Know Your FA(:-c)Ts!

My friend told me he has lost 7 kgs and was thrilled. I was thrilled for him too, as it was a step in the right direction. So, I whipped out my laptop and said, "Let's take a look at your BMI!" BMI stands for Body Mass Index. And we keyed in the facts, and the answer read " BMI = 29". And it meant that he was hovering just below the threshold of obesity. He asked, what will it take to be classified as normal, so we did a "goalseek" by setting the target of 25 for BMI, and the answer was : " You need to loose another 7 kgs!: He can start first by reducing intake of food by about 300 calories daily and or by exercising more. And as the program also tracks the amount of calories consumed, we selected one of our favourite food items, "ham ", and queried for a breakdown of calories. To our surprise, we found that it contains 34% fats, with the remaining percentage comprising proteins. So in a double whammy sort of way, it dawned on us that not only we need to watch our weight, we need also to be aware of the amount of fats we are consuming. We ran out of time as we need to go for a meeting. We will continue after we return on what to do next.

In the meantime, do you know your fats? You can drop us a line and share with us your insight.