PLATEOFSTARS's CalorieKing Blog
Maintenance!
Thursday, September 9th 2010
So,I've decided to dip my toes in maintenance.
After my Fitness Assessment yesterday which showed that I am within the recommended body fat percentage for my age and gender and well into the "Normal" BMI range... I think it's time to stop being so hard on myself.
Also, I took the advice from the trainer I saw yesterday quite seriously. That I need to be cautious at this point in my weight and body composition (fat to lean mass ratio) not to lose weight for the sake of ...
Wednesday, September 8th 2010
So I went for a Fitness Test today at my gym - the last one I took was in November of last year.The trainer was astounded with the changes - and said he'd never seen someone's body fat percentage change so much.
So, here it is:
Nov 2009 / Sept 2010
Weight:
208.5 / 154.6
Impedance:
493 / 485
Neck:
16.9 inches / 15.4 inches
Shoulders:
42.1 inches / 39.4 inches
Gluteus:
48.4 inches / 39.8 inches
Thigh:
27.6 inches / 24 inches
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A Year of CK
Thursday, September 2nd 2010
(I posted this in the forums but I want to keep it here in my blog for posterity)Well everyone...
I'm just realizing... my one year anniversary on Calorie King has come (and gone, it was actually 4 days ago!). What a year!
If you had asked me a year ago today whether I thought I would still be kicking around this website and whether or not I would have lost as much weight as I have by today (and kept it off) I would have laughed and said "No way".
Well here I a...
Friday, August 27th 2010
Last week I went to the movies with a few friends. I don't normally like going to the theatre because I get all bothered by the amount of trailers and commercials they pass before the feature... I don't think it's right that I pay $15+ dollars to have the people I'm paying make money from somebody else too to try and sell me their products. I came for what I already paid for which was the movie. I didn't pay to be sold something else.
(sorry, I do get on a soapbox about it.....)
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Tuesday, August 24th 2010
Not much to say today.Spent a lot of time chatting with some colleagues today about how much weight I've lost. I got a congratulations hug and told her to save another one for a year from now when I've hopefully maintained the loss.
I went to a yoga class on Sunday and caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror and though "darn am I ever skinny!" so I took a picture when I got home.
here it is:
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