So I've been tracking all my eating habits through this app on my phone. I've deviated from my plan a bit (I gave in and got some Mickie D's last night after a KILLER workout day), but for the most part, I've been eating much healthier. 

What I don't understand is this: My weight right now is a shy under 174lbs. According to almost every online body calculator, I'm right at the edge of overweight - the ideal body weight is 167lbs. That makes no sense to me. I don't feel particularly fat (although I have a little bit of a belly), I'm not sure I'm holding 5lbs+ in my stomach. The range of men at my age at 5'10" is supposed to be 132lbs to 174lbs - but I don't understand how it's possible to be 132lbs at 5'10" without being incredibly skinny. 

I'll do another weight check next week - but I haven't seen much movement in my weight since I started really working hard last week. I've cut back on the caloric intake - I've been consistently about -150 net calories (goal 1700 per day), so I should be losing weight...

My guess is either this app is overcalculating exercise calories (I'm going to attach the heart monitor for my run today), or whatever fat I'm losing I'm making up in muscle. 

Posted by roy on August 8, 2012 at 12:31 PM in Ramblings | 8 Comments

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Comment posted on August 14th, 2012 at 01:05 PM
Recently I hopped back into the obese category from the overweight range that I worked so hard to get into. SMH.
Comment posted on August 14th, 2012 at 01:20 PM
that's why we're not friends anymore
Comment posted on August 14th, 2012 at 01:25 PM
You take that back dear sir.
Comment posted on August 14th, 2012 at 01:26 PM
*fb friends
Comment posted on August 14th, 2012 at 02:01 PM
You take that back sir.
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Jina will decide when we are FB friends again. Get on it!
Comment posted on August 9th, 2012 at 04:33 AM
I'm 5'8" and 137lbs, always been since I'm an adult and I feel great like this. I never had to make much effort to keep that weight, but I rarely eat junk food (just chocolate and the occasional snacks). Most importantly I never eat out or order food, I consume simple meals at home; they're always the same actually. But from what I gathered, your modern food industry in the US is prone to make people "big" (wasn't like before the 80s).

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Comment posted on August 8th, 2012 at 09:33 PM
Roy, what app is this? I think I'm stuck in a stalemate.