Weigh-in Week 13

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 207.6
Weight This Week: 211.8
Loss This Week: -4.2
Total Weight Loss: 5
Pounds Still to Go: 27.6
Trendline Estimate: 195.7

I gained 4.2 pounds!!!  Whoa.  I couple weeks back I didn't really think I'd be losing weight during the week of Christmas, and I had a good idea that I would gain... but almost 5 pounds!  I was expecting 1 or 2 at the most.

And despite that set back, I'm a lot less disappointed than I would have thought.  The reason is that the nerd in me is intrigued by the numbers that have shown up on my graph.  (Which has obviously been extended.  More on that in a bit.)  There are two things of note:  The amount of weight gained during both jumps on Week 7 and Week 13, and when those increases occurred.

I think it's interesting to see that the jumps in weight both occurred either 1 or 2 weeks after a more than 2 pound decrease in weight.  And added to that, while the amounts gained were vastly different in respect to this graph (1.8 pounds for Week 7, and 4.4 pounds for Week 13) the weight that I gained to was 211.6 and 211.8 respectively.

While there are other factors involved, have I found my body's set point?  I've been overweight so long that my body feels that I should be just under 212 pounds?

Two rebounds in weight is certainly not proof, and I don't have the time or the desire to experiment with this concept, but it could be true.  It's something I'll be wanting to keep an eye on.

Now as I promised earlier, about the new graph...

Obviously the graph has changed.  I'm not yet at my goal, and I reached the end of the graph.  My arbitrary end date was the end of the year, but I didn't make it and still have a way to go.  So I have a new arbitrary ending point. April 26.  The Monday before my birthday.  Reaching my goal will be a birthday present to myself.

If I'm to make it, that means an average weightloss of 1.6 pounds a week.

Weigh-in Week 12

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 208.0
Weight This Week: 207.6
Loss This Week: 0.4
Total Weight Loss: 9.4
Pounds Still to Go: 22.6
Trendline Estimate: 207.2

Only a small loss this week, but that's not much of a surprise.  It's still in the right direction, so I'm ok with that.  I did not yet go back and get a new pass for the gym.  And I wasn't as conscious about drinking a lot of water while I was eating, which I'm sure helped contribute to how much I ate at a time.

One more week (and some change) til the end of the year. 2.6 pounds to go to make it to 205 by that original target date. I gotta have a week more like week 11 and not this past week, but it's doable.

One of the hardest things about losing weight is keeping the self-motivation to keep it up. I am very certain that I would have slipped more if I hadn't been doing these weekly updates. Even after I do get to my target weight, I think it's going to be very important to do bi-monthly, or at the very least, monthly updates, to avoid rebounding to where I was (or more). If that's what I gotta do, then that's what I gotta do, and my life will be better for it.

Weigh-in Week 11

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 210.6
Weight This Week: 208.0
Loss This Week: 2.6
Total Weight Loss: 9.0
Pounds Still to Go: 23.0
Trendline Estimate: 207.5

208.  Finally!  Finally back under 210.  It's been five weeks.  Finally caught up to where I used to be.  This has been slow going, but I think using the graph has helped a lot this time.  Seeing that it's still on a downward trend has been comforting.  Cause really... Five weeks to catch up to where I used to be?  That would have been ridiculous the first time I lost weight.  I was constantly losing 2.5 pounds a week on average.  10 pounds a month.  My goals were much higher last time, and less realistic, but I still managed it. 

This time I'm going much slower, but I'm trying to figure out a way that will be easy to transition between weight loss and weight maintenance.  Trying to figure out a way where I see progress that doesn't feel like I'm punishing myself.

And speaking of 2.5 pounds a week, I almost lost that much this week, and I didn't go to the gym.  It was just strict calorie counting.  I gotta say while it's doable... imagining doing this for three months is crazy.  I was hoping that as I organized my room some more that my gym pass would have popped up, but I haven't found it.  So looks like I'll just go request another.  But as it is, looks like I have a good chance of at least making my 205 adjusted goal by the end of the year.

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 211.0
Weight This Week: 210.6
Loss This Week: 0.4
Total Weight Loss: 6.4
Pounds Still to Go: 25.6
Trendline Estimate: 208.0

Well that's not a good start the month, but at least it went in the right direction.  I had my mini-goal to get down to 205 by the end of the month, but the problem is that I misplaced my pass to get into the gym, and so couldn't head out there the past three days when I would have otherwise.

However, I think I could have lost at least a pound, but I caved in when my mom brought home some pizza from work two nights ago.  Multiple slices of five different flavor of Round Table Pizza.  I caved in and sampled some when I really wasn't all that hungry.

If I'm going to make my goal, I'm going to need to make some good progress both this week and next.  Who knows what's going to happen on the week of Christmas.  This week I'm going to try some strict calorie counting.  When I see the next results, I'll see if I want to keep it up for another week.  It's not something I want to keep up for too long though.