Numbers are Power: Know Your Numbers to Measure Progress
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 8:46PM My Theory About Vital Statistics
Here is my theory: I forget numbers and ignore numbers because I'm afraid that they won't be good news, I'll be disappointed (or afraid) and get stuck in a helpless, hopeless hole.
Instead--I find that if I just see my numbers as data, just plain old information, I get really motivated to change the numbers and watch them move in MY Direction - progress - one number at a time.
Inch Loss
My aim for this "next half" of my life and my health and fitness choices is -- Inch Loss Without Muscle Loss.
My Numbers
Drum roll please, while I cover my eyes and ears so I don't see your reaction:
- Weight (by my home scale) = 160 lbs when we started. 158 lbs. today.
- Boobs = 41 inches
- Waist = 37 inches
- Hips = 44 inches
- Upper arms both = 13 1/2 inches
- Upper thighs, left = 24 inches, right = 25 inches
Kate before Team 15 Inch Loss Program in 2006
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After these pics were taken, I lost 17 lbs. (160 to 143). This is not a pretty sight but it reminds me what kind of progress can be made in just a couple of months.
Wondering what happened to get me back to 160 lbs? Stress eating. More about how I'm dealing with that this time around in future blog posts.
For comparison's sake: in my twenties my weight was about 115-120 lbs. When I was nine months pregnant with Georgia, my daughter (read her story in Good Body Friends), I weighed 130 lbs.
Okay, that's enough confession and comparison for one day. Moving on....