My first four weeks of "Project Buffbert"... by the numbers
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So yesterday marked the end of my first four weeks on the Kinetix program. This means I'm eating six times a day (3 meals, 3 snacks), the food is targeted for 40% protein, 40% carbs, and 20% fat, and I'm doing both strength training and cardio on a scheduled, consistent basis. At the end of each four week period, I can step on their fancy hi-tech scale, key in my employee code, grab the handles, and let it do a body composition analysis. This is *very* important to me, as it breaks me out of that obsession with that single scale number denoting weight. Instead, I learn what's going on inside, even if the overall weight isn't changing as fast as I'd like.
Listed below are the starting numbers and the 4 week numbers for comparison:
Some commentary...
So yesterday marked the end of my first four weeks on the Kinetix program. This means I'm eating six times a day (3 meals, 3 snacks), the food is targeted for 40% protein, 40% carbs, and 20% fat, and I'm doing both strength training and cardio on a scheduled, consistent basis. At the end of each four week period, I can step on their fancy hi-tech scale, key in my employee code, grab the handles, and let it do a body composition analysis. This is *very* important to me, as it breaks me out of that obsession with that single scale number denoting weight. Instead, I learn what's going on inside, even if the overall weight isn't changing as fast as I'd like.
Listed below are the starting numbers and the 4 week numbers for comparison:
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2009/05/06
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2009/06/05
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| Overall Weight (pounds) |
246.7
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238.5
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| Lean Body Mass (pounds) |
129.4
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129.6
|
| Body Fat Mass (pounds) |
117.3
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108.9
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| Body Mass Index (BMI percentage) |
42.3%
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40.9%
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| Percent Body Fat (percentage) |
47.5%
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45.6% |
Some commentary...
- Since my BMI is still over 40%, I am still classified as "morbidly obese". But only a fat person would understand my initial goal of being simply "obese". :) I'm getting close.
- Losing slightly over 2 pounds a week is a perfect pace. Yeah, it'd be nice to magically drop to under 200 pounds by the end of June, but this is a journey and not a destination.
- My coach was impressed with the results, but was *most* impressed with the Lean Body Mass numbers. Apparently when people first take a body comp test, their muscle weight is artificially inflated. This is because the muscles have a lot of carbs due to a typically high carb diet, and they appear to be larger than they actually are. So after 4 weeks of better nutrition and exercise, that number usually drops at the first checkpoint. The fact that mine not only held steady but *gained* .2 pounds surprised and pleased him (and me!).
- For general purposes, a "normal"
BMI is between 18.5% and 25%, while a normal Body Fat percentage is between
10% and 20%.
Overall, this is working out VERY well for me. I feel better (if you discount the sore muscles from the strength training), my emotional state is positive, and I don't feel like I'm on a "diet". I truly feel like I've *changed* my lifestyle, not just patched a few holes to reach a goal, thinking "when will this end so I can get back to normal?" "Normal" is what got me to this point, and "normal" is not an acceptable option any longer. "Normal" needs to be redefined to what I want to become, not what I was. What I *was* was abnormally fat, out of shape, and killing myself. Only in America would we consider that "normal".
I'd also like to thank all of you who have encouraged, challenged, and held me accountable. As you can probably tell, I have little ego in terms of putting the brutally honest truth out there for all to see, regardless of whether its pleasant or not. Knowing I have the support of my friends and colleagues keeps me honest. It also helps knowing that someone else might read this and think about their own situation.
I'm trying to live my life as a teaching hospital. Experts don't run the place, and mistakes will be made. But if others can learn from what's going on here, then I'm moving in the right direction.
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Posted by Kathy Brown At 06:47:03 On 06/06/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Chris Blatnick At 17:17:53 On 06/06/2009 | - Website - |
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Posted by matthew At 17:39:37 On 09/06/2009 | - Website - |
Those are great numbers. You should be very proud of yourself! Keep it up and get ready for that calendar shoot
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