reduce body fat to 15%

I stopped caring about this goal and went way up to 85kg. Feels ugly and really fat. Damn.

What I’m doing: signed up for a gym, and for the Hacker’s Diet online tracker – I’m not using the Palm much anymore, now that I got a Sony ebook reader.

I changed this goal to reflect the fact that I care about body fat – not about weight in itself.

On a meta-level, I guess it’s pretty typical for goals to morph into something else when you’re close to achieve them. I went from 82 to 84 kg to 77; and I realized that “losing weight” is not a goal, a goal must be more specific.

Currently my body fat is at 23%. I’d like to get at 15%, which would be a really healthy level. My family has a history of overweight and heart attacks,there’s no need for me to continue this trend.

Just bought a new scale. My current BMI is 25.2, i.e. slightly overweight. I made no particular effort after the last entry. I’ll try to push it below 25 again. And to reduce body fat, which is at 22.7%.

I just redefined my goal. New goal is a BMI < 24.9 by 31.12.05. Now that’s something I definitely should be able to achieve.

Guess I have to see the bright side – all of these numbers are negative. Way beyond schedule, though…

Getting better. But the effects of the long stagnation are still visible.

Not so good. Apparently I hit a plateau in the last ten days. But I’m still below the overall target line, so it’s OK. I hope to come off the plateau this week…

OK, I think that my improved eating habits are sustainable without me suffering, which is good. For the next phase, I will add training.

As I’m using the Palm program that comes with the Hacker Diet anyway, I’ll go for the exercises suggested there. I’ll stick to it for a month and see if I like it.

Also I will start tomorrow with high intensity interval training (HIIT) every second day, slowly increasing as described here. I’ll try this for a month as well, and then decide if I like it or if I need something different.

4 weeks since I started. Trend looks good, despite the fact that I had a couple of events with lots of alcohol and greek food.

Hackers diet seems to work quite well. Here’s the trend, as computed by the companion Palm app:

The calculation for the month is wrong, since I haven’t been on diet for a full month.