You've probably heard someone say that a person is not fat, just big boned. The Optifast equivalent saying would be saying that someone is not obese, just overweight! Let me explain. There is something called the Body Mass Index (BMI), which attempts to define levels of fatness. I started at the very top, being morbidly obese. Morbid because I was on my way to dying early? Maybe. Let's just say that it didn't fill me with hope when I got this diagnosis. Anyway, after being moribidly obese, there are those of us that are "only" obese, which I was for the majority of this diet. Then last Thursday, my BMI dropped to 29.62, which qualifies me as being only overweight. So am I still fat? Yep. But not obese! (My doctor said so...)
Of course, there are still pounds left to go in this diet. 47 pounds to be exact. It's daunting, but I am inspired by the fact when Matthew McConaughey lost this exact amount, he won an Oscar. When I look in the mirror, I still don't see the college version of myself, but I am getting closer. If I squint just right, I can see a version of the old me...
One of the best things about this diet is that it's shown me how many kind people that I have around me. People are constantly coming up to me and complimenting me on my weight loss. When I attended my niece's wedding, I felt almost like I was part of the wedding. So many people came up to me and complimented me on my weight loss that I must have had a stupid grin on my face for the whole night.
The other day, a normally stone faced baliff stopped me on my way out of court and said to me, in full Clint Eastwood voice, "If you lose any more weight, I won't recognize you anymore...punk." (Ok, he didn't say "Punk")
In other news, I've found that my strength level has waned somewhat with the weight loss. You might say that I still look pretty strong at 6'3" and 237 pounds, but if you saw me in the gym with the tiny pink dumbbells, you might think again! Occasionally, when I'm lifting with a friend, I do tackle the heavier weights, but it kills me for the rest of the day. It's just basic calories as fuel logic- since I have my body at a huge calorie deficit, my "feats of strength" have to fit into a limited fuel tank.
No, I'm not as strong as I was a few months ago, but this will come in time, I'm sure. I'm at work building my garage gym- I bought an Ironmaster self spotting rack, about 480 pounds of weights, an adjustable bench and a couple barbells. It doesn't look like much yet, but the goal is to have a pretty well outfitted garage gym by November, so I can build some muscle when I get back to real food.
Week 1- 5/8/14 334.5 16.5 318
Week 2- 5/15/14 318.0 6.9 311.1
Week 3- 5/22/14 311.0 5.1 306
Week 4- 5/29/14 306 6.0 300
Week 5- 6/5/14 300 4.5 295.5
Week 6- 6/12/14 295.5 3.0 292.5
Week 7- 6/19/14 292.5 8.5 283
Week 8- 6/26/14 283 4.5 278.5
Week 9- 7/3/14 278.5 5.0 273.5
Week 10- 7/10/14 273.5 1.5 272
Week 11- 7/17/14 272 8.0 264
Week 12- 7/24/14 264 3.5 260.5
Week 13- 7/31/14 260.5 6.0 254.5
Week 14- 8/7/14 254.5 3.5 251.0
Week 15- 8/14/14 251 5.0 246
Week 16- 8/21/14 246 3.5 241.5
Week 17- 8/27/14 241.5 4.5 237
97.5 Pounds lost!
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