Simon Wolf

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This morning I did my weekly weigh-in and I was down to 89.5 KG. Apart from being below 90 KG (I was by a whisker last week) it also means, according to the NHS BMI calculator, that my BMI is now 29.9… I am no longer obese and have just crept into the overweight category.

BMI chart showing that I am just inside the overweight category

However BMI is not a great way to measure health but is is a quick and simple yardstick. So I decided to check my waist-to-hip ratio and I have a value of just below 1 (or bang on 1 depending on where I think my waist is) so am on the boundary of moderate health risk and high health risk. This corresponds with how I feel I am doing… better than I was but with quite a way to go.

But I am making progress and I am edging out of the higher risk zones of BMI and waist-to-hip ratio which is hugely encouraging and so the journey continues.

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