely knackered this morning.
.. just not much loss of weight.
My body fat percentage is down (to approx 15% on my home scales and even if they’re not accurate I can tell just from looking that the fat is going) .. not bad considering I’ve always been in the high teens.
I reckon some of the fat has turned to muscle too. Not much but enough to make the diet have less impact on my weight.
Climbing is going well - managed to onsight an old nemesis (overhanging 6a+) and, apart from resting) managed to do a 6B overhanging arete down at the Link Center last night.
Hmmm .. two weeks of dieting and I’ve lost 1 bloomin’ lb!
Well that was hard work for not very much.
Back to the drawing board.
.. OK it was after climbing and I was probably dehydrated but what the heck, this is great news.
End of Day 9 (and, yes, I was very hungry).
Started a two week diet of just two breakfasts + one meal (and no snacks) per day as of last Monday.
Hard work but it’s having an effect.
It’ll be interesting to see how long I can go .. this is day three of two weeks. Doubt if I’ll do the two weeks without snacking or having an extra meal .. I guess if I get past, say, 10 days then willpower will keep me going till the end of the two weeks.
So .. getting to 10 days is the key.
It’s possible - just go to do it.