Weigh-in Week 17

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 211.2
Weight This Week: 210.4
Loss This Week: 0.8
Total Weight Loss: 6.4
Pounds Still to Go: 25.6
Trendline Estimate: 201.2

Only .8 pounds!  Actually... probably not.  I think my suspicions were correct last week, in that I couldn't have possibly lost as much weight as the scale said I did.  I messed around with the scale in the middle of the week, and saw that sometimes it'd change my weight up to two pounds different.  I know I lost weight, and I suspect it was more than two pounds, possibly closer to three, but there's no way of knowing for sure now.  I went to the gym every single day, and did cardio for over an hour each time.  And I definitely feel the weight loss.  It feels a bit tighter around my ribs.

It's the same feeling I've been feeling each time... before the inevitable slight rebound.  Which brings up a question... do the rebounds happen that way because I know for certain that I'm losing weight, and then I get over-confident and slide backwards again?  Or perhaps maybe I'm so used to not feeling that way, that I unconsciously want to gain that weight back that I know I lost (and thus fulfilling that set point theory).

Well... here goes another week of going to the gym every day of the week.  Might as well keep it up since I have some momentum started.

Weigh-in Week 16

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 213.2
Weight This Week: 210.2
Loss This Week: 2.0
Total Weight Loss: 5.6
Pounds Still to Go: 26.2
Trendline Estimate: 200.5

Whoops!  I didn't put up a post last week.  I weigh myself in the morning, but tend to not put up posts until the evening.  As you can see from the graph, I ended up gaining 2.8 pounds that week.  And for this week I lost 2.

What does this mean?  First of all... I can't believe I gained nearly three pounds.  I did expect maybe a small gain, but three pounds!  Second of all... I can't believe I lost two pounds!  I don't feel like I worked hard enough to lose two pounds.  I actually drove down to LA and scoped out USC this week.  I ate fast food, grandma's cooking, and more fast food.  I really don't feel like I could have lost two pounds.  I wouldn't have been surprised at a gain.  Perhaps my weigh-in from two weeks ago was off?

Regardless of what happened.  I don't like the pattern that's showing up on my graph.  I'm going for a hard push this week at the gym.  I need to get back into that habit.  Forget a slow and steady pace, at least for this week.  For next Monday, the goal is to reach a very satisfying loss of weight.  I've already gone the past two days, both in the morning and at night.  Going for the burn.  See you in a week!

Weigh-in Week 14

The Numbers

Starting Weight: 216.8
Weight Last Week: 211.8
Weight This Week: 210.4
Loss This Week: 1.4
Total Weight Loss: 6.4
Pounds Still to Go: 26.2
Trendline Estimate: 197

1.4 pounds this week.  Decent.  I have to average just above 1.6 pounds per week though if I'm going to make my April 16th goal.  Easy enough.  As long as I don't slip.  As long as I avoid a rebound that essentially sets me back a month when losing weight as this slow (and hopefully steady) pace.  Those rebounds have definitely shown me that I will for sure still keep on weighing myself once a week even after I reach my goal.  It's a good thing I enjoy charts.  =P