80 Sticks of Butter: FFC Day 5 and BMI

Thursday, September 16, 2010

FFC Day 5 and BMI

Fall Fitness Challenge - Day 5

So, I hate Zumba, but I really like working with the personal trainer, D. She's very young, very sweet and she just about killed me with the stuff she was having me do this morning...but she did it in such a nice, sweet way.

Much of our time together this morning is devoted to "core" work...basically, trying to tone up and get rid of Bernice (y'all remember Bernice, right? That entity who inhabits my middle - the stomach that at one point was so big I couldn't actually see past her to see my toes...) Lots of different kinds of crunches (ugh!) and planks and mat work that works my middle section.

A few times poor D wants me to do 10 reps of something and....ummmm....yeah...not so much. I collapse after 3 reps! But D says cheerfully, "OK, take a quick rest and we'll try 5 more." Very nice - she's working me hard, but also willing to meet me at my level and work from there.

Bernice's opinion of personal trainer D?

Yeah, Bernice is not liking her too much.

Well, screw you, Bernice! You're goin' dooowwwwnnnn!

BMI

Anyone out there not familiar with the term "BMI"? It stands for "Body Mass Index." According to the "Diet and Fitness Today" website:

The Body Mass Index or BMI is a method of classifying whether an individual is overweight, underweight, obese or normal weight based only on their height and weight and does not use gender specific information.

The BMI values correspond to the following body analysis:

Underweight, BMI = <18.5

Normal weight, BMI = 18.5-24.9

Overweight, BMI = 25-29.9

Obesity, BMI = 30 or greater

The website has a BMI calculator for anyone who wants to know their BMI.

My stats so far:

Starting BMI (at my heaviest weight ever): 35.14
BMI now: 30.86

While I'm still in the "Obesity" camp - it's not for much longer. I just have to shed another 36 sticks of butter to get me in the 25-29.9 Overweight range. And, eventually, when I shed a total of 164 sticks of butter that will put me in the "Normal weight" category!

So, still a ways to go to get to normal and healthy, but I'm on my way!!!

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The Story of 80 Sticks of Butter

A number of years ago, a dear friend of mine just starting on her weight loss journey was seeing a nutritionist. During the first week, my friend reported the loss of her first 2 pounds, saying, "Well, it's just 2 pounds," to which the nutritionist responded, "You sound like this is no big deal! Think of it this way - 1 pound equals 4 sticks of butter...so you just lost the equivalent of 8 sticks of butter!" Quite a unique way of looking at shedding pounds.

As of August 16, 2010, I have lost the equivalent of 80 sticks of butter (I'll let you do the math...) However, I still have many more sticks yet to lose. This is a record of my journey.

Melting Away in 2010

8 January - BMI = 29.38
8 January - 156 sticks of butter
13 December - BMI = 29.38
13 December - 156 sticks of butter
15 November - BMI = 29.38
15 November - 156 sticks of butter
8 November - BMI = 29.88
8 November - 144 sticks of butter
25 October - BMI = 30.09
25 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
18 October - BMI = 30.09
18 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
11 October - BMI = 30.27
11 October - 132 sticks of butter
4 October - BMI = 30.45
4 October - 127.2 sticks of butter
25 Sept - BMI = 30.56
25 Sept - 124 sticks of butter
20 Sept - BMI = 30.86
20 Sept - 116 sticks of butter
10 Sept - BMI = 31.15
10 Sept - 108 sticks of butter
5 Sept - BMI = 31.3
5 Sept - 104 sticks of butter
31 Aug - BMI = 31.45
31 Aug - 100 sticks of butter
27 Aug - BMI = 31.6
27 Aug - 96 sticks of butter
20 Aug - BMI = 31.97
20 Aug - 86 sticks of butter
16 Aug - BMI = 32.19
16 Aug - 80 sticks of butter
1 Feb - starting BMI = 35.14