Quoted message said:Saffire [email hidden]
Quoted message said:I just
plan to lose weight until I feel like it's enough. As long as I exercise
reasonably often and eat well, I figure I'm doing my best and the body will
follow if it's so inclined. What's my body fat percentage? I have no idea.
I
may care more about it at some point, but I'm not worried about it at the
moment.
Since I AM exercising and eating well, I know I'm probably not wasting away
muscle mass as I lose. I may never reach my goal weight or I may surpass it.
I'm just so damn happy to look like ME again and to FEEL so much better that
anything more is just icing on the ca-- um -- salad dressing!
This makes sense. I had initially set a goal of 140, based on the fact that
last time I weighed 140, I thought it was a good, healthy weight. When I hit
145, though, my clothes were fitting loosely, my thighs were no longer rubbing
together when I walked, I felt great, and I couldn't think of a good reason to
lose the remaining 5 pounds. So I reset 145 as the upper limit of my normal
weight fluctuation, and that's worked pretty well. I've since dropped as low
as 139, but my weight usually does hover in the 143-145 range. (I was 144.5
this morning.)
On another note, I've had a respiratory infection and have been taking cough
medicine and sucking on cough drops. Regardless of the sweetener used, this
stuff is all intolerably sweet! It's gross and disgusting. And I finally
visited the doctor yesterday and had the lowest blood pressure I've had in 15
years. I tend to get white coat spikes in bp, but even factoring in the usual
nerves, it was 128/74. So that was welcome (as were the drugs I got so I can
stop using all this otc cough medicine).
Anyway, back on topic, I am very skeptical about the BMI. They used to be more
realistic, IMHO, when they factored in frame and gender. I am very tall, but I
have tiny bones. My BMI was in the normal range even when my butt was
enormous. There was no question that I needed to lose weight, but I would have
had to gain another 10 or so pounds to be heavy according to the BMI. My SO
has a large frame, and when he lost weight on Weight Watchers, his doctor wrote
a letter saying that his ideal weight was one that the BMI would list as
overweight. So I think once the OP gets to the point of looking and feeling
good, s/he should think about the relevance of the BMI, maybe visiting a doctor
before making a final decision. It could very well be that a higher BMI is
appropriate.
Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04
