Introduction

The time has come... the time to do something about my weight. This blog will follow a journey; my trials and tribulations and hopefully successes with the battle of the bulge. For too long have I been a member of the Fellowship of the Flab.

I will be setting myself goals, tasks and rewards for the journey ahead to make it more interesting. I invite you to follow my progress and support me during the hard times and laugh with me during the good times.

Thank you, one and all.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

BMI Chart

My goal is to be a size 14 in just over a year's time. I am not really too bothered about what weight I actually end up - I just want to look and feel a whole lot better. But I will be tracking my progress through the BMI chart (Body Mass Index) to keep an eye on my weight for the health reasons. At the moment I fall into the range of 'Obese', I then have to travel my way through the 'Overweight' section before arriving at 'OK'. As I am 5 foot 5 inches, I need to reach 12.5 stone before going into the next phase, and then I have to reach 10.5 stone to become 'OK'. This index is all about the health implications for you - it works out how heavy you should be for your height.

As you will see by my profile picture at the top, I have the Obese banner flying. When I reach 12.5 stone, I will change it to the Overweight banner and so on. So at least there will be a little visual track of how well I'm doing. It will take a while to get to each benchmark, but then at least it will feel like I have really accomplished something! Here is the BMI chart for reference.

1 comment:

  1. I like the chart but don't obsess too much over it! Looking forward to seeing you taking down your obese banner!

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