BMI = Body Mass Index
And basically you just need to know your height and weight and plug it into the calculator on the left to find out your BMI.
The US government rates BMI of
30 or more = Obese
25-29 = Overweight
18-24 = Normal weight
18 or under = Underweight
My original BMI at 5'7, 199 lbs = 31 BMI - so obese
My goal is to get it int the normal weight range - so at least 24
As I lose weight I just recalculate the BMI with my same height and my new weight.
Showing posts with label Weekly Results. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekly Results. Show all posts
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Week 1 - Nov 1-8, 2009
Here's the results from my 1st Week:
The week is up and at weigh in I lost 4.5 lbs! OMG!!!
I'm curious if I will lose as much next week! I'm thinking it may go down only by 3 lbs but if I actually hit 5 lbs weight lose each week that means I'll meet my goal in 6 weeks! That would be half as long as I anticipated!
I didn't alter my diet - I ate a lot of friggin' rolls! LOL! Which I guess means that even without changing diet by simply doing these exercises I lost weight - sweet!
It is a pain in the butt to track everything I eat and write down the calories. But if it didn't take so much effort I would have done that. Anyhow I did it for 3 days and then basically just stopped because I got lazy - but I'm not worried because the exercise seems to be working fine.
So I'm very pleased overall with my measurements and inches lost during the first week - way more than I expected!
I lost 4.5 inches on my shoulder width - amazing! Incredible even! I definitely did not expect that! I've always had "football" shoulders and am excited that these are fading! Yippee!!
I still need to lose about 3-4 inches on my upper back to fit into my bridesmaid dress from 1996
Oh and I lost 3 3/4 inch from my double chin whoopie!!! That's a whole lot! I have about 2-3 inches left to lose on my double chin to look "perfect" but that is a LOT of progress for only one week of exercise!!! I know it's the cardio that burned that double chin off since I didn't change my diet or do any "chin" exercises to speak of.
I also lost 2.5 inches on my waist! Yippeee! That's just great! What an accomplishment!
I lost 1.5 inches from my stomach! I can visually see a difference in my stomach size! So yeah 1.5 inches! WHOOPIE! That means I can meet my 6 inch stomach loss goal in 6 weeks!!!!
So the first week tally is terrific I just hope next week is just as good!
The week is up and at weigh in I lost 4.5 lbs! OMG!!!
I'm curious if I will lose as much next week! I'm thinking it may go down only by 3 lbs but if I actually hit 5 lbs weight lose each week that means I'll meet my goal in 6 weeks! That would be half as long as I anticipated!
I didn't alter my diet - I ate a lot of friggin' rolls! LOL! Which I guess means that even without changing diet by simply doing these exercises I lost weight - sweet!
It is a pain in the butt to track everything I eat and write down the calories. But if it didn't take so much effort I would have done that. Anyhow I did it for 3 days and then basically just stopped because I got lazy - but I'm not worried because the exercise seems to be working fine.
So I'm very pleased overall with my measurements and inches lost during the first week - way more than I expected!
I lost 4.5 inches on my shoulder width - amazing! Incredible even! I definitely did not expect that! I've always had "football" shoulders and am excited that these are fading! Yippee!!
I still need to lose about 3-4 inches on my upper back to fit into my bridesmaid dress from 1996
Oh and I lost 3 3/4 inch from my double chin whoopie!!! That's a whole lot! I have about 2-3 inches left to lose on my double chin to look "perfect" but that is a LOT of progress for only one week of exercise!!! I know it's the cardio that burned that double chin off since I didn't change my diet or do any "chin" exercises to speak of.
I also lost 2.5 inches on my waist! Yippeee! That's just great! What an accomplishment!
I lost 1.5 inches from my stomach! I can visually see a difference in my stomach size! So yeah 1.5 inches! WHOOPIE! That means I can meet my 6 inch stomach loss goal in 6 weeks!!!!
So the first week tally is terrific I just hope next week is just as good!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Week 5 - Dec 1-5
Yeah I lost 2 lbs this week! What happened was I noticed I had not been losing weight for 2 weeks but during thanksgiving even though I you know ate a lot I lost 1 lb! I figured this had to do with chasing after my nephews - ahh more cardio! That made sense! So this week I added walking for 15 mins 2-3 times per week to my workout routine and I lost 2 lbs this week! Yeah!!! :)
I also met two measurement goals this week: my waist and my thighs! Yeah! So already by week five I've met 4 out of 9 measurement goals!
Also my body fat is down to 35% - I started with 40% so I'm halfway to my goal of 30% body fat!
Only one week left until my six weeks are up. I anticipate that I'll lose a couple inches and maybe pounds in this last week and that will bring me closer to my goals but not all the way there, which means I'll need to continue until I do reach my goals. No sweat it just means my high hopes for attaining my goals in six weeks was a little "too high" - my initial estimate of this taking 3 months may be closer to the truth - but if I continue to exercise and keep my fat intake down to 50 grams or less per day I think I may be able to meet my goals in about 10 weeks (or 2 1/2 months)
Here's the new chart of my progress, showing how little I have left to lose:
Click on Chart to Enlarge
I also met two measurement goals this week: my waist and my thighs! Yeah! So already by week five I've met 4 out of 9 measurement goals!
Also my body fat is down to 35% - I started with 40% so I'm halfway to my goal of 30% body fat!
Only one week left until my six weeks are up. I anticipate that I'll lose a couple inches and maybe pounds in this last week and that will bring me closer to my goals but not all the way there, which means I'll need to continue until I do reach my goals. No sweat it just means my high hopes for attaining my goals in six weeks was a little "too high" - my initial estimate of this taking 3 months may be closer to the truth - but if I continue to exercise and keep my fat intake down to 50 grams or less per day I think I may be able to meet my goals in about 10 weeks (or 2 1/2 months)
Here's the new chart of my progress, showing how little I have left to lose:
Click on Chart to Enlarge
Monday, November 30, 2009
Week 4 - Nov 22-30
It was thanksgiving this week - yuk yuk yuk! heeeheee! That means I ate a lot! But I knew I was going to. I still attempted to do my exercises every day - but I missed two days - so given this account I think this weeks results are fantastic!!!
Let's start with the good news - I lost 1 lb! Yippee! Really? Even eating seconds? And stuffing? And gravy? And rolls? And oh my yes! hehee!! What do I attribute this to???? Chasing my nephews around I think - which makes me wonder if I should add more cardio to my routine! I'm going to really give this serious consideration!
So other good news - I lost 1.5 inches on my shoulders - WOW! Now my shoulders are the same width as my hips! I can't believe it! This is seriously like a dream come true! As I mentioned before I always believed my large shoulders were do to family genes - but heck I was able to widdle them away through exercise! I'm curious if I'll be able to do the same for my hips - I mean I look at them now and think how could I possibly lose another 3 inches from them (my goal) by I do think it is possible and so I'm going to keep exercising and see where it takes me.
A lot of my measurements had no change this week, which is fine. what's interesting though is when I look in the mirror now I see a "skinny" girl - so regardless of what my measurements and weight are my results are visible and spectacular!
I've lost 2 dress sizes in only 4 weeks! That is a "miracle" in and of itself! My legs look shapely! And I have a "figure" now! Yeah!
Each week brings me "inches" closer to my goals! It's truly exciting! And I've already met two goals - lost my double chin and my shoulders are my ideal width now! And I'm super close to my ideal waist - only 1/2 inch to go!
The one thing it seems I will unlikely reach within 6 weeks is the weight loss goal of 30 lbs. Ah that's okay though because I'm so happy with how my body is changing and even if it takes longer to lose the weight - I know from my weekly measurements that the exercise is creating results and as long as I stick with it I'm going to reach my goals. As I mentioned above I may add a bit more cardio to help burn the fat off and lose more pounds.
So here's my new chart, from it you'll see how far I've come and how little I have left to go to reach my goals!
Let's start with the good news - I lost 1 lb! Yippee! Really? Even eating seconds? And stuffing? And gravy? And rolls? And oh my yes! hehee!! What do I attribute this to???? Chasing my nephews around I think - which makes me wonder if I should add more cardio to my routine! I'm going to really give this serious consideration!
So other good news - I lost 1.5 inches on my shoulders - WOW! Now my shoulders are the same width as my hips! I can't believe it! This is seriously like a dream come true! As I mentioned before I always believed my large shoulders were do to family genes - but heck I was able to widdle them away through exercise! I'm curious if I'll be able to do the same for my hips - I mean I look at them now and think how could I possibly lose another 3 inches from them (my goal) by I do think it is possible and so I'm going to keep exercising and see where it takes me.
A lot of my measurements had no change this week, which is fine. what's interesting though is when I look in the mirror now I see a "skinny" girl - so regardless of what my measurements and weight are my results are visible and spectacular!
I've lost 2 dress sizes in only 4 weeks! That is a "miracle" in and of itself! My legs look shapely! And I have a "figure" now! Yeah!
Each week brings me "inches" closer to my goals! It's truly exciting! And I've already met two goals - lost my double chin and my shoulders are my ideal width now! And I'm super close to my ideal waist - only 1/2 inch to go!
The one thing it seems I will unlikely reach within 6 weeks is the weight loss goal of 30 lbs. Ah that's okay though because I'm so happy with how my body is changing and even if it takes longer to lose the weight - I know from my weekly measurements that the exercise is creating results and as long as I stick with it I'm going to reach my goals. As I mentioned above I may add a bit more cardio to help burn the fat off and lose more pounds.
So here's my new chart, from it you'll see how far I've come and how little I have left to go to reach my goals!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Week 3 - Nov 15-21
3rd week results are in and I'm soooo happy!
I lost a whole inch off my stomach! WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I know this has to do with cutting back on the amount of fat in my diet.
And a whole inch off my waist! Yahooooo!! I knew cutting the amount of fat I eat in half would make a difference - and it has!
Definitely read my post on fat.
And thanks to the less fat in my diet I lost an inch off my double chin!
And I can't believe it I lost another 1/2 inch off my shoulders! I really thought that would taper off but the shoulder exercises continue to produce fantastic results for me and I look good!
I just love looking in the mirror and seeing a more shapely me! I can see the difference on my waist, stomach, shoulders, thighs - they're all thinner and I'm loving it!
I lost a whole inch off my stomach! WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I know this has to do with cutting back on the amount of fat in my diet.
And a whole inch off my waist! Yahooooo!! I knew cutting the amount of fat I eat in half would make a difference - and it has!
Definitely read my post on fat.
And thanks to the less fat in my diet I lost an inch off my double chin!
And I can't believe it I lost another 1/2 inch off my shoulders! I really thought that would taper off but the shoulder exercises continue to produce fantastic results for me and I look good!
I just love looking in the mirror and seeing a more shapely me! I can see the difference on my waist, stomach, shoulders, thighs - they're all thinner and I'm loving it!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Week 2 - Nov 9-14, 2009
Lots of good news this week! I'm still losing inches - and I can visually see it - it's really exciting to see the difference when I look in the mirror!!!
I lost a whole inch and a half around my waist - whoo-hooo! That's terribly exciting!!!
I can't believe how much closer I am to my goals after ONLY 2 WEEKS!
Click on Chart to Enlarge
And I lost almost 2% more body fat from my body! WOW! I'm stunned! I'm so looking forward to the fact the I recently came across that's going to really help me lose body fat - by eating less fat (I had been eating like 100 gms a day on average and a day ago I began cutting back to 50gms so next week's results should be rather stunning I believe! Here's some recent posts I wrote on how to lose fat:
Why Vit C
Eating Too Much Fat - this is a really excellent post that I recommend you read! And it'll show you how you can figure out how much body fat you have.
The reason why I changed my hip inch loss goal is because I learned that to decrease my overall body fat I need to get my hip size between 38-40 inches to reach 25-30% body fat - which is normal for a woman.
So now to the "odd" results
No weight loss - well that's not that odd considering I've been doing a lot of weight training - so my muscle is building up and it weighs more than fat. So I'm not sweating this lack of "pounds" lost.
Gained inches in one area - my double chin! Waaaaaaaaaah!!! Ok I'm not at all happy about this! But I think I've uncovered the culprit of this fat gain - my fast food meal last week! On that day I consumed without realizing it 4.6 times the amount of the daily recommended fat intake! Yikes! It'll make me think twice about eating fast food that's for sure! For more information on what I ate that day check out my blog posting on Fat
Ok for the semi-good news - I lost 1/2 inch around my stomach - my goal was to lose 1 inch - but considering my fast food night I'm just happy to have lost 1/2 inch there! I'm definitely going to be paying close attention to the amount of fat I eat each day. I'm not planning on making any drastic changes like switching my food products to low-fat or no-fat (God forbid!) I'm just going to eat less fat - no more than 50 grams a day. In his book "The Fat to Muscle Diet" by Dr. Vash he recommends for weight loss eating 30 grams of fat per day until you reach your goal then eat 50 grams of fat to maintain your weight. I tried to eat only 30 grams of fat one day and it was impossible for me to do. Maybe it is possible for others but I couldn't do it so I'm not going to force myself to do it. But I do believe that cutting back to 50 grams will make a difference in my weight loss!!!! I'm looking forward to next week's results! I won't lie eating only 50 grams of fat per day takes work but at least it is doable.
I lost a whole inch and a half around my waist - whoo-hooo! That's terribly exciting!!!
I can't believe how much closer I am to my goals after ONLY 2 WEEKS!
And I lost almost 2% more body fat from my body! WOW! I'm stunned! I'm so looking forward to the fact the I recently came across that's going to really help me lose body fat - by eating less fat (I had been eating like 100 gms a day on average and a day ago I began cutting back to 50gms so next week's results should be rather stunning I believe! Here's some recent posts I wrote on how to lose fat:
Why Vit C
Eating Too Much Fat - this is a really excellent post that I recommend you read! And it'll show you how you can figure out how much body fat you have.
The reason why I changed my hip inch loss goal is because I learned that to decrease my overall body fat I need to get my hip size between 38-40 inches to reach 25-30% body fat - which is normal for a woman.
So now to the "odd" results
No weight loss - well that's not that odd considering I've been doing a lot of weight training - so my muscle is building up and it weighs more than fat. So I'm not sweating this lack of "pounds" lost.
Gained inches in one area - my double chin! Waaaaaaaaaah!!! Ok I'm not at all happy about this! But I think I've uncovered the culprit of this fat gain - my fast food meal last week! On that day I consumed without realizing it 4.6 times the amount of the daily recommended fat intake! Yikes! It'll make me think twice about eating fast food that's for sure! For more information on what I ate that day check out my blog posting on Fat
Ok for the semi-good news - I lost 1/2 inch around my stomach - my goal was to lose 1 inch - but considering my fast food night I'm just happy to have lost 1/2 inch there! I'm definitely going to be paying close attention to the amount of fat I eat each day. I'm not planning on making any drastic changes like switching my food products to low-fat or no-fat (God forbid!) I'm just going to eat less fat - no more than 50 grams a day. In his book "The Fat to Muscle Diet" by Dr. Vash he recommends for weight loss eating 30 grams of fat per day until you reach your goal then eat 50 grams of fat to maintain your weight. I tried to eat only 30 grams of fat one day and it was impossible for me to do. Maybe it is possible for others but I couldn't do it so I'm not going to force myself to do it. But I do believe that cutting back to 50 grams will make a difference in my weight loss!!!! I'm looking forward to next week's results! I won't lie eating only 50 grams of fat per day takes work but at least it is doable.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Once a Week
Once a week I measure myself and I weigh myself. The reason I only do this once a week is because:
1. Weight always fluctuates within a day.
2. Then I'm not obsessed with weight - weighing everyday is hard on the mental attitude - to see that weight fluctuation can be disturbing.
3. Then I have something to look forward to at the end of the week - something to strive towards. In a way getting to see those results at the end of the week is a driving force to make sure I do my exercise every night.
4. I get greater satisfaction at the end of the week because the measurements and weight loss achieved are dramatic results that are really exciting for me to see!
1. Weight always fluctuates within a day.
2. Then I'm not obsessed with weight - weighing everyday is hard on the mental attitude - to see that weight fluctuation can be disturbing.
3. Then I have something to look forward to at the end of the week - something to strive towards. In a way getting to see those results at the end of the week is a driving force to make sure I do my exercise every night.
4. I get greater satisfaction at the end of the week because the measurements and weight loss achieved are dramatic results that are really exciting for me to see!
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