Lay it on!

Things are off and running here at bearded. I am about 44 hours into my experience sans shaving, and I am currently sporting what I would classify as Brillo® pad stubble. In yesterday’s photo, you could already start to make out my five o’clock shadow. The funny thing is, in past experiences when I did go without shaving for three to four days, the hair seemed to just get darker without really growing any longer. However, by this time next week I will already be in completely uncharted territory, so it should be fun to see how things develop.

I didn’t post any health data yesterday, and I probably will only do that very sporadically over the next several weeks. Fear not, I am keeping a daily log of this info and I have already secured help from a trusted friend to help out with some great graphs at the end of this project. One stat that was a little alarming yesterday was that my body fat apparently increased from 21.6% to 23.8%! I don’t know if I believe that is possible, and it is probably more likely that the machine I am using is of dubious quality. Regardless, there is something really alarming about having to say you are closer to one-quarter pure fat than only one-fifth.