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The misery continues with a visit to the Älvsjö Cottage Hospital, and there is no end in sight… Youngest daughter Tilda now has the mother of all colds and has also contracted an ear infection. The doctor has prescribed penicillin. Oldest daughter Emma was also complaining about earache, but I think she just wanted to stay at home with Tilda and her mother. It has taken me all week to recover from my stomach bug, so I haven’t been able to exercise as much as usual. It’s always disheartening when this happens just when you get going, and I’m now terrified that the cold will follow hot on the heels of the bug. 

Due to the installation of new servers, I had to work all weekend….. Things are finally beginning to shape up, and I ought to see a fall in my workload.I’ve been asked about my BMI. Perhaps someone can help me - I’m 178 cm tall. Lise, my friend who helped me get going with exercise, has said that I shouldn’t get too hung up about the BMI. It quite simply doesn’t work with some body types. I should be checking my waist measurement, which should not exceed 102 cm. Before I went on a diet, my waist measurement was 129 cm. Even when she was pregnant with our third child, my wife only measured 120 cm! But in any event, here is my before-and-after BMI.

BMI BEFORE  the Max hamburger diet : 40.1 (anything in excess of 30 counts as obese)
BMI now: 29.4 (anything over 25 counts as over-weight)

Evidently, I have now gone from being obese to simply being over-weight, which is great. Check out this site, it’s really interesting. Among other things, it’s calculated my energy requirement in kcal etc. To maintain my current weight, I should consume about 3125 kcal per day. If I eat less than approx. 2045 kcal per day, I should lose weight. While on the hamburger diet, I only consumed around 1400 kcal per day, but this has now increased to about 2500 kcal. Check it out yourself!

Exercise, yes, well….. I’ve walked on 4 days this week, but I also changed tyres on the car, and that certainly provided some exercise! I even snapped one of the nuts - rubbish car! 

Result: 33.7 kg
93.7 kg (127.4 kg) Totalweight
24.0 kg (42.0 kg) Fat 
53.6 kg (44.0 kg) Water 
40.4 kg (34.8 kg) Muscle 

96 cm (129 cm) around the waist 
65 cm (80 cm) left thigh 
66 cm (80 cm) right thigh 
36 cm (40 cm) left arm 
36 cm (43 cm) right arm 
38.5 cm (43 cm) neck