Some people, to include the crazies that invented the BMI, think that 230 is huge. Most of those people are what is referred to by meatheads as hard gainers. As opposed to gym goers that go out and buy weight gainer I have never had a hard time putting on size whether that size was muscle or fat. I can get as strong as I want by going to the gym regularly. On the other hand my gift of gaining weight without trying has it’s drawbacks, namely that it is easy to gain weight.

Last time I went to the bodpod, a body fat test, I had 197 lbs of lean body mass. I will be going later this week to get re-tested but my guess is that it has not changed much. What this means is that I have more lean body mass than the BMI calculation says I should have in weight. The BMI says I should weigh in at 186 or below to be considered healthy. Sadly I would look like someone who had cancer and AIDS at the same time. At 220-230 I would look pretty freaking good and that is what I want, consequently that is my goal and the first of my exercises in discipline for the site.

I will post more about my diet, workout regime, diligence, and progress in future posts but I was at 296 on Saturday and am at 291 today so I am off to a decent start. But when you are at my weight a five pound loss is only like 1.6% of your body weight.

Happy Trading,
Dave

While I will from time to time have posts on markets, economics, policy, politics, etc. most will be concerning goals that I have. In another internet first I am going to track my fat ass as I try and get in shape. No one has ever done this but hey I am a maverick. If anything follows the plan I will share different goals and my plans to achieve them here as well as just sharing the adventure that is my life.

So what is my first goal? I will be posting at least three times a week. Now these posts won’t all be challenging Shakespeare for literary excellence like this one but they should have something worthwhile, if only to me, in each one.

Happy Trading,
Dave

P.S. I write happy trading after just about everything as that is how I have signed most e-mails and letters for over a decade now.

P.P.S. I am not what most people would consider politically correct. I don’t try and be offensive but sometimes people get offended. Unless I call you out by name nothing I say is intended to make you feel bad.