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.