Health metrics
Since the weight hasn’t been falling away quite as fast as I’d hoped, I’ve decided to get a bit more serious about it and set up a profile at MyFitnessPal (ugh what a terrible name!) as recommended to me by Michael T, who apparently used to be something of a fatty with high blood pressure himself :)
Ideally I’d like to drop another 19kg (at the rate I’ve been going this would take another year at least).
I’ll be using it to track diet and exercise, as well as weight, blood pressure, waist measurements, and fat and muscle percentages as recorded by my new cheap-ass bathroom scales. These last two are unlikely to be reliable numbers except for tracking change, and may indicate why I haven’t lost a lot of weight so far. According to these readings my body fat % has steadily decreased in the last few weeks from about 25.5% to 24.3%, with a corresponding increase in muscle percentage. So that’s promising!
Current stats:
Weight: 101 kg
Waist: 112 cm
Fat: 24.3%
Muscle: 35.9%
Blood Pressure: 140/95
is she (in the picture) laughing maniacally?
ha! love my new UID
Images by http://womenlaughingalonewithsalad.tumblr.com/ presumably
hairpin article of the same name (click image for source)
‘fatty’?! Mark, you really are my best friend lol
I did say “used to be” ;)
ps, get some kitchen scales and weigh every item of food you imbibe.
I know this works since I’ve lost 10kg since June, during this I’ve eaten pizza, cupcakes, chocolate mallow bites and large mochas. I also skipped breakfast and sometimes only ate 1 meal in a day even. I’m still skipping breakfast, I just have a protein drink instead. Works for me. Meat and vegetables are great for filling you up.
Eat the junk in moderation. A calorie counter is essential, I’m using Simple Calorie Counter for Android. I find most others too complex (They try to force you to eat breakfast).
I’ve been weightlifting for the last month too, this helps keep the muscle as you lose weight. See StartingStrength.com for a good beginners work out.