Weigh In: 325
Five Day Average: 325.1
Calorie Count: Pending
I usually update on Mondays, and I will also change the blog this week on Monday, but now that we've reached the end of February, I thought I'd crunch some numbers.
First off, I fell short of February's goal of 15 pounds lost, only losing 5. I'm OK with that though, because it happened because of a killer plateau that I have recently broken through. So, as long as I'm in the right direction again, I'm surviving.
It's nice to note that in the past 2 days my 5-day average has dipped over a full pound, so I'm happy about that as well.
Another number that I want to start paying attention to is my Body Mass Index (BMI). Basically, it's a number that represents your body weight's distribution, and the higher the number, the worse that it is. It takes your weight, height and age into consideration. According to my height/age, I should be between 20-25. I went back and measured, and this is something that I like to see as well. It's not where I want it to be, but it's going in the right direction:
November 22 (Day One) - 43.1
December 3 - 42.5
January 2 - 42.0
January 31 - 40.2
February 28 - 39.6
So, it's the first time that I've seen under '40', so that's a benchmark in itself. I've still got 14.6 points to go to get to the 'healthy' stage, and over the past 3 months (including December when I fell hard off of the wagon), I've lost 3.5 points. That means, if I keep this rate up, in 12 1/2 months I'll be right where I want to be, in the healthy range of BMI.
Long story made short - I'm getting somewhere. It's hard to see sometimes, but when you break the numbers up on the long term, you see that it's starting to pay off.
Until next time!
4 comments:
Good Idea- I may post some February stats tomorrow as well.
As for the BMI, I suggest ignoring that number. It's EXTREMELY inaccurate, as all it does is tell you how much you should weigh based on your height, not taking into consideration body type, musculature, even gender!
In fact, I just saw something on the BBC news where they picked people out of a crowd who's BMIs were "obese", but these people were barely overweight.
Bottom line- you'll know when your weight is in a healthy range. Don't rely on some inaccurate, overgeneralizing government tool to do it for you.
Sounds like you're still going strong Rob...especially with the awesome attitude...breaking through that plateau is great, and I'm glad you see that!
I've been MIA again...long story short, my closest friend and best support system went away on vacation...I fell hard off the wagon of this weight loss battle and to be completely honest, the guilt got to me...I was doing awful, and reading your blogs made me feel like a complete failure!! But, she's back home, and I'm slowly getting it back together! For a while there I just lost it all...stopped eating right, stopped making exercise a priority...just goes to show how important the support system really is. This isn't something anyone can do alone. I'm glad you've got a great support system going here!! Time for me to get back in gear and stop making excuses!
Keep up the good work, buddy...you're quite the inspiration!
Take care!
I agree on the BMI. When I was 240, I looked anorexic, yet my BMI said I was still obese - 30 pounds overweight.
Great job on those numbers, though. Looking back can put things into perspective.
Great job! It's always good to take a step back and look at the big picture. Day-to-day stats don't reflect big changes, so it's hard to see the progress. But when you compare your beginning numbers with your numbers now, the changes are very impressive!
Keep up the great work.
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