Goals for 2009

In the past year, I have made great strides in decreasing my Body Mass Index. I wasn't too keen on looking at that number a year ago, but I assume I was somewhere in the range of 33-34. As I write now, I am on the verge of breaking my 30-plateau, and moving from "obese" down to "overweight." (I actually already broke the plateau, but then my scale broke & my new scale, which is significantly more accurate, kicked me back up 4 lbs! Tragedy!)

My goal for 2009 is to make it from that "overweight" BMI (current weight is 202.2 lbs) down to "healthy" BMI, which for my height (68") is 165 lbs. In order to do that, I'll have to average .75 lbs weekly weight loss, which is definitely attainable.

I also take my measurements on a weekly basis, usually on Sunday nights. I've been doing this since September 2008 (when I started personal training), and so far I've lost 15.25 inches overall.
In general, I want this blog to be about moving forward, but I am proud of my progress since that point, so I'll post it this once:

	Sept 1, 2008	Jan 4, 2009	Change in 4 mo
Neck	16	14.75	-1.25
Bust *	44.5	42	-2.5
Chest *	42	38.75	-3.25
Bicep	13.5	13.25	-.25
Forearm	11.25	10.5	-.75
Waist	37	35	-2
Hip	45	42.75	-2.25
Thigh	27	24.75	-2.25
Calf	17	16.25	-.75

* I consider my bust to be straight across the boobs and the chest to be the under-boob. Yes, those are the technical terms.