This morning I’m launching my new weight loss report which now includes Body Fat percentage, BMI, and more. I purchased a new scale recently and it tracks all of these categories so I will now update that here each week. This will give me a better idea of the ‘whole picture’ as I work to get in shape and lose weight.

I don’t have a good weight number to report this week, but I feel optimistic since starting my new exercise plan on Friday. I also helped a friend move over the weekend, which turned out to be a lot of exercise. I sure didn’t feel like waking up at 4:45 this morning, but I got up and got on the treadmill for my interval training (high intensity) followed by some sit-ups. Until last Friday I hadn’t exercised at all last week so I am not surprised by my lack of progress. I’m looking forward to next Monday after a full week of exercise.

Current
Week		 Last
Week		 Week Change Start on 11/28/07 Total Change
Weight 253.4 252.6 +0.8 (+0.32%) 254 -0.6 (-0.24%)
Body Fat 37.4% 38.3% -0.9 (-2.35%) 38.2 -0.8% (-0.31%)
Skeletal Muscle 28.9% 28.3% +0.6 (+2.12%) 28.4% +0.5% (0.20%)
Visceral Fat 14 14 0 (0.00%) 14 0 (0.00%)
Resting Metabolism 2194 2190 +4 (+0.18%) 2195 -1 (-0.39%)
BMI 32.5 32.6 -0.1 (-0.31%) 32.6 -0.1 (-0.04%)

*About these numbers- I intend to write complete descriptions of these categories, but until then here is the basic direction I am looking for.

  • Weight – this should go down!  :)
  • Body Fat – should also be going down. ‘Normal’ for my age is 8% – 19.9% so you can see how far off I am.
  • Skeletal Muscle – more is better
  • Visceral Fat – needs to come down – anything over 10 is ‘High’ and very bad.  :(
  • Resting Metabolism – more is better, not critical.
  • BMI – needs to come down – ‘Normal’ is 18.5 – 25

I have a lot of work to do!

By Eden, Mon 17 Dec 2007, Comments Categories: Weekly Weigh-in