Two Goals. Check. Check.

When I started this, the first thing I wanted to do was get my BMI under 40. It's funny how what you read stays with you in unexpected ways. I read that the Chinese will not let anyone with a BMI over 40 adopt an infant.

Then I wanted to get to be less than 50% body fat.

Both these goals sound a little gross, I know, to someone who is in the normal weight range. But I gave up on normal long ago. I am just trying to do the best I can.

I started with a BMI close to 45.  And fat far over 50%.  I know this because my scale tracks it. You just stand on it in bare feet and it magically knows these numbers.

I got under 40 BMI weeks ago. But just this morning I noticed I was 47.8% fat! (Not counting the fat between my ears, of course.) 

This is a big deal to me. I am doing the happy dance.

This is where I stand right now: BMI 38.5, Fat 47.8%,  Water 38.1%.

I mistakenly thought that BMI under 40 meant that a person was no longer obese. Just checked, though, and it has to be under 30 to get out of the obesity zone. Rats. Oh well.  Maybe I am no longer morbidly obese?

Also, I am doing research on the water percentage number. Chinese medicine thinks that fat is just water gone wrong. Maybe they are on to something.

My basic food group is green

Hanging in there. Mantra "My basic food group is green."  Most noticible difference: this year I had NO summer yeast infection on my skin.  In previous years, I had to dose every night with tea tree oil to keep the redness and soreness down.  This year, despite the heat (holy moly has it been hot!), no problem.

I give the credit entirely to the low gluten, low sugar diet I am pursuing.

From WebMD
"Yeast infections of the skin are called cutaneous candidiasis and are caused by yeast-like fungi called candida. They occur when yeast on the skin grows more actively and causes a red, scaling, itchy rash on the skin. Yeast infections are not contagious.
"Yeast infections may affect nearly any skin surface on the body, but are most likely to occur in warm, moist, creased areas including the armpits and the groin. Candida infection is especially common among people who are obese or who have diabetes."

A side note: people who eat a low-gluten, low-sugar, plant-based diet are not only likely to be free from cutaneous candidiasis, they are likely to be free of diabetes and obesity. Just saying.