Monday, March 18, 2013

The Nitty Gritty Numbers

I wanted to share a little about where I'm at.  I'm not usually this embarrassed to share something like my weight.  People can see what you look like. They know.  It's just a number  But this has been hard for me to admit.  So here it is:

I started at 289.6 lbs. Yes that's a lot of weight.  My starting BMI was 44, that's 4 points into the Morbidly Obese range.  This is bad people.

That was 10 weeks ago.  So where am I at today?
  • Weight: Down 25.4 Lbs
  • BMI: Down 3.8 points.  Very close to no longer being morbidly obese
  • Percentage of Weight Loss: 8.77%.  I'm also very close to having lost a tenth of my entire body.  
  • Measurements:
    • Hips - Down 4.25 inches
    • Waist - Down 4 inches
    • Bust - Down 2.25 Inches
    • Thigh - Down 1.5 Inches Each
    • Arms - Well, I was down, and then I started working them hard, and they are bigger again.  They will shrink up eventually.
 I was wondering why my hip measurement was not decreasing more.  I should be losing the most there by a significant amount and I couldn't figure it out.  Then when I fit into an old pair of pants the other day, it dawned on me.  I noticed a baggy cavern in the rear of my old jeans.  All the squats, hip and core exercises really do work, because my butt is literally a few inches higher and sticking out more in the back.  So I have lost there, I've just also lifted there.  I'm totally down with a lifted butt.   

Here's the details in a poorly transferred excel spreadsheet:

Here's a much prettier chart, showing a couple of goals that I'm going to bust through sometime this month.  



I will probably do an update with charts every four weeks.  I love numbers, I love charts, and I think it's fun to see the achievement written in different ways.  Wednesday is my normal Weigh in morning, so I will be making my significant weight loss posts then.

Sometimes it feels like this process will take forever, but then I look at charts and numbers like these and realize I have made significant progress in 10 weeks.  I can't wait to see what a whole year brings to me!

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