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Anytime I’m able to opt for a ‘paperless’ entity subscription, with massive secure internet protection-of course, I do so — therefore I get AARP via Email. The other day I was perusing a flyer and I noticed an article entitled: Do you know your BMI? Not ‘knowing’ what the acronym stood for — as usual — curiosity won-out. I learned that the acronym stood for — Body Mass Index. BMI is a measurement of body fat based on height and weight. There was a calculator there to evaluate your BMI after entering the required information.
Prior — to the moment of the results displayed — my minds-eye interpretation of an ‘obese’ person was someone who could not clasp their hands in front of them. What a RUDE awakening! I thought, ‘there must be a mistake — I’m not obese — I’m just overweight — maybe I made a mistake in imputing the figures’ (?). So I reentered the figures—(sigh)—now I not only have to cope with the fact that I’m overweight — I have to mentally assimilate that I am actually (sigh) ‘obese’. (Hum-m-m-m…since height is figured in the formula — maybe if I grew another foot and a half…?) I did some further research and found that the calculations being used are accepted throughout the medical field. There are a few allowances for athletes and others who have muscular builds and ‘older’ persons who have muscle-loss.
18.5 – 24.9 = Normal . . . 25 – 29.9 = Overweight . . . BMI of 30+ = Obesity
Playing around with the figure for my weight, I am ‘most’ anxious to loose six more pounds. At that time my BMI will indicate that I’m overweight, not obese. I like having incremented weight-loss goals, however, a six pound loss of weight to get me into the category of being overweight instead of obese — leaves me with a lo-o-o-ong way away from ‘normal’. :)(Physical anyway — we won’t get into ‘mental’ normality.):)
If you are curious as to what your BMI is, here’s a link you may use: Just copy & paste in your browser.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
I’m very thankful for finding this website for it has really helped inspire me into doing something I know I should have done the moment I began putting on all the extra pounds. My grandmother told me many times that we get smarter as we get older. BUT! She never told me that it would take me 70 years to get smart.:)
Happy New Year to all and may we all leave behind our — behinds. (Mine which used to be a ‘10’):)
Janie
FYI: Daisy Dew is my Lhasa Apso 🙂WOW! I had to laugh (at 🙂 myself) . . . I had not gotten around to investigating the ‘Progress Meter’ found in the “Apps” field of the website until a few minutes ago. I have been so busy making-up meals and putting ‘Serving Sizes’ in the freezer for later days that I just hadn’t progressed to the ‘Progress Meter’ as yet.
Imagine my surprise when I opened the ‘Progress Meter’ and found that this function ‘INCLUDES’ a BMI meter! Hah! 🙂 Well . . . live and learn. At least when I found this information — I know what BMI represents.
Once again — I’m impressed with the TDC! You (basically) have thought about everything! Eh? Thank you!
Janie 🙂
Janie, you are funny! And, how humble! to write back and let us know (before we could answer you) that you found the answer to your question! 🙂 Way to go, girl! Keep on looking … you’ll just find more and more to be impressed with concerning the TDC!! I’ve been with them a year, and they continually amaze me!! They keep adding more and more to make it even more user friendly! 😉 jan
Hi Jan ~ Thank you for your comments, and yes, at this time of my life it is the ‘only’ (humble) pie I am allowing myself. Anyone seeking supportive help in losing the excess weight they’ve acquired over several years is obviously interested in their health — and — the way they look. I know myself, I’ve been very unhappy with the way I look for a long time.
I have a full-length mirror opposite my shower and —trust me! — I have avoided eye-contact with the person departing the shower for several years. A couple of times I sneaked a peak and thought someone ‘else’ had stepped into the shower with me! 🙂 I thought, ‘…that couldn’t be ME!’
With several ‘airline-bags’ close by, 🙂 as I step from my shower, I now make a point of assessing the damage of improper eating and indulging in the ‘pleasure-foods’ I so dearly love. That — in itself — is inspiration to do something about the way I look. I even went so-far as to delete ‘Domino’s’ website from my PC and put a ‘block’ on their advertisements. (sigh)
When I get to a respectable weight, I hope WalMart will be able to survive the decline in the purchasing of ‘sweats’! 🙂
To our continued success — I raise my blender carafe . . .
Janie 😉
DaisyDew, you can compensate WalMart by buying more of their health foods 😉 They are really making an effort to stock up.
Janie, you are a hoot! Would love to know you better! You have the right attitude, girlfriend! And, attitude is more than half the battle!
And, Ossie, you are right! WalMart is stocking more and more organic and gluten-free and other flours and pastas, etc. I am so pleasantly surprised! As we live out in the country, that makes life SO much more pleasant!! 😉 janHi Linda 😉
After you have logged into the website: At the top of the ‘Home-Page’ click on your Username: It is right after: “Hello”
This gives you your ‘Members’ page — if you haven’t filled-in the required information for your ‘Profile’ do that now.If you want to upload a pic of yourself — click on ‘Change Avatar’. I’m positive you know what an Avatar is — but in case . . . An avatar image is the small square photo image that appears next to a person’s post. Just follow the instructions. 🙂
After doing all of the above — on your ‘Members’ page you should have all the pertinent info: ie., FROM-HEIGHT-WEIGHT-MY AGE IS-GOAL and your HOBBIES.
Now: Near the top of the page are selections: Home; Apps; Recipes . . . etc., Click on: Apps
You now have four choices: Click on “Progress Meter” — in the progress meter’s square, it will show your indicated ‘Weight’ and your ‘BMI’. Whichever is DARK BLUE – that is the ‘selected’ information – if you want your BMI, just click on “BMI” and there it is.
Each day (from this app) you may ‘update’ your BMI by imputing your new weight information. It doesn’t have to be in ‘whole’ numbers either — you may impute (for example): 185.50 then click on “Update” (Note: you may update from the ‘Members’ page also.)
After weeks/months you are able to ‘toggle’ thru’ the dates by using the ‘From’ and ‘To’ areas. You may also do this by using the ‘arrows’ on the side of the Progress Meter — the arrow on the left takes you back and the arrow on the right . . . etc.
The BMI meter at the website is ‘kind-enuff’ NOT to put us in the categories of being either – overweight or obese – but it you would like to know the medical category you are in, you may scroll to the bottom of this page you are ‘NOW READING FROM’ to my first ‘blog’ or — go to:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
Just copy the above link and paste it into your browser and follow the instructions given.
I hope this has been helpful and most of all — correct! 🙂
Good-Luck! 😉
Hi Janie, I’m with Jan, I love your writing style and your sense of humour. So much rang bells with me although unfortunately I’ve known for years that as far as the medical profession were concerned I was obese, I wasn’t admitting it to myself though, got round it by thinking they were sticking labels on me and they could keep their labels. A few weeks into the program and I could admit it without wanting to cringe and climb in the closet for the rest of my life and I always check myself out in the mirror in the morning now whereas before I was like you and avoided mirrors or reflective surfaces where ever possible. I also found the courage to go check out what the weight range for my height was last week and feel that there is at least the possibility of me getting that low again, which I didn’t when I joined TDC. Hope to get to know you better 🙂
Hi Anna ~
Thank you for your kind remarks regarding my ‘writing style’. There were periods of time throughout my life, that if it weren’t for my ‘looking’ at a situation with a ‘bit’ of humor, I would have been wrapped in a white-jacket a long time ago! Hah! 😛
Yes! I used to feel my mirror was my enemy. Taunting me — making fun of me — but I now I see it as a helpful reminder of trying to better my health and at the end of the long row we hoe — have an ‘extra’ reward of looking good once again. (Oh! And yes! Rollo and Skittles!) 🙂
I don’t know, Anna, just WHAT it is about the word — obese. The connotations attached to that five letter word can be mentally devastating! To me — it meant — no hope — go away, you are not part of the ‘beautiful’ world — no one wants you. And of course, that is truly ludicrous and illogical — but our minds play (unwittingly, I believe) destructive mind-games with us. And to think! We do it to ourselves in allowing our minds to drift in that demoralizing taunt. No more! Say it! — No more! 😛
I have to admit one thing — I am so-o-o-o proud of myself! In the twelve days since I ventured into this world (TDC) I have not eaten any of my fav’s and each day I am finding that they mean less and less to me. This is my biggest self-challenge since I quit smoking 5-6 years ago. I did that ‘cold-turkey’ but support provided here in TDC will help tremendously! This is not a three-day cure as it is in the nicotine leaving one’s body. We have a ways to go, Anna — hand-in-hand.
I’m here to hold your hand, Anna, (metaphorically speaking of course) and the wonderful thing about that is — ‘you’ will be holding my hand too. Feel free to use the ‘Message’ feature in this website for personal chit-chat.
Blessings . . .
Hi Janie
I too believe that it is sometimes only having a well developed sense of humour that stops us from sinking under when the going gets tough. Your comments regarding the word obese struck cords with me but while I agree that feeling inadequate because of it may be ludicrous unfortunately I think it is logical because of the way society idolizes looking a certain way, I’m not talking about the medical profession, there are obvious health risks associated with even being overweight. Like racism, ageism, sexism it all has an effect and soaks into the brain if you happen to fall into one of the target groups. The trick is to be able to overcome those years of feeling one way and turn them around. In the four months since I joined TDC my thinking has changed dramatically – I can look at photos of myself taken before I started and not think “I look so disgusting and ugly” instead I just think that is where I was at, at that time and I’m on my way to somewhere else now. I take care when I get dressed, instead of throwing my clothes on and doing my hair without looking at the result, I can look in the mirror and think I look good and smile instead of pulling faces at myself if I inadvertently caught a glimpse of myself before. I can walk down a street with my head up high instead of trying to be invisible, there are people who no doubt see me and still think “fat woman” and less kind thoughts but I don’t care anymore. For the first time since I started having weight problems in my twenties I am losing weight for myself not for anyone else, because I want to feel better and be able to enjoy life to the full again, not be weighed down so that I can hardly walk anywhere because of the pain in my joints, which is the stage I’d got to.You have every reason to be proud of yourself for the steps you are taking to be healthier. 😛 Yes it’s hard to give up the favourite treats but as you are finding already it gets easier with every day that passes as your tastes change. The metaphorical hand holding to be found here at TDC is outstanding and I think it is one of the key reasons why the plan works if one embraces all that is available, it is just as important as the menu planner and the “diet” itself. The apps are the tools, the support is the food for changing our mental and emotional attitudes to ourselves. I will definitely take you up on the offer of messaging for chit-chat, I just need to get this month out the way work-wise. 🙂
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