I lost 4lbs this week!

Well actually its more like 5 days! Coz I weight myself every Tuesday and last Tuesday I weighted myself and I hadnt lost anything in the week, so I went to the gym and to yoga and weighed myself again on Thursday & I still hadnt gone down at all! But I weighed myself on Tuesday & I'd gone down 4lbs! WHy cant every week be like this! Lol!

So now

Starting weight: 184lbs
Current weight: 178lbs
Target weight: 126lbs
Lost/gained this week: - 4lbs
Total lost: 6lbs
Remainder to be lost: 52lbs

I have lost 2 and 3/4 lb this week! YAy!!

Total loss for jan: 9 1/4 lb

I will be so happy if I can do as well in feb, here we go!!

Sarah Ann, Your friend would have been 449.7lbs, or 31st 7lbs in weight!

449.7lbs = 204.4 Kg
5ft 7" = 1.675 m or 2.80 m squared

204.4/2.80 = 73

It takes a calculator and courage of your convictions (I am useless at converting stones to kilos and feet and inches to metres) to work out your own BMI.

If you don't want to rely on a commercial calculator here is an example:
It is weight in kilos divided by height squared in metres.

So my weight 14stone 7lbs is 203lbs (14 x 14 +7).
Coverted to kilos is 92.3 (divided by 2.2. That one's easy it's written on every bag of sugar 1kilo = 2.2lb)
My height is 5ft 5" or 65 inches (5 x 12 + 5)
Convert to cm 162.5 (65 x 2.5), or 1.625 m which is 2.64 when squared

92.3 divided by 2.64 = BMI 34.96 Moderately Obese!

Hope this is intersting to someone, though I really doubt it! Stef

That took a bit of working out!
Mines 32.62, is that moderately obese as well?

31st 7lbs????????????? She emailed me a picture of herself.... she said it was a bit out of date - more like 20stones out of date! Poor woman - no wonder she has got appalling health problems.

Steff - sorry - my maths is totally appalling, I think I'll carry on with the commercial calculators. How are you doing on your diet/fitness plan?

ChiChi - well done on the 4lbs! The way to diet on a long term basis is to pace yourself on your diet - don't drop your calorie intake too low and don't skimp on the healthy stuff - fruit, veggies, carbs, low fat dairy and lean protein - because you need to re-educate yourself how to eat in a moderate way for when you are at goal. (So you don't repeat all this in a couple of years like I have done all my life).

Yes I think we should all commit to do it once and do it right!!
This is the last diet we do anbd once we get there we are staying there

Hello

Sorry I wasn't able to post my progress last week as I was enjoying a long weekend in Brussels. I will post my weight tomorrow when I assess the damage. We did a lot of walking but I fear the Belgian beer (yummy) and cream-filled eclairs may have over-ridden the walking. Brussels is fantastic, I would definitely recommend it for a weekend away.

Everybody seems to be doing well on their plans, congrats to all the losers, I hope to be rejoining you soon.

Chi Chi yes you too are moderately obese.

BMI less than 20 is underweight with increased risk of clinical complications
BMI 20 - 24.9 is the desirable range
BMI 25 - 29.9 is overweight with some increased health risk
BMI 30 - 34.9 is Obese Class 1 with moderate increases to health risks
BMI 35 - 39.9 is Obese Class 2 with severe increases to health risk
BMI 40+ is morbidity, severely obese, Class 3 with very severe increases in health risks.

However the increases to health risks ARE LESSENED if you are fit and active. This is why I say I am fat AND fit. I am Class 2 Obese but have low cholesterol and a BP of 110 over 68. At 36 years old that is a fit heart!

In fact it is much better than the GP who is always telling me I should lose weight or I will stress my heart etc. I now only go to see him wearing my aerobics instructors clothing. HA HA!

Sarah Ann the diet is going slowly, mainly cos it is not a real diet. I think I said at the start that I would be mainly relying on exercise. I've had enough of that so I shall begin the diety bit properly!

Read you all later, husband is back and getting nosy! STef

Can you do mine please
5' 2" and 12.00 stone

I find it really weird to think of myself as obese! when I hear the word obese the thing that springs to mind is really huge people who get tired just walking up the stairs or down the street!
Im only a size 14/16 which is much bigger than I want to be but somehow doesnt seem like obese!

Chi Chi I know where you are coming from, it is one of these medical terms which we end up labelled with. I'm a size 20, but an active & relatively fit one - not in Stefs league - yet !!!

I do describe myself as a bigger or larger lady but that word obese - it's horrible. I always consider very large people, like some of those on fat club, you know the ones, over about 25 stone to be obese - not me. Just shows what I know.

One day my BMI will come back & show 'healthy' = it's going to be a long journey though - just need to sit back & enjoy the ride.

Carol

Jano, your BMI is 31.8. That makes you officially obese, class 1.

Like Chi Chi says that hardly seems fair does it? At 12 stone you're hardly in the really big zone.

However, the name they give it doesn't really get noticed by me anymore. So I feel I should explain myself. I am an obesity researcher I write it every day so it doesn't mean anything to me anymore. I would like to apologise, I should have changed the wording or pointed out that it is the increased risk rating that we should all be taking notice of!

Here in the UK all the info we get seems to be weightist. No campaign, GP, TV programme or magazine ever seems to take the time out to explain WHY being overweight is a bad thing on a personal level. We get told we're bad, sad, lazy, greedy, weak willed people and should feel ashamed of ourselves. But no-one ever says 'Hey did you know.....?"

So, Hey girls did you know that as obese women we are:
1/3 more likely to suffer from a stroke or osteoarthritis,
almost twice as likely to have angina or ovarian cancer,
more than 3 times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or colon cancer,
and almost 13 times more likely to develop diabetes late in life.

If we got this information and knew that someone in our family who had suffered from one of these diseases I am sure we would take more notice. But no-one out there seems to want to help us understand this or help us get the kind of support and help, aims and targets we really need.

That's one of the reasons I started to talk on these sites. If anyone wants to know more about their body, how they can help themselves make the kind of changes that really would help lose weight slowly, safely and permanently WE NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

Between us we must have loads of experiences we can all learn from. And other people like me, obese and educated in the right subjects, should be here too to offer our help to everyone!

Hobby horse alert! I repeat Hobby horse alert!

Sorry. But feel free to take me to task. Stef

Can I join in the whole weigh in totals thing please??!!

I weighed in last night (thurs) And....Lost 5 lb ! Woohoo! Thats a total of 24 1/2 lbs now which meant I got my 10% keyring from WW...I'm extremely pleased with myself!

Kyles

Start weight: 233lbs
Start date 22/11/01
This weeks Loss: 5lbs
Total Loss: 24 1/2 lbs

Halfway Goal : 168lbs by 13/7/02 (birthday)
Goal: 133 lbs by 22/11/02

Thanks for that - what does class 1 mean?

Janet

Thanks for telliing us that, Steff - somehow it has made me feel worse not better, though.

Like I am under more pressure.