Mind the Body

OK, time has come for the first update to my body stats. You all get to see any improvements I’ve made, or any instances of my stats getting worse.

And so, onto the measurements (and basic other data):

Age: 24 years, 44days

Height:  180 cm (about 5′ 11″)

Weight: 81.5 kg (up 1.4 kg)

Body Fat Percentage – removed from list as scales are crap.

Bicep/Tricep: Right: 35 cm (up 1 cm). Left: 33 cm (down 0.3 cm)

Forearm: 28 cm (up 0.7 cm)

Chest: 107 cm (up 0.5 cm)

Waist: 88.5 cm if left neutral (up 0.5 cm), 82 cm if sucked in (no change)

Hips: 95 cm

Upper leg: 54 cm (down 2 cm)

I can’t figure this out – perhaps my method of measuring is wrong, but the changes seem to constantly contradict each other, as well as common sense. My waist increased for neutral but not for sucked in… but does that mean an increase in fat, or in muscle? My legs are definitely more powerful, yet they seem to have shrunk; am I not accounting for fat loss from the legs, or are my leg muscles actually shrinking? My right upper arm grew, but my left shrank, even though they appear to be about the same size, and my left arm seems to be gaining in strength. Even my hips seem to have widened, which doesn’t make any sense at all to me (I didn’t bother including the change, because of the aforementioned nonsensicality of it).

Note: these measurements were taken at 11:00 PM on a Sunday. As measurements can vary throughout the day, this doesn’t represent exact figures.

With body out of the way, it’s time to talk about the mind. In particular, on the strangeness of the human mind when it comes to debate.