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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1914219" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And now to the de-fatting the liver/common-garden-variety weight-loss halfway mark results. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I am way too shy to post pics of my own actual body! And I am an avid waist/height ratio plotting person. So I post those instead, images/results from my favourite, health-calc.com. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My body does not actually look like that in silhouette, as I have no butt to speak of, and very little waist hip differentiation normally (the classic rectangle/brick body shape) but the waist-size thing is pretty spot on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The interesting thing is watching the fat come off feet-first, as it were! Really weird. (I am normal-weighted normally, since going low-carb and wheat-free four-ish years ago post diagnosis.) Waist-reduction was gradual and consistent - down 4cm, which is on target. This is an average of 1cm a week, although that is an average and not actually the rate of change. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">As an aside - one realises how having fat on one's face plumps out the lines for an older gal. As, along with the more exposed clavicles on my torso, my face is looking distinctly more lined. (I'm coping!) (just!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I tracked the bmi as well, although I don't usually take notice of bmi, except in passing, but I thought it a good way for readers, if anyone is interested? to visualise the weight thing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Please note that the goal is hopefully going to include the 'buffer zone', ie when reinstating eating normally, normal physical activity, and scheduled IF days (a 5:2 I am thinking), this would be the upper level for maintenance. So at VLCD's end it would be better if the goals are exceeded, to account for the almost certain weight gain post the semi-starving. So the goals are the hopefully stable ones, and only some time post the VLCD, will be known. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And, this may not happen. But I am happy for any improvement in my health. As a SIRD, I may not get to normal BG levels until all my previous-WOE sick fat cells have been replaced with health/ier ones (six years to go! None of that wonderful three-month low-carb remission thing for me.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Do I live in hope? Yes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Does the GP 'overseeing' (and I use that word broadly) this VLCD concur? No! "Ambitious" was his word exactly. And I don't think he used this word in a good way. Oh well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1914219, member: 150927"] [FONT=Arial]And now to the de-fatting the liver/common-garden-variety weight-loss halfway mark results. I am way too shy to post pics of my own actual body! And I am an avid waist/height ratio plotting person. So I post those instead, images/results from my favourite, health-calc.com. My body does not actually look like that in silhouette, as I have no butt to speak of, and very little waist hip differentiation normally (the classic rectangle/brick body shape) but the waist-size thing is pretty spot on. The interesting thing is watching the fat come off feet-first, as it were! Really weird. (I am normal-weighted normally, since going low-carb and wheat-free four-ish years ago post diagnosis.) Waist-reduction was gradual and consistent - down 4cm, which is on target. This is an average of 1cm a week, although that is an average and not actually the rate of change. As an aside - one realises how having fat on one's face plumps out the lines for an older gal. As, along with the more exposed clavicles on my torso, my face is looking distinctly more lined. (I'm coping!) (just!) I tracked the bmi as well, although I don't usually take notice of bmi, except in passing, but I thought it a good way for readers, if anyone is interested? to visualise the weight thing. Please note that the goal is hopefully going to include the 'buffer zone', ie when reinstating eating normally, normal physical activity, and scheduled IF days (a 5:2 I am thinking), this would be the upper level for maintenance. So at VLCD's end it would be better if the goals are exceeded, to account for the almost certain weight gain post the semi-starving. So the goals are the hopefully stable ones, and only some time post the VLCD, will be known. And, this may not happen. But I am happy for any improvement in my health. As a SIRD, I may not get to normal BG levels until all my previous-WOE sick fat cells have been replaced with health/ier ones (six years to go! None of that wonderful three-month low-carb remission thing for me.) Do I live in hope? Yes. Does the GP 'overseeing' (and I use that word broadly) this VLCD concur? No! "Ambitious" was his word exactly. And I don't think he used this word in a good way. Oh well. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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