Thursday, January 17, 2008

Weigh in....Good progress

Today I am 15 st 10lbs or 220 lbs or 100kg with a fat percentage of 23.1%
A weight loss of 3lbs.
Positive progress.

BMI.
Considering it is widely used by the medical profession, there must be something to it. So here it is....
I have at present a BMI of 29, which means I am still overweight. How do I feel. I am not completely healthy and fit. I have a lot of positive progress.But I still have more work to do.
Now at my starting weight 19st 10.5 lbs.I used to have a massive bmi of 37.Which meant I was obese. I definitely didn't feel well.
In 2004 at my heaviest. I use to have a bmi of approximately 41. I was approximately 22st or 140 kgs approx. I say approximately because I didn't record my start weight when I started to lose weight. I just went and did it.How did I feel...I felt trapped unhealthy. Lots of other crap was happening as well.

At my target weight, I will have a BMI of 27.This still means I am in the overweight category.To be within the healthy bracket with a 25 bmi.I have to be 13st 10lb.
It is possible.
Though do I want to do it.
To be, or not to be, — that is the question: —
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

A note
Limitations of BMI
It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.
It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle mass.

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