Mic's "One Step at a Time" Journal

Ya know... sometimes I really hate BMI. It's not a very good indicator of healthy vs unhealthy weight on an individual basis...
 
I recently read an article that basically told me that I shouldn't work out as hard as I do. So, I guess for "fat loss" your heart rate isn't really suppose to be that high? And this, my friends, is called our Target Heart Rate. They had a chart of Target Heart Rate ranges based on age. I have found the article to be misleading, considering the HR they listed for me was (to my surprise) very low! Initially I thought I was working out way too hard based on their chart, but as I have looked around I found that THR can be calculated MUCH MORE ACURATELY than this chart.

There are so many different Target Heart Rate calculators out there. Many of them are generic and not tailored to people on an individual basis. However, I did find one that I liked.

The chart showed me at 98-140. In reality, my THR is more around 145-170.

Long story short, kinda-not-really, because I'm actually way side tracked from my initial story... wait... whaaaaaaaa? Find your accurate THR and HAVE FUN reachin' your goal!!
 
I hate BMI also. I've made the point before that my cousin (if you look into my profile you'll see a pic), who was an elite rower, was "overweight" in '96 when he was rowing in the Olympics in Atlanta.

BTW, fat burning cardio, I agrre that your heart rate needs an improvement to get results. here;

I always shoot for at least 75% of THR if not more. Just my thing.
 
reluctantcabbie said:
I hate BMI also. I've made the point before that my cousin (if you look into my profile you'll see a pic), who was an elite rower, was "overweight" in '96 when he was rowing in the Olympics in Atlanta.

BTW, fat burning cardio, I agrre that your heart rate needs an improvement to get results. here;

I always shoot for at least 75% of THR if not more. Just my thing.
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BMI is a crock. I'm 5' 7" and, according to the BMI chart, I should weigh no more than 159 lbs in order to be at a "healthy weight". Umm, I weighed 170 lbs when I was in 6th grade. I wasn't fat either. I was just thick and athletic. Yet, according to BMI, I was OBESE...?!?!?!?!

I think the BMI chart just makes people feel fatter than what they really are. If I weighed 159 lbs (like I'm "supposed" to), I would be skin and bones. How is that healthy? I'd get blown over by a gentle breeze if I weighed 159 lbs or less. No, no...I don't want that.
 
BMI, like a lot of things, is only a guide and it states that it's not accurate for very active persons or, obviously, body builders. I don't mind the BMI cos it's helped me realise where I should be weight-wise. I KNOW I'm no body builder but I've always been a bit more muscular, so it would make sense for me to be in the mid- to high-range.... BMI of 20-24

Still...I'd like to aim for the low-range anyway, around 18-20. :biggrinjester:

How'd you go for the work challenge, anyway? :bigear:
 
NO!!! I'm so frusterated about that!

The girl that I'm doing it with (one of my coworkers) went out of town for the week and the girl that was keeping track of everyone's weight loss and sending out updated emails hasn't sent out the last two weeks. I was just going to leave Lisa (co-worker) to deal with it because the other girl is her sister and I don't really know her. I'm almost thinking that everyone else in the challenge gave up when we were two weeks out.

I think I'm going to email her and be like... ok, what's going on with this challenge thing...
 
I had to write a paper on BMI and whether or not I agreed with it being an "accurate way to determine healthy vs unhealthy weight".

Basically... this is my point of the paper:

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It does, however, give us a good tool to generalize entire populations. It's also very simple to use. Just like many other peopel, I'm "big-boned" to begin with. I'll be aiming for the high end of my "healthy" BMI just because I rather not look like I have a disease.
 
Michelley85 said:
NO!!! I'm so frusterated about that!
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I know how frustrated you must feel. A few weeks ago I won a weight-loss challenge with another group (and I'll be honest with you...this was my 3rd straight win with this group...) and I was supposed to receive a $20 gift card from a nearby shop. Well, I hadn't received it yet. I don't want to press it cos the moderator from the group has been having some issues and that...but bloody-hell! I'd like to get my prize, dammit!

I think this group is avoiding me--because I'd won the last 3 challenges--and I think that just sucks! :cuss:

Sorry...had to get that off my chest......
 
Haha... Yeah that sucks. It's like they are mad that they didn't win. It's a HEALTHY ADULT CHALLENGE, everyone should be happy for one another.

I have a feeling the people in my challenge are going to bail on me. Everyone was suppose to pay the winner $2 per pound they lost, which would be a lot of money for me. I had plans for that money!! lol. But I really don't think I'll be getting it.

Bastards.
 
ah never looked at your diary before.. your doing great. i can not wait to hit my first goal. right now i am at a stump but i know it will pick up again.
 
hello there beautiful!!

I hit a stump at that exact same weight (if you're at 189 still). It was killer for about 2 weeks and now it seems to be getting back to normal weight loss again. :D

Take care and thanks for saying Hi!!
 
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