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March 25, 2005

OMG!

So I read today that people with a Body Mass Index (BMI, a height/weight ratio) of 25 or more are considered overweight; those 30 and above are considered obese. I have a BMI of 37! AAAAHHHHH! I was so far over on the chart I had to go to “Table 2” for people with BMI of greater than 35.

Here’s the link if you want to check yours www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm

Another slap of reality is when I get on my Tanita digital scale that also measures your fat percentage. First it weighs you, then it sends some kind of electrical signal through your body to measure your fat. I usually don’t stand on it long enough to see the fat percentage. Why, you ask? Because it says I’m 46% fat! Is that possible that I’m half fat? How is it that I even retain a shape resembling a human being?

Here are some more pictures. I only took one new one to compare the side profile because I knew there wouldn’t be much of a change. I’ve had some friends say that I look thinner. So it’s probably showing most in my face, which I’m not prepared to show just yet. When I’m down a bunch of weight I’ll show it. I’m not ashamed. I just don’t want someone to look at me and think of these pictures. When I’m thin I’m hoping they’ll hardly be able to remember me fat and disassociate me from these pictures.

Last Month	This Month

Here are the outlines superimposed over each other. In the colored version the yellow is the most recent profile. They are virtually the same. Don't pay any attention to the head size, I didn't try to draw the pink dot relative to last time.

Posted by hopeful @ March 25, 2005 12:43 AM