Diet update
This morning I got a pair of pants out of the dresser that used to be a little tight. Today I'm wearing them with a belt. Since we restarted South Beach, I've lost about 15 lbs. I'm not sure how much of it has been due to following the diet and how much has been due to increasing my level of activity, but either way it's still 15 lbs. I found a BMI calculator on a website the other day (As an aside, can we talk about how out of whack their ranges go? Overweight runs down the middle of the chart. Obese takes up a significant chunk of real estate at the right of the chart. "Healthy Weight" is a narrow band in the corner and Underweight barely registers. I know it's for a diet yogurt, but come on. Welcome to America 2006, I guess). I'm still in the middle of the range for overweight. I started at the top of the range for overweight. I need to drop 15-20 lbs to get to the top range of "Healthy Weight." I hope that some of that comes from the training that I plan to do this summer. However it happens, I guess I'm halfway to my goal.
posted by mypetrock at 10:51 AM
3 Comments:
congratulations.
keep it up (or down..).
I have some body fat calipers if you want to borrow them sometime. They aren't kind.
I picked up some calipers a couple of years ago. I used them a couple of times, but then they mysteriously disappeared. Besides I don't need that level of precision. Anything in the ball park is probably close. Unlike yourself, it's not like I'm hiding that much rippling muscle under the warm protective layer.
Delurking...
Thanks for posting the link for that BMI thingy. I've put on some extra weight in the last few years thanks to cooking for my underweight fince instead of myself. According to that index, tho, I am at 25.7 just slightly into the overweight category. My apprehension that I would be majorly overwight went unrealized. I feel much better.
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