Yesterday, I got on the scale and it read:
That’s right. It read 164 lbs. What’s the significance of this? It means for the first time in my adult life I am not overweight. My weight has now moved into the healthy, normal range.
I can’t believe it. After 18 months of exercising, eating right, falling off the wagon, getting back up, and still more exercising, I’ve lost 59 pounds! Praise God. It’s only by His strength that I was able to reach this goal.
How did I determine I’m at a normal weight? I measure my body mass index (BMI). If your BMI is 25 or higher, you’re overweight. Yesterday, it read:
Yep, 24.7. It was very gratifying to finally see the word, “Normal” flash across my heart rate monitor instead of “Overweight.”
How did I lose all this weight? You can read about that here. Right now, I am so excited. Here are some updated stats:
Weight went from 223 lbs. to 164 lbs.
BMI went from 34 to 24.7
Fat percentage went from 33% to 20%
Waist size went from 38 inches to 33 inches
In addition to being thankful to God, I am also very thankful to my wife. She has been very supportive and encouraging. I also want to thank all of you for your prayers and encouragement.
What’s the next step? I’m not done. There are a few more pounds I’d like to lose. It’s not essential to lose 3 more pounds, but it would be nice. I know I need to continue to work towards some fitness goal. If I don’t, the weight is just going to come back. I’ll be praying about what my new goal should be and will post it here in a few days.
Thanks for stopping by and allowing me to share my big news with you. Did I mention how excited I am?
I’m so excited for you, Sunny! What a true and powerful testimony to your endurance and getting back up even when things got you down and were tough. I’m really proud of you and encouraged by your endurance – it inspires me! CONGRATULATIONS!
AHHH!!! Sunny!! That’s great news!! You are a big inspiration to me. I just got back from working out, and reading this just made the start of my day even better.
Praise God!!
Awesome! Man love to hear success stories of hard work and fitness paying off…God is Good! I am sure you feel great and you should…keep at it! Blessings!
Wow! Congrats! You have worked so hard and it’s paid off for sure. So happy for you!
Hey! That is great to hear! Congratulations!
that’s awesome! Great job, dude. Also, very encouraging for me since I am trying to change my own similar situation. High five!
congrats! you are super skinny!
Thanks everyone. I feel very encouraged by your comments. Now the challenge is to keep the weight off.
this is very inspiring sunny! what model watch do you have that measures your BMI?
Hi Micah,
Thanks for the comment. I’m not sure which model it is. But I know that it isn’t made by Polar anymore. If I was to buy a new one, I’d buy this one:
http://tinyurl.com/5hjq6d
This seems to be the cheapest one that also measures BMI.
That’s awesome Sunny! Congrats. Where does that put you in the Church IT Biggest Loser rankings?
Thanks Tony. I’m currently in second place. The guy that’s in the lead has lost a lot of weight. He’ll be tough to beat.
Great job Sunny! I’ve been trying to do the same thing! Trying not to be accepting of that old man fat!
Hey, hope this comment gets through I’m still pretty new to this whole blogging thing.
great post! I discovered your blog while
searching for other people’s weight loss experiences. I’ve actually just started blogging about
my weight loss success story – I lost over 30 pounds in a month
with a diet I developed!
I would love it if you could stop by my weight loss blogand let me know what you think.
Warmest wishes,
-Joan