Weigh-in Week 9

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 212.4
Weight This Week: 211.0
Loss This Week: 1.4
Total Weight Loss: 6
Pounds Still to Go: 26
Trendline Estimate: 207.2

Well... it's a good start.  Lost 1.4 pounds and am lighter than I was two weeks ago.  The first month I went to the gym 23 times.  The month after that I only went a total of 10.  And I gained weight.  This week I've already gone 5 times.  It's paid off nicely.

I have to reevaluate my goals again.  I'm not going to break 200 by the end of the thirteenth week.  Not unless I go extremely hardcore on limiting my calorie intake.  But I'm not going to do that.  I enjoy eating food, and I enjoy going to the gym. (I listen to audiobooks while doing cardio.)  If I can lose weight with no real stress, that's great.  The new goal is to break 205.  If I only reach that trendline estimate of 207.2, I'll be a bit disappointed.

One again, the January 1st deadline was only an artificial deadline.  The real deadline is 185 pounds.  The importance of the two shouldn't be mixed up.  What happens when I reach the end of the graph?  I start a new graph.  I'll post up an old one to show where I've been, and the new one as a new jumping off point.  (I'll be losing the trendline estimate, and will start a new one, but that's ok.  I prefer having the graphs be legible and not too cluttered.)

So for next week, the goal is to see at least another 1.5 pounds gone.  No more with this just over 1 pound business.  But not so extreme as to go to 2.5 pounds.  Hopefully this slower rate of weightloss (than the last time I succeeded) will aid in letting my body acclimate to my body weight, and do a good job of lowering my set point and limiting any rebound effect.

Weigh-in Week 8

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 211.6
Weight This Week: 212.4
Loss This Week: -0.8
Total Weight Loss: 4.6
Pounds Still to Go: 27.2
Trendline Estimate: 206.5

Ok.  That's bad.  One week where I gain weight, that's fine.  Seeing two weeks in a row... not so fine.  I only went to the gym once this past week.  I was focusing on preparing for my pharm tech license exam (which I passed), but that's not a good enough reason.  That's not a good enough reason.  At least when I went to the gym, I worked on just my back, and got to that level or soreness that increases on the second day.

It's this kind of situation that helps illustrate why I'm doing these posts.  It's to make sure that I keep aware of my weight.  And this whole week I knew I was being a bit lazy about going to the gym.  If it wasn't for this blog, I probably wouldn't have weighed myself this morning, and seen the new numbers.

Well... I'm not going to go all crazy and starve myself, but I'm going to make sure I make it to the gym at minimum of four days this week, like I'm supposed to be doing.  Especially since Thanksgiving is this week.  I'm going to enjoy the food, just gotta make sure I also go to the gym.  I've backpedaled slightly (although I've at least gained some more muscle), but at least this blog is keeping me from straying too far, like what happened to get me here.

Weigh-in Week 7

The numbers:

Starting Weight: 216.8

Weight Last Week: 209.8
Weight This Week: 211.6
Loss This Week: -1.8
Total Weight Loss: 5.2
Pounds Still to Go: 26.6
Trendline Estimate: 204.0

A little late putting this up, but I weighed myself on the right day.  With that said... hmmm... gained 1.8 pounds this week?  That seems like a little much.  I did go to a baby shower where there was tons of great food, and I was going to enjoy it.  Another contributing factor would be working out my calves for the first time in the beginning of the week.  I didn't just get normal sore.  I got the kind of sore where you lose range of motion, and it took the whole week to heal up and grow the new muscle.

Was that a pound or so of muscle?  I have no idea.  I do know that with my shoulder still acting up, and having my legs out of commission for days, my gym going this past week was rather limited.  One last thing is that I don't think I've been drinking as much water as I should be, and lowering my metabolism that way isn't helping.

Weigh-in Week 6

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 210.4
Weight This Week: 209.8
Loss This Week: 0.6
Total Weight Loss: 7
Pounds Still to Go: 24.8
Trendline Estimate: 201.0

Only lost 0.6 pounds this week.  But I also only went to the gym two days this week, so I think that's pretty good.  My shoulder hasn't gotten any better from the week before.  I think I need to really rest it.  However, I should still go to the gym and do my cardio.  The best thing about seeing this is that if I didn't go to the gym at all, my weight probably would have stayed just about even, with no loss, but no gain.

Weigh-in Week 5

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 211.6
Weight This Week: 210.4
Loss This Week: 1.2
Total Weight Loss: 6.4
Pounds Still to Go: 25.6
Trendline Estimate: 200.9

Well... I was hoping I was going to break the 210 mark, but oh well.  I still lost over a pound, and I'm doing it while not going crazy.  That first time I lost the weight, I was hungry all the time, and meticulously counting calories and portioning them out.  I'm still watching what I eat, but in a way that's much less stressful.

I went to the gym 5 times this week, and began some ab exercises (with a nice soreness that lasted for days).  The main reason that I took 2 days off this week was that I've injured my shoulder.  I suspect that I sprained something, but it's getting better.  I don't know if there's much more to say.  I was hoping to lose more weight, but as long as I keep on losing at a lower rate, I'll still get there.