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.