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I feel one should have both short term and long term goals. Short term goal
could be a weight you hope to achieve in a month. IMHO: Low carb with a high fat percentage really works. I had doubts at the beginning. So, I would say to set a long term goal that is aggressive. A weight that is just below being overweight on the charts could be a good number. Cubit 311/219/165 LC since 12/01/2003 "Jimmy" wrote in message news:bCF%c.37869$xu6.2409@okepread02... I am new to LC'ing and have a question regarding setting a realistic goal weight. I've looked at the BMI charts, looked at the charts in Atkins, and looked at charts on various other websites. BMI seems to be little help as a muscular man and a fat man can weigh the same and have identical BMI's. Charts very so much even when my medium frame size is taken into account. I have never weighed near any of the goal weights they suggest, so a track record is little help. Any suggestions on setting some realistic goal weight? Jimmy LC since 9/1/04 291/281/??? |
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In article ,
says... The key to goal setting is to be realistic. If you have a lot to lose you can set intermediate goals. It helps to keep you inspired. By the way, Saffire - You inspire me! I looked at your progess photos and I look like your first picture. At 203 I am started Atkins again on Sept 1st. I am having great results on induction. Lets hope I can stick with it for life this time. Thank you! And welcome to the group! It was hard at first for me to post progress photos (at least at first), but *I* was very inspired by similar ones, so I decided to "pay it forward". Trust me, if *I* can do it, YOU can :-) -- Saffire 205/149/125 - 5'1.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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"Jimmy" wrote in message news:bCF%c.37869$xu6.2409@okepread02...
Any suggestions on setting some realistic goal weight? Jimmy LC since 9/1/04 291/281/??? What I do is lose weight until I start losing strength. I know what my strengths are in a number of exercises (weight and reps) and so I can objectively see when my strength starts dropping. I find that I start losing strength right about when I hit 172. The first exercise I notice the loss in strength is in lat pulldowns. I can still get leaner by losing more weight, but then I get weaker and start feeling cold all the time. If I gain weight back to 172 again my strength comes back. Since I have no need for washboard abs, this weight is fine for me. |
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"Jimmy" wrote in message news:bCF%c.37869$xu6.2409@okepread02...
Any suggestions on setting some realistic goal weight? Jimmy LC since 9/1/04 291/281/??? What I do is lose weight until I start losing strength. I know what my strengths are in a number of exercises (weight and reps) and so I can objectively see when my strength starts dropping. I find that I start losing strength right about when I hit 172. The first exercise I notice the loss in strength is in lat pulldowns. I can still get leaner by losing more weight, but then I get weaker and start feeling cold all the time. If I gain weight back to 172 again my strength comes back. Since I have no need for washboard abs, this weight is fine for me. |
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