There comes a time in your life – not at any particular age, I guess, just whenever you are ready – when it seems that there must be something more. At the time of writing, I am 33 years old, overweight, divorced and…oh, find out how wonderful I am here! Here’s the latest :
Well, it’s one week on and time to do a quick weigh-in. I was surprised to find that I now weigh 224lbs, meaning I’ve dropped around 7lbs…is that unhealthy? I know it’s recommended to lose more than a couple of pounds a week, but what weight is that based on? If you weigh 900lbs to start with, you’d lose 2lbs when you breathe out!
My BMI is now 30.4, so I’m getting closer to being just plain overweight, rather than obese.
Will check in later with other stats.
Here we go then. As of today, I weigh 231lbs and stand 6ft tall, giving a body mass index of over 31. Anything above 29.9 is obese – so I am officially obese!
My ideal weight is said to be 175lbs, which makes me about 56lbs overweight.
The first step, however, is to become ‘not obese’. To get a BMI of less than 30, I need to get to about 15 stone 10lbs – which is 220lbs. So goal #1, step #1 – lose 11lbs.
I intend to attack this goal by decreasing my daily calorie intake, and starting to exercise – nothing drastic yet, just a few flights of stairs or a brisk walk to begin with.
As it is not expected that anyone will lose more than 2lbs a week on average, then I could be down to my ideal weight in 28 weeks (which sounds like a zombie film to me) and I should have achieved step #1 by around the start of February.