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This should jump-start my weight-loss again (long-winded)
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 just got the results of my TB test back from my doc... routine visit, but I hit the jackpot and came out positive. Now I have to take some medication (I forgot what it was called) for nine months, and the best part is I CAN'T DRINK while I'm taking it! Instant excuse to cut even more empty calories from my diet (alcohol), even when I thought I couldn't eliminate any more. 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 |
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This should jump-start my weight-loss again (long-winded)
BMI is only a modest improvement over a life
insurance company height/weight chart. In my opinion, below a BMI of 30 other measurements--specifically bodyfat percentage, bodypart measurements, and appearance (how you look in a mirror) are more appropriate. To my way of thinking, at six-three and 215 it should be about setting and achieving suitable bodyfat percentage and appearance goals through lean (muscle) tissue gains while maintaining the same bodyweight. That will equate to a slow decrease in bodyfat percentage and an improvement in appearace. I see your stall as a signal that you may have overdone the aerobic work and maybe even the dieting with the result being a set point created by the loss of active (muscle) tissue. Maybe it's time to ease up on the aerobic work and build back some of the lost muscle. Replace some of the runs with weight work and the alcohol calories with protein calories. Just a thought. -- 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 just got the results of my TB test back from my doc... routine visit, but I hit the jackpot and came out positive. Now I have to take some medication (I forgot what it was called) for nine months, and the best part is I CAN'T DRINK while I'm taking it! Instant excuse to cut even more empty calories from my diet (alcohol), even when I thought I couldn't eliminate any more. 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 |
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BMI : This should jump-start my weight-loss again
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. -- 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) |
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This should jump-start my weight-loss again (long-winded)
"Ernst Primer" wrote in message oups.com... 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 just got the results of my TB test back from my doc... routine visit, but I hit the jackpot and came out positive. Now I have to take some medication (I forgot what it was called) for nine months, and the best part is I CAN'T DRINK while I'm taking it! Instant excuse to cut even more empty calories from my diet (alcohol), even when I thought I couldn't eliminate any more. 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 that sucks about the TB. Hubby turned postive about 10 yrs ago after working in a hospital setting for 2 yrs. I've been fortunate that I've been in the field 20 yrs and still remain negative. although the number of positive children we are seeing is sad and frightening. I have heard of some not very pleasant side effects from coworkers who have taken the medication. (I can't remember it off the top of my head either) but my advice would be to complete it. You don't want to risk having a depressed immune system and having that TB become active. Best wishes on that for you and congrats for the amazing WL. -- Lori (Atkins 1/16/2003) 220-144 from Jan to Nov restart Nov 12. 2005 186/179/145 wife of Curtis diagnosed with Metastatic Prostate Cancer 12/31/2004 40 yr and 1 day old failed all therapy and hanging in there by sheer stubborness. http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller |
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