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Week 128
Weight: 197.0
September 28, 2002

Diet Progress 


Approaching 50 years of age, and starting at the overinflated weight of 330, I decided to get my life back in order. My Diet Progress shows how common sense eating and daily exercise has allowed me to accomplish the results below. 

(Was) Over 140 POUNDS and it's NOT over yet ...

Health and Fitness 


Below are links to useful diet, health and fitness sites on the web. 
FitDay   
"FitDay is... ...a new tool to help you achieve your nutrition, weight loss, diet & fitness goals. Imagine a food journal, calorie counter, exercise log, weight loss tracker, and nutrition facts book all rolled into one. Combine that with powerful analysis and graphical reporting. Now make it free, easy, personalized, and accessible anywhere using the web. That's FitDay! " 
 
CalorieKing   
"CalorieKing.com is hosted by Allan Borushek, biochemist and dietitian. His best-selling books have sold over 7 million copies worldwide. This site aims to provide all the tools needed to reach and maintain a healthy lifestyle."
  
Tools include an excellent food database, and logging/journaling - all FREE!
 
Partnership for Healthy Weight Management   
"The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management is a coalition of representatives from science, academia, the health care profession, government, commercial enterprises and organizations whose mission is to promote sound guidance on strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight." 
 
Shape Up America   
"Our website is designed to provide you with the latest information about safe weight management, healthy eating, increased activity and physical fitness. Check out our new Shape Up & Drop 10™ program! A weight loss program interactively custom-designed just for YOU and no one else. Let us help you achieve your personal weight loss and shape up goals in the privacy of your own home. " 
 
WEIGHT CONTROL - What works   
Weight loss and weight management information from Health Oasis/Mayo Clinic, Reliable Information for a Healthier Life. 
 
eDiets.com   
"For a monthly fee, eDiets.com creates custom diet plans based on information provided in response to a comprehensive personal profile questionnaire. Over 2 million people have completed the eDiets.com personal profile, which elicits information on weight-loss goals, lifestyle, food preferences and/or restrictions, pertinent medical conditions, fitness level and attitude."
 
WeightWatchers   
"Millions of women and men worldwide have lost weight with Weight Watchers®. Over 1 million members attend over 35,000 weekly meetings in 30 countries worldwide. The Weight Watchers plan gives them the support they needed to learn good habits, shed pounds, and become more fit and healthy."
 
DietWatch   
"DietWatch invites you to lose weight and get fits as a member of out supportive community. Using the daily diary and our interactive tools, you can manage any diet for better nutrition and a healthy lifestyle." Starting November 1, 2001, DietWatch will begin charging a fee. 
 
Cyberdiet   
"Cyberdiet features a vast array of nutritional information, interactive tools, support groups and more to help users reach their goals. The information on Cyberdiet is peer-reviewed, submitted by licensed Registered Dietitians as well as other healthcare providers." CyberDiet has been acquired by DietWatch and has shifted to a fee-based business model. 
 
My Fitness Page   
"Use MyFitnessPage.com to track your workouts, compare with others, track your progress and motivate yourself!"  This site has some nice tools for tracking your walks and associated calories expended.
 
The Fitness Jumpsite   
"This is an excellent...I do mean excellent site. Websites with helpful information like this one help me to get a "better" and "balanced" perspective on the "diet for [better] life" approach."  Jumpsite Visitor
 
BetterBodz   
This site contains a point and click guide to exercises that target specific areas of the body. 
 
 

Motivation 


OnePhatMan.com   
"This site chronicles the life of a man following a dream to liberate one hundred ninety-eight pounds of fat from his body. I am that man, and my story is unfolding inside. I am one fat man." Fred stands as a great example to all, with a weight loss in excess of 150 lbs
 

BMI Calculator 


Your Body Mass Index (BMI) equals your weight in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared. The following Javascript applet takes the work out of making the necessary conversions. A healthy range is considered about 18.5 to 25.0.
Your Height: 
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