Hitting the BIG 70!!

Well you know what they say about athletes who don’t work out after a while. Yes, they gain weight really quickly and what once was a lean, mean running machine gets reduced to a tub of lard.

Fortunately for me, I’m pretty safe from being labeled a walking tupperware of margarine. But I weighed myself fairly recently and discovered that I’m now hovering around the 69-70kg mark. Goodness. I was 65kgs early this year and I don’t think I’ve gown any taller in the past 5 years.

So out of curiosity, I went to this website to calculate my Body Mass Index (BMI). To my horror, I was listed as “borderline overweight”. Jeepers.

I told my brother and he comforted me by saying that this BMI calculation thingy is really inaccurate. His argument is that Asians and Caucasians should have different conversion factors. I’d take his word with a pinch of salt because I think he’s in some denial phase right now. Errr…I’m not quite there yet.

Ok, so I’m off to do something about it. Going to join Dad at the gym today. I’m considering enrolling for a month (trial membership) so I can get more bang for my buck. There is still hope…



A swallow for my sorrows...