Ernst Primer wrote:
Well, I weighed myself again. To review, I now run 5-6 times per
week, 5-7 milles at 60-90 minutes a pop, and have continued to avoid
flour, sugar, etc. (aside from wheat gluten and a few 'lower-carb'
tortillas), and for the most part, this has worked for me.

However, for the past month I've stuck at 215 pounds. Which is great,
mind you.... I haven't been this weight since college. On the other
hand, for a six-foot-three male, 215 puts me at a BMI of 26.9, mildly
overweight. Even with my large frame, I still have a bit more to go.

So, I imagine within 2-3 months of starting this medication, if I
continue my lc-compliant lifestyle I should be well under 200.

Anyways, we'll see.

260/215/200

started LC 4/27/05

As another poster said, BMI isn't much different from the old height -
weight charts of insurance comapnies.

After all, both BMI and height-weight tables just keep using the same
tired old data, and you can't expect much improvement. Some of the
older height-weight tables talked about "Frame" .. heavy frame, light
frame.......

These "frames" were to somehow allow for things like muscle mass or
bone mass, but there were never any guidelines for how to do this.

If you take the BMI and modify it with something like "Waist Size", you
might be able to come up with something more useful.

5 foot- 6 inches and 188 Lbs (Waist size 36 inches) gives a BMI of 30,
just into the "OBESE" definition..... I don't have bulging muscles, and
fit into size 40 to 42 suit coats, depending upon the cut of the suit.

For a male at 5' 6" being OBESE at a waist of 36" seems quite absurd.
So, I consider the BMI is NOT a significant improvement in the whole
weight - height issue.

When I was 142 lbs at 5' 6", my waist was 31" and everyone said I was
quite gaunt, almost unhealthily so, and the BMI was 23 - just a little
short of "Overweight".

Congratulations on cutting down on drinking. It will be one of the great
decisions of your life - like quitting smoking.



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1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book
2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book
3) Don't Diet Without Supplimental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins
book
4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other)