Been doing well

I haven't been blogging as much as I thought I would, but I have been doing really well on my diet. I have been averaging about 1330 calories a day. I will let myself have 1400 MAX. After the first week, that is enough for me in a day. I find myself most of the time around 1000 to 1100 at night, and I make myself have a couple hundred more calories so I can be closer to the 1300 mark. On average I would say each meal I have is around 250 to 350 calories. I have found that Healthy Choice makes awesome microwave meals. Low in calories (230 to 310) and a lot of taste. My favorite are any of the Healthy Choice Steamers that doesn't have broccoli.

Amy had a Dr. appointment to see Dr. Billy. I tagged along to try to help her get a surgery date. We did not get a firm date, but I did get some other interesting news about me. They had this cool machine that not only could weigh me (most scales only go up to 350, I am bigger than that), but also tells you what your true BMR is (calories burned for a day when at rest), and a few other things. My BMR is 2611, FAR less than I thought 3917. That means that I am burning about 1300 less calories than I though I would be. So, that means I will not be losing weight as fast as I hope I would. Not to big of a deal, I still think for the first few months I will still be losing about 3~4 lbs a week. The reason my BMR is soooo off is that the math I used to come up with mine doesn't work once you get past a certain point. I am way past that point. It is because your BMR isn't really tied to weight, but how much LBM (Lean Body Mass) you have. Being a big guy I still have a good amount of LBM, 228.6lbs. Saying that, if I were to lose all my FAT (0% fat) I would still weigh in a 228.6lbs. The funny thing about that is per BMI I am still considered to be over weight because even with 0% body fat, I would have a BMI of 28 (24 and over is over weight). The machine also tells you how much you should lose to be healthy. That is also an interesting number for me. It is saying I should weigh in at 270 Lbs. That puts me a 15% body fat if I keep my same LBM. But I hope to get a gym membership soon so I can keep up my LBM or even get it higher. The higher my LBM the higher my BMR gets. The higher my BMR gets, the faster I will lose weight. I think I have lost about 8lbs so far. My weight loss at the moment is all based on math. I will weigh myself again on Monday and from having the two numbers I should be able to double check my math and I will for sure know what my starting weight is. If I don't change a thing, I will hit my goal at 1270 days (about 3 1/2 years), But I plan on working out with in the 3.5 years so I should hit my goal faster. I want to be 270 @ at no more than 15% body fat in 2 years (but I think even that is a beatable goal).