Re: My Weight-Loss Odyssey: 00.00% EWL (Excess Weight Lost)

I see that his post is dated August 8, 2005 so don't know where he is now 
with the weight, but I wish you all the best success with it Adam if you 
haven't already reached it. I may have missed a post. :-)

Cheri



"Kate XXXXXX" <kate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Adam wrote:
>> Day 0 of Ultra-Low-Fat Diet
>> August 8, 2005
>> 308/308/175
>>
>> Mass 139.8 kg = 22 stone 0 lb 3 oz = 308.2 lb
>> My worst-ever weight
>> BMI = 43.88 MORBIDLY OBESE
>> 1% of US white males aged 40-59 have a greater BMI
>> I am 75.63% above my ideal weight
>> Net weight loss to date = 0 kg = 0 stone 0 lb 0 oz = 0 lb Weight loss
to 
>> get to target weight 60.2 kg = 9 stone 6 lb 11 oz = 132.7 lb
>> I have lost 0.00% of my excess weight so far
>> Mean BMI for last 365 days = 42.57
>> Loose collar size = 20.3"
>> Loose trouser size = 46.4"
>> Co-morbities: Marginal Type II Diabetes, severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea
>> (OSA)
>> Expected date to reach target weight, assuming a future weight loss
rate
>> of 0.7 kg/week = April 2, 2007
>>
> Good luck.
>
> I did 5 stone (70lbs) and a third of my body weight.  You'll do it too, 
> fret not.  Takes a while, but it'll go.
>
> I found that cutting fats and sugar-laden things, almost all processed 
> foods and not-baked-at-home stuff, and increasing the vegetable and
fruit 
> intake did wonders.
>
> Exercise also helps: start slowly.  I started with a gentle 10 lengths
of 
> the pool, and now regularly do a (UK) mile in an hour session twice a 
> week.