So after a two-week weigh-in last week, we are back on schedule this week. This time I got back on track some. Today was my lowest-WWW weigh-in. I have had some throughout the week that were better, but since I’m only officially counting Wednesday weigh-in’s then I can’t worry about those.
From last week I dropped 2.8lbs to put me at a total of 132.6lbs. That means I’m now only 7.4lbs away from my goal, and I still have 71 days to do it. I got this.
Pretty graphics after the break.
After two weeks of sickness and ‘injury’, I’m still on track to achieve my goal. Since I was out of town last week there was no official weigh-in so this week my numbers are for 14 days instead of 7.
My last Wednesday weigh-in was on February 29th, and since then I packed on 1.6 pounds. I’m not overly concerned at this point as I’m still on my line and will pick it up next week. Still down a total of 130 pounds, with 2.5 months to get that final 10.
Did you read the title? If so, why are you still reading? If not, go read it.
I’m out of town this week so I won’t be throwing together any numbers for my weekly weigh-in. Next week’s numbers will represent the change from this past Wednesday (Feb 29) to then (March 14th).
… I had the answer to my weight loss over the past few days. Despite feeling like I have devoured everything in sight the past 3 days I have managed to drop 3.2lbs since Sunday. Overall I’ve dropped 5.2lbs in the past week. I don’t have any answers except to say that I have been drinking loads of water, eating on a regular schedule, and exercising as I should.
As shown on the chart below I am well ahead of the blue line (blue line represents where I need to be to achieve my target by May 31st). Great news is I am almost there… I expect next week to regress some, but right now my BMI is less than a point away from where I want it to be. #winning
This was not a good week for the scale. Despite maintaining a sub-200 weight for 3 of those days the feast apparently hit. It started Friday night when we had pizza… no big deal, still woke up Saturday to have maintained my number. Then on Saturday we visited my wife’s grandmother…. this is where it went down hill. I have no clue what it is about her place but I have no impulse control. 50 sugar cookies? Sure, they are like mints. 5 slices of pizza? Why not. A few handfuls of individually wrapped (and oh-so-delicious) chocolates? No problem.
But, the problem was the 2.4lbs that I put on from Saturday to Sunday.
Then Valentine’s day came. A splurging dinner at our normal place, Carrabba’s, on Monday added another 1.4, and then for whatever reason my wife bought a huge bag of M&Ms. I have no impulse control when there are sweets around the house (heck, tonight I found unsweetened bakers chocolate and tried to eat it — disgusting), so this didn’t help anything.
This was another good week. While the line from last Wednesday to this Wednesday only moved 0.6lbs, I’m completely happy with that. The reason I’m happy is if you look on the chart below, you’ll see a big drop from Saturday (the 4th). That day was the day I dropped below 200 for the first time in ages. As chronicled in a previous article I spent the day celebrating with Starbucks, cupcakes, Five Guys and ice cream. Thus, the big retreat on Sunday’s line. A negative week-to-week is all I can ask for, but frankly this would have been a lot better had I not splurged. But, given the situation I am perfectly happy taking this small bump for the joy I had on Saturday.
I would ignore the red line for now… no way that those numbers will keep up, but as long as I’m below the blue line I’m perfectly happy. Next week I hope to have an actual weigh-in below 200, but we shall see how that goes. I’m pretty sure that my consistent running for my marathon training will easily help me get there, but keeping a balanced diet is going to be key.
Another week, another victory! While I only dropped 0.8lbs this past week I did so while healthy. The numbers last week are somewhat artificial. Sure it shows I dropped 3.2lbs, but some of that was because I had a stomach bug on Monday and Tuesday and barely ate. This time I had a full week without any bugs and put up good numbers. While it was only 0.8lbs, it also put me at my lowest mark. Today is the lowest I’ve weighed-in in I don’t know how long. 15 years? I wish I knew, but I don’t. I’m only 2.1lbs from my next major goal, one that 2 years ago seemed foolish to think I’d ever have. As of today I’m down 126lbs and I still have 4 months until the 2-year anniversary of when I started this endeavor. I only have 14lbs to go to reach my ultimate goal, and if you look at the trend-line below you’ll see I’m well below that.
A bit of explanation on this graph: the red line is my “trend”. The app calculates my 7-day variation and predicts this is where I’ll be based on that. Obviously, by looking at this graph, you can see I fluctuated BIG TIME last week, but that was because of the stomach bug I had. You can see the daily lines that are downward trending. I suspect tomorrow I’ll have a red line that goes down, instead of up. The blue line is my goal line. The app is configured to my goal of reaching my target weight by May 31st, 2012. Based on when I entered that goal this line symbolizes where I need to be in order to hit that. As long as I’m below that line, I’m on track. You can see there has been a few days that haven’t been below it, but most are and that is a good thing.
For the second straight week my marathon training took a small hit; this time thanks to the stomach bug. Sunday night I started feeling bad and through Tuesday my stomach felt like it was going to implode… That put me a few days behind, but really it is about the miles I get in, not the ones I don’t.
I was able to get out today and continue on my plan… I had originally planned to just do 3 (scheduled for 6) to make sure my stomach was okay, but after getting going I was able to get in all I had planned (and an extra tenth to boot).
So far I’m 9 miles behind on the week… not overly concerned at this point. I’ll get in my miles as a I go and that will be that. Would I be ecstatic to hit my goals each week? Of course. Does it mean defeat if I don’t? Maybe of the battle, but not of the war.
On a much higher note, somewhat (okay, mostly) thanks to the stomach bug I finally overcame a ‘weight-hurdle’ that I couldn’t break. Many times over the past few weeks I’ve hit this same number, but until yesterday hadn’t broke it. That puts me at the lowest I’ve been in who knows how long… 15-17 years I’d guess. I’m very close to my next major goal (less than 3 lbs), and well on target to reaching my ultimate goal.
Speaking of my ultimate goal, I’ve set a date goal to reach it… May 31st. Seeing as how all my analysis is based off my weight on May 31st, 2010 I figured that is an appropriate date…the 2 year anniversary of this new venture of my life. If successful I will have lost 143lbs during those 24 months. Currently I’m only 14.8lbs away from that goal. Using a great app on my tablet I’m able to not only track my weight-loss(as well as analytics) but I’m able to see a line-graph that will allow me to see where am I am in relation to achieving that target. As long as I’m under the blue I’m okay. The red line is my 7-day trend… basically figures out what I’ve done over the last 7 days and assumes I will continue that trend. As you can see currently the red spreads further from the blue, which means if I keep up my trend I’ll hit my goal weight much sooner (as of now April 1st) than my actual date.