So What’s Next?

Days 279 - 282

First off, I thank you all very much for the extremely kind words and congratulations on my reaching my weight loss goal last week. I could not have done this without the advice and support of the blog’s many readers. Once again, thank you all.

Aside from the congratulations and compliments on my trimmer frame, many people have been asking me what is next—some even wondering if this is the end of the blog.

Why would it be? I started going meatless on November 2nd of last year and fully intend to continue chronicling this meatless year which has now become what I hope to be my first meatless year of a meatless life. Much like on that first day last autumn when I started giving up beef, chicken, pork, fish/poultry and whole (unprocessed) eggs, meeting the weight loss goal is a new beginning of sorts. I have now taken off the excess weight I don’t need so what do I do with what is there?

Keep reading the blog people. Weight loss is just one aspect of this whole meatless matter but it is not everything by far. Still, it is nice to be fit and trim!

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Weight Update: The Big One

Day 278

Well, it looks like good things come in threes.

Earlier this week I passed the 9 months meatless mark, then the meatless blog reached over 5,000 visits to and now it is time for a weight update. A very important weight update.

What makes this one so much more important compared to past weight updates?

Look at the following pictures and see...

That is right. As of yesterday, August 5th, 2010, I reached my weight loss goal of 147 lbs—actually, just below it at 146! That's a loss of 66 lbs since 11/2/10 which was just over 9 months ago!

The BMI range for my age, height and gender is 147 – 162 lbs. Like a kid who encounters a new swimming pool for the first time I just had to touch the bottom of the deep end just once—even if just for a day, even if just for five minutes!

I have done many diets over the years but never reached a weight loss goal. Now, by changing my eating habits (not doing dieting) and exercising I have made my weight loss goal a reality at long last!

And, once again, I want to thank you all for your support! To my blog readers for all the info and well wishes, Facebook friends who have positively commented on pictures of my weight loss results and friends and family who I see in person everyday and have seen the difference in how I look and let me know that I am on the right track for better health. Thank you all. It means so much to me.

Now enjoy some more pictures:

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Weekly BMI Numbers for 8/2/10

Days 268 - 274

I have been inadvertently switching my BMI and fat numbers for the last few weeks in the entries. That is what one gets for writing before their first cup of coffee of the day. Here are the corrected numbers for those weeks:

7/19/10
FAT 15.1
BMI 22.2
Waist 33"

7/26/10
FAT 18.0
BMI 22.6
Waist 33"

And now, my BMI numbers for 8/2/10 are:

FAT 15.6
BMI 22.3
Waist 33.5"

Looks like my fat and BMI numbers have gone down while my waist has gone up half an inch! How can that be? Well, more exercise is needed. I have begun to slack in that area lately. Now where is that cup of coffee?

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Monday BMI Numbers for 7/26/10

Days 261 - 267

My BMI numbers for 7/26/10 are:

FAT 22.6
BMI 18.0
Waist 33"

Looks like my fat and BMI numbers have gone upwhile my waist has stayed the same. I will have to work on getting those first 2 numbers down again...

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Monday BMI Numbers for 7/19/10

Days 254 - 260

My BMI numbers for 7/19/10 are:

FAT 22.2
BMI 15.1
Waist 33"

Looks like my fat and BMI numbers have gone down while my waist has stayed the same. As long as they don’t shoot back to unhealthy levels I can live with these numbers.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 7/12/10

Days 248 - 253

My BMI numbers for 7/12/10 are:

15.2 FAT
22.6 BMI
Waist 33"

My fat and waist size numbers have gone down but it looks like my BMI went up. My ideal BMI weight range at my gender, age and height is 147 - 162 lbs. I am within the low half of that range but still have some spare tire that needs trimming in my midsection.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 7/5/10

Day 246

My BMI numbers for 7/5/10 are:

16.4 FAT
22.0 BMI
Waist 33-1/4"

My fat and BMI numbers have gone down but it looks like my waist size went up by ¼”. All in all, not bad progress.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 6/28/10

Days 233 - 239

My BMI numbers for 6/28/10 are:

16.5 FAT
22.5 BMI
Waist 33.5"

Again, it looks like my waist stayed the same, my fat percentage went up while my BMI decreased—a reversal of last week’s reading it seems. Hopefully, I will have a weight update entry coming very soon. I do apologize once again for not updating more often as of late. You wouldn’t believe how busy I have been the past two months—especially in the last week alone!

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Monday BMI Numbers for 6/21/10

Days 229 – 232

My BMI numbers for 6/21/10 are:

16.3 FAT
22.8 BMI
Waist 33.5"

It looks like my waist stayed the same, fat percentage went down while my BMI increased by .2 % again. Not a bad reading for this week I’d say.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 6/14/10

Day 225

My BMI numbers for 6/14/10 are:

16.4 FAT
22.6 BMI
Waist 33.5"

It looks like my waist and fat percentage went down while my BMI increased by .2 %. Not a bad reading I’d say.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 6/7/10

Days 214 - 218

My BMI numbers for 6/7/10 are:

17.6 FAT
22.4 BMI
Waist 34"

My BMI has gone down from last week and so has my waist size. The fat number has gone up from 16.5 % to 17.6 %. The fat percentage number toggles up and down the most of the three numbers I record every Monday morning. I even did it twice this week to make sure I was getting those numbers correct. Weird.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 5/31/10

Days 207 - 211

My BMI numbers for 5/31/10 are:

16.5 FAT
23.4 BMI
Waist 34.5"

My fat has gone down while my BMI ha gone up? Is that even possible? And my waist has gone up half an inch. Ugh. Anyway, Happy Memorial Day!

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Monday BMI Numbers for 5/24/10

Days 201 - 204

Here they are folks:

16.9 FAT
23.0 BMI
Waist 34”

All three numbers have decreased from last week! Onward and upward—or is that downward since my weight is going down?

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Monday BMI Numbers for 5/17/10

Days 195 - 197

Here are this week’s numbers for 5/17/10:

17.3 FAT
23.2 BMI
Waist 35

It looks like my fat and BMI went down from last week yet my waist measurement remains the same. I will have to work on that.

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Monday BMI Numbers for 5/10/10

Days 188 - 190

Here are this week’s numbers for 5/10/10:

17.0 FAT
23.9 BMI
Waist 35

My fat percentage has gone down while the other two numbers have stayed the same from last week. I can live with that.

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Monday Numbers for 5/3/10

Day 183

Here are this week’s numbers:

5/3/10

18.1 FAT
23.9 BMI
Waist 35

All three have gone down from last week so that is good!

Here is another number for you. Last night the blog reached 4000 visits! Once again I thank you all for your well wishes and support! You guys are the best!

Also, film producer Chuck Kelly and made me his “Meatless Monday Spotlight” on his Facebook page. A big thanks to Chuck as well!

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Random Monday Numbers

Days 174 - 176

Here are my weekly numbers, freshly measured today:

21.1 FAT
24.4 BMI
Waist 35.5 inches

The waist and BMI seem to be going down. You will notice weight is not listed on here. I still quite haven’t gotten to the point where I have lost 50 lbs yet. Getting closer…

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What is your BMI?

Days 172 & 173

No, the item in the above picture is not a new video game controller. It is, in fact, a Fat Loss Monitor. When used properly it helps estimate the percentage of body fat one has, their Body Mass Index (BMI) and what body fat range one falls in; low (underfat), normal (healthy), high (overfat) or very high (obese).

I have asked the nice people at my local Y now to measure my body fat and BMI numbers with their fat loss monitor a few times in the past few months. Finally, I figured if I was getting it checked this often anyways why not just buy a monitor of my own? So a few weeks ago I broke down and bought one and when it arrived on 4/12 I went about using it for the first time.

After programming the fat loss monitor with my sex, age, height, current weight and another factor or two that I can’t remember right now, I was ready to find out my body fat percentage and BMI. After pressing the start button I gripped the handles of the monitor and squeezed as the monitor manual instructed.

My numbers were:

22.2 FAT
24.6 BMI

When I used it again this Monday (4/19) my numbers were:

20.0 FAT
24.6 BMI

According to this chart:


I am borderline healthy/overfat for my age group, 20 – 39. It also looks like my fat went down a little while my BMI stayed the same. I didn’t know that was possible.

147 - 162 lbs is the ideal range of weight I should be according to reverse BMI calculating. This calculator here is just one of the ones I used to find that range.

At the presentation I did on going meatless at the AAPC meeting two days ago (more on how that went in a future entry), a member pointed out that muscle gain may skewer the BMI number in the future when entering weight into the fat loss monitor. This is a good question to ask the people at my local Y. Sure, I have a neat new weight loss toy but will it be useless if I obtain more and more muscle?

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The Meatless Blog’s First Public Speaking Engagement!

Day 99

On Thursday I went for my daily workout at the YMCA and afterwards got my Body Mass Index (BMI) checked. Y employee Rich took me into the office where their BMI gadget was and there we bumped into Jayne, another Y employee who had also taken my BMI back in December.

Jayne asked how my meatless year and blog were going and I inform her about the positive feedback I have been receiving from readers and that I felt extremely energetic. Yet another Y employee, Dawn, the Y’s Physical Director, came in and Jayne told her about what I was doing. Dawn then asked if I wanted to stop in to briefly speak to her weight loss group on Saturday morning during their cooking tips hour. I enthusiastically said yes.

Saturday morning came and I arrived in the Y’s community room a little before 10 am with two bags stuffed with examples of the food I’ve been eating since going meatless back in November; i.e. whole grain bread, greens salad, natural peanut butter and etc.

Soon, the room filled up and it came to be my turn to present. My three major talking points included.

Focus on losing just one pound at a time, no matter how much you want to eventually lose. This will keep you positive and focused.

There is always time to cook—even if you have to prepare and freeze meals ahead of time.

Eating healthy doesn’t have to be expensive. Eventually one can find the time to go price hunting in their area. There are bargains to be found in many places.

The folks in the weight loss group were very appreciative and I got to chat with a few of them after the talk. I used this time to show them up close some of the healthy foods I brought in. All in all, I loved it and Dawn may invite me back to speak with them all again.

And yes, I am available for Bar Mitzvahs too!

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Weight Update for February 2010!

Day 96

I am over a third of the way to my weight loss goal of 149 lbs!

I have lost 24 lbs since November 2^nd and continue to have plenty of energy!

Here are the pictures I took today:

And here’s another bit of good news. Yesterday at the YMCA where I workout, I had my body mass index (BMI) taken. Jayne, the YMCA Fitness Director, who took my BMI for me back in December, asked how the meatless diet and blog were going and I told her of all the pounds I lost and the tremendous response this blog has been receiving. Dawn, the Physical Director, overheard this and we started up a conversation in which she asked me if I would come in and briefly speak with a weight loss group at the Y this Saturday morning. I told her I would love to and now Saturday morning the Meatless Year Blog has its first public speaking gig!

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