November 12th, 2008 — goals, motivation, tools
Everyone has heard of body mass index (BMI) and except in muscular people it takes ones height and produces an appropriate weight range...
Normal is considered 18.5-25... Over 30 is obese.
Calculating BMI is relatively straight forward... Where W is weight in pounds and H is height in inches then (703 is a conversion factor from the metric system):
[W ÷ (H)2] x 703 = BMI
Well given that my BMI was 40.8 at my initial visit I decided to figure out what my weight should be based on the BMI calculation... For that I applied some of my high school algebra to produce the following equation:
W=(BMI ÷ 703) x (H)2
Given that I am 6'10" or 82 inches... Here are the various range boundaries...
|
BMI |
Weight |
| Current |
40.8 |
390 |
| Obese |
30 |
287 |
| High Normal |
25 |
239 |
| Low Normal |
18.5 |
177 |
By a strict definition I would have to get to 239 lbs to no longer be considered overweight...
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November 4th, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, body mass index, food, goals, medicine, motivation, review, trigger food, weight loss
I highly recommend Jumpstart. In fact, I have a special offer for anyone in wanting to try Jumpstart in Redwood City or Mountain View: $25 off your first visit (just print it and bring it to your appointment).
With four locations in California, Jump Start Medicine provides its patients with a weight loss program that, on average, will take two to five pounds off a week. Most of their patients leave satisfied, with more energy and are highly motivate to keep the weight off, ensuring that their customers rarely need to return. The program that they provide is medically sound and safe for all of their patients. Designed for men and women, the supervised program achieves weight loss through a number of ways, ensuring the maximal, safe benefit to patients. The program follows a plan of reduced consumption along with exercise. The food is carefully chosen to provide the most energy with minimal calories and keep the appetite at a minimum.
To ensure that the patient does not suffer from cravings ruining their efforts, the center provides medications to take the edge off of the patient's appetite, ensuring maximum benefit. The medications are completely voluntary, and many patients have achieved excellent results with diet and exercise alone. Those patients that wish to hedge their bets will find that the medication is safe, and will boost their weight loss efforts.
A typical appointment will consist of an initial consultation. This will provide the doctors with a clear picture of where the greatest need is and target it with a tailored weight loss program. During this consultation, the patient's body mass index (BMI), weight, waist, and body fat are measured. Every patient is different, and their goals are to lose anywhere from 10 to 100 pounds and be able to keep it off. These goals are best approached under the supervision of trained medical professionals. The professionals here will make sure that your efforts will be safe and with the most effect.
Dr. Sooji Rugh M.D. & Dr. Sean Bourke M.D.
Both received their undergraduate and medical degrees from prestigious universities across the country. Thusly they bring to Jumpstart Medicine a variety of experience to best achieve your goal for ideal weight. The program they employ will not only provide weight loss, but also will yield many other health benefits. These include a lower risk for diabetes, lower blood pressure, lower levels of bad cholesterol, reduced risk of heart disease and cancer, and many more health benefits.
Many patients attempt their goals on their own, and find themselves failing due to increased hunger, swinging metabolism, and no real support system. Cravings, low levels of energy, even low levels of depression can conspire against patients in their goals of a healthier lifestyle. That is where the program at Jump Start Medicine really shines. Their multi-angled attack against excess weight and caring and supportive environment will help patients lose weight in a safe and healthy manner. There are no meals or shakes to buy, or any gimmicks and books that provide a hidden cost. This center will provide a medically proven program to take the weight off and keep it off.
I highly recommend them.. In fact, I have a special offer for anyone in wanting to try Jumpstart in Redwood City or Mountain View: $25 off your first visit (just print it and bring it to your appointment).
$25 Off Jump Start Medicine Weight Loss Discount
October 26th, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal
Happy Sunday to all my readers! Today's all about the roundup. As usual we have the Fitness Health Network of which I am a part of so go ahead and browse through the posts. You'll find they have a lot of great things to say. A little further down are some posts from reader blogs. If you would like to be a part of the section, submit a comment sometime in the next week with your blog url attached. I'll be sure to check out your blog and give you a little shout out.
From WL Readers:
Also be owners of weight loss and health blogs sure to submit a blog post to WL's Carnival of Weight Loss. Current edition is on Halloween.
That's it! Have a Happy Halloween! Trick or treat with your kids and have fun!
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April 15th, 2008 — about, goals, motivation, weigh in
Well nothing like tax day to make you take the plunge... Recently I bid on and "won" the first month of a medically supervised weightloss program called Jumpstart Medicine with Dr Sean Bourke. It turns out that I did receive a substantial discount by purchasing through the charity auction. I am committed to this medical food based program until I reach my goal weight. This time will be different. This time I have help. I highly recommed Jumpstart. I have a special offer for anyone in wanting to try Jumpstart in Redwood City or Mountain View: $25 off your first visit (just print it and bring it to your appointment).
Anyway, today was my first appointment and it represents new beginnings for this blog... I intend to follow my journey through this medically assisted weight loss program and into a completely new healthy lifestyle...
First of all here is the bad news... I was up to 390.41 lbs with a Body Mass Index of 40.8 (normal is 18.5-25) and a Percent Body Fat of 39.0% (normal is 10-20). Clearly I am currently obese.
They had a fancy scale that provided a variety of various other statistics and perhaps I will look into writing about them as I figure out what they mean.
I will go into far more details in the coming posts, but to start here is the basics...
Weekly doctor visits until goal weight reached.
The Diet: ~1200 calories that breaks down very much like weight watchers only with fewer carbs. For 1 day, I get 14 proteins (~1oz lean/very lean protein, 6 carbs (vegetables and fruit, plain salad is unlimited), 1 dairy, 120 oz of water.
The Exercise: At least 60 minutes of rigorous walking 5-7 days a week. Don't overdue the exercise (no marathons) until the effects of the medicine and the diet have stabilized. 9 holes of golf walking and carrying my bag counts. !!!
The Medicine: Weekly MIC Injection (Methionine, Inositol, and Choline), daily Phentermine, daily Chromium, daily Multivitamin, and optional weekly B12 shots. There are 2 other medicines for women which I will not be taken: Calcium and B6.
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