Losing 50 Pounds in a Year?
Today is two days before my 38th birthday on the English Calendar, and I feel like I'm just about as overweight as I've ever been in my entire life. That's not true, I weighed in just now at 96 kilograms, and I've been heavier by a little, but I was probably more muscular then too. I've lost a substantial amount of weight about three years ago by working hard on a no carb diet after reading Gary Taubes' book, but I put most of that weight back on within a year. I'm worried that I don't look good or feel good, and it will only be harder to lose weight as I get older. So not I'd like to put some goals down, think about methods and track progress. BMI calculators say that for a 5'8" person weighing 211 pounds, I have a BMI of over 32. At 25, I would be at the top end of a "healthy" weight. So let's shoot for "25," which would be weight of about 165 pounds. I remember being in the 180s in high school and balloonin...