Thursday, August 27, 2009

Update - State Fair

Visited the Minnesota State Fair today. My once a year indulgence with crappy food. I had made that decision. My weight today was 356 lbs. I am down 35 lbs from my high of 391 lbs.
I did get some numbers today from a health fair inside the fair.

Total Cholesterol - 175
HDL Cholesterol - 39
Body weight % - 38.9% my goal is 20%
Fat weight - 138.4 lbs
Lean weight - 217.6 lbs
Total Body water - 76.21 liters or 47.1%
Body mass index - 48.3

My Est. Heel Bone Mineral Density - .426
T-Score - -1.4 High Risk

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Day 1

Started Atkins Induction today. I found myself enjoying it as I decided that I would actually read New Diet Revolution to understand what I was doing. The first thing I discovered was that its not what you think. I find it to be a meat and vegetable way of eating with occasional fruit. I do have the goal of not only losing weight but getting to a natural food lifestyle. I have started to fear all the processed food that is in our diets in America. I think it is the major cause of obesity in America and the leading cause of health issues.

I started the day with bacon and eggs and had beef burgers with peapods and onions. I did make sure I picked up some broccoli. With butter broccoli is quite good.

My starting weight is 373 pounds.