My Health Journal(continued)
3)
Have SMALL goals, not a huge one. Monthly goals of about 5-10 pounds (1-2
pounds per week) should do it, seems manageable in my head, and doesn't
sound as impossible. And at each month-end, I can both re-evaluate my
goal for the following month and know that I am that much closer to
my Ultimate Goal.
4)
Have fun. Don't feel like you have to restrict yourself. It's about
exercise. Not necessarily how much or what I eat, although that's important
as well. There's no reason why I can't do this, and it'll just get harder
the longer I weight...er...wait. As Tony Little says, "You can
DO IT!"
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The
Body Mass Index Calculator
According
to the The
Body Mass Index Calculator, I should be weighing somewhere between
116 and 145 pounds (a BMI between 20 and 25) to be considered "healthy."
Obviously, the lower of those two numbers is quite lofty a goal, since
it's a loss of 90 pounds, and, with my body frame, I'd look like a walking,
talking corpse. My doctor says that there's no reason I shouldn't be
able to hit 145, though, so that will be my goal, a 60 pound loss.
I officially
started all of this again on Saturday, July 19th, 2002. So, here's the
new journal of my progress. I'll be recording weekly my weight, an overview
of what I've been eating, and in what kind of physical activity I'm
engaging. I hope to fall into a pattern with which I'm both comfortable and
will result in my having more energy and losing both pounds and inches.
So... wish me luck!