Was I being a dick?

I was being a dick - sorry.

In my defense, I've spent this week dodging issues an insurer has thrown at both Haptic and myself in regards to BMI, a system that is based on a mixture of height and weight, and so that came out in my pseudo rant above.

Both Aardvark and yourself are obviously taking great strides in becoming healthier, more wholesome human beings - a process that I wish you both the best in finishing!

Thank you for your support.

Hapticanimal and I checked our weight earlier last month and... Discovered that we'd barely lost anything.

Now there is a serious dichotomy to this: Haptic rides nearly 120 miles a week on her bike (I ride 20 - 30), I run three times a week (and add five minutes every week to the workout), we both do regular calisthenics and consume 2000 or fewer calories per day. Seeing a five pound decrease in weight was a bit of a puzzle then until we did / noted a few things...

1) Calculated our fat percentages.
2) Noted that were both less "rotund."
3) Measured each of our waists.
4) Realized our endurance has nearly quadrupled since we started all of this.

We'd actually gained muscle, lost an average of five inches from our bellies and had a marked decrease in fat percentage when calculated against our overall body weight.

All of this has led us to giving up on using overall body weight as an accurate measure of our physical fitness. Mainly because its one dimensional, discouraging, an inaccurate way of measuring fitness / physical ability and ultimately boring.

Aardvark.... -6



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AARDVARK

I thought about bumping the 2012 thread but I got so depressed about how much weight I didn't lose last year that I decided to make a new thread. Depression in the 2012 thread, happy, slimming thoughts in the 2013 thread!

I am down 9 pounds since January 1st.