FatOllie
Full Member
Starting diary as part of my discipline.
Quick background – male, 60 in 2 weeks’ time, I have coronary problems, no heart attacks but four stents inserted three and a half years ago, a fifth stent just 15 months ago and I’m having another angiogram is 3 weeks’ time!
When I got my first 4 stents, I worked hard at getting my lifestyle under control, stopped smoking which was the big one, better diet, reduced stress, more exercise, healthier diet. One big failure was weight loss, tried loads of things but none worked, kept losing about 5-7 lbs. and putting it back on again :sigh:
I’ve had another problem for last year, a badly herniated disc which has reduced by ability to exercise and my weight has steadily ballooned to 16st 10 lbs. last week , I’m only 5’8” giving me a BMI of 35.6 which is far too high for my own good.
Joined SW last week , set myself a target of 4 stone by year end, that will take me to a BMI of 27.5, still slap bang in the middle of the ‘overweight’ but I’ll live with that – heck of a lot better than well into ‘obese’
Targets for first six weeks:
Wk 1: 3lbs Did 4.5
Wk 2: 3 lbs
Wk 3: 3lbs
Wk 4: 3lbs
Wk 5: 2.5 lbs –first stone gone plus 100 kg for first time in years!
Wk 6: 2.5 lbs
Quick background – male, 60 in 2 weeks’ time, I have coronary problems, no heart attacks but four stents inserted three and a half years ago, a fifth stent just 15 months ago and I’m having another angiogram is 3 weeks’ time!
When I got my first 4 stents, I worked hard at getting my lifestyle under control, stopped smoking which was the big one, better diet, reduced stress, more exercise, healthier diet. One big failure was weight loss, tried loads of things but none worked, kept losing about 5-7 lbs. and putting it back on again :sigh:
I’ve had another problem for last year, a badly herniated disc which has reduced by ability to exercise and my weight has steadily ballooned to 16st 10 lbs. last week , I’m only 5’8” giving me a BMI of 35.6 which is far too high for my own good.
Joined SW last week , set myself a target of 4 stone by year end, that will take me to a BMI of 27.5, still slap bang in the middle of the ‘overweight’ but I’ll live with that – heck of a lot better than well into ‘obese’
Targets for first six weeks:
Wk 1: 3lbs Did 4.5
Wk 2: 3 lbs
Wk 3: 3lbs
Wk 4: 3lbs
Wk 5: 2.5 lbs –first stone gone plus 100 kg for first time in years!
Wk 6: 2.5 lbs