Posted by Kromey at 1:21pm Jan 6 '10It's that time, time for my first official weigh-in!
Starting weight: 217.8 lbs
BMI: 32.2 (obese)
Means I have almost 53 pounds to lose to reach my target weight of 165 - that's not bad, really! A friend of mine has dropped over 80 pounds in the last... year-and-a-half I think? Not entirely sure of the time frame, actually, but by comparison 53 pounds is certainly doable!
Need to find a tape measure to get my hip and waist measurements - hip-to-waist ratio is a better indicator than BMI. That will come later today I hope.
I also started my workout routine this morning. I'm easing slowly into it, because it is a drastic change from just hitting snooze a billion times. So today was just push-ups and leg-lifts.
Push-ups: 30 (3 sets of 10)
Leg-lifts: 7 (1 set of 5, 1 set of 2)
That was pretty much all I could muster. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised I was able to do that many push-ups, but it's still sad when you realize that I used to be able to do 30 push-ups in just over 30 seconds (and not the standard shoulder-width ones - the wide stance ones, which while still easier than "Marine" or diamond push-ups are harder than the should-width ones I did this morning). The leg-lifts - I was blown away that I could manage more than 2! The way I was taught to do them is extremely hard, and even at my peak I couldn't do more than 10 in a set (usually did 2 sets).
Unfortunately the diet's off to a rocky start - I need to get some good breakfast foods. This morning was another greasy breakfast sandwich. :-( At least it's not from McDonald's, which means I could be doing worse!
Starting weight: 217.8 lbs
BMI: 32.2 (obese)
Means I have almost 53 pounds to lose to reach my target weight of 165 - that's not bad, really! A friend of mine has dropped over 80 pounds in the last... year-and-a-half I think? Not entirely sure of the time frame, actually, but by comparison 53 pounds is certainly doable!
Need to find a tape measure to get my hip and waist measurements - hip-to-waist ratio is a better indicator than BMI. That will come later today I hope.
I also started my workout routine this morning. I'm easing slowly into it, because it is a drastic change from just hitting snooze a billion times. So today was just push-ups and leg-lifts.
Push-ups: 30 (3 sets of 10)
Leg-lifts: 7 (1 set of 5, 1 set of 2)
That was pretty much all I could muster. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised I was able to do that many push-ups, but it's still sad when you realize that I used to be able to do 30 push-ups in just over 30 seconds (and not the standard shoulder-width ones - the wide stance ones, which while still easier than "Marine" or diamond push-ups are harder than the should-width ones I did this morning). The leg-lifts - I was blown away that I could manage more than 2! The way I was taught to do them is extremely hard, and even at my peak I couldn't do more than 10 in a set (usually did 2 sets).
Unfortunately the diet's off to a rocky start - I need to get some good breakfast foods. This morning was another greasy breakfast sandwich. :-( At least it's not from McDonald's, which means I could be doing worse!
Wednesday Weigh-in #1 - Kromey