Height: 178.5 cm = 5' 10"
Weight: 83.0 kg = 183 lbs
Body Mass Index (BMI): 83.0/1.785/1.785 = 26.0
Breast: 107 cm = 42"
Under: 97 cm = 38"
Waist: 95 cm = 37"
Hip: 99 = 39"
Waist to hip ratio (WHR): 95/99 = 0.96
Progress:
Day 11/7 26/7 08/8 22/8 05/9 19/9 2014 2016
BMI: 26.5 26.4 26.2 25.7 25.3 26.0 23.0 23.0
B-U: 8.00 5.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 10.0 15.0 20.0
WHR 0.95 .945 0.94 0.92 0.92 0.96 0.80 0.70
B-U = Breast - Under in cm
In the two weeks since my latest measurement, I slacked on my
diet: especially apples and potatoes. And last week, I introduced goat's rue, to improve my Waist Hip Ratio (WHR). WHR is worse than ever, maybe just from the carbs in the apples and potatoes. And I have also lost half of what I won in Body Mass Index (BMI), because of the
diet. And the waist circumference may include some gas, I'll measure again a few times later today.
But finally: Growth! Or at least swelling from the Goat's Rue (GR, galega officinalis). The difference between Bust and Underbust (B-U) has gone up from 8 to 10 cm (3/4") at the BMI I had mid August, so the growth (or swelling) includes no effect of weight gain.
As always with measured data, this is very different from what I expected. The weight gain started more than a week ago, so at least I can say the weight gain is not a consequence of the GR. But WHR is now higher than it was at the same BMI mid August. I will check my waist circumference a few times today, but if it stays where it is now, this may mean I should forget about the GR and increase fenugreek again. But before I try that, I should obviously get my
diet in check, and measure again after two weeks, maybe not at 80 kg, but at least without the carbs in my
diet.
I may have to postpone the panax ginseng for two weeks. Because of the weight gain and the carbs in my
diet, I changed three things at the same time: weight and
diet and GR. So I need to stop at least one of them before I can learn from the measurements.
Well, science is for people who get motivated by discouragement