Author: paul

I have been thinking about weight, weighing in, etc. I reckon that losing 0.3 to 0.5 kg a week is a reasonable effort. Last night, I weighed my wallet and keys, which sometimes I have taken out, sometimes I have left in: 0.425 kg. Clothing differences (eg shorts and T-shirt vs full body armour) would have variations as well. Other than the first week (when I got charged with pub(l)ic indecency) I have made an effort to be consistent about the clothes I wear, but as the weather changes, this may not be feasible.

My theory is this: weigh in every week, but compare your weight to what you weighed in at four weeks earlier, not the previous week. This will give you a good idea of how you are trending, and there is enough scope in there for weight loss (typically 1.2 – 2.0 kg) to cover any clothing differences for the week. Then make this a rolling four week comparison (eg week 5 comapre to week 1, week 6 cf Week 2, etc).

Thoughts? Or am I way off the mark here?

118.3 kg at Week 0. Do you want week by week stats Ing? If so:
Week 1: -2.6 kg
Week 2: -1.2 kg
Week 3: -2.2 kg

PE

Well, at my fourth meeting, I managed to score the “You’ve lost 5kg” bookmark. I have actually lost 6kg exactly since records began four weeks ago. I have not really arced up the exercise, just stuck pretty religiously to the menus provided.

Dateline: Sunday. In the afternoon there are two *fully catered* events: an engagement party, and a 35th birthday party. The birthday party had these little toasted biscuits with avocado and chicken on them – YUM. I downed five; worked out later that they were about 1 point each – WHOOPS.

Pre dinner, managed to work out the points value for what i ate at both events, and ended up only 4 over for the day… I do not expect to lose a huge amount this week…

We cooked up the nachos in Week 2’s book. Be careful, very careful. We decided to use CCs instead of tortilla shells, figured it would save time, etc. Tortilla shells: 2points for the serve size. CCs: 5 points. Ouch. I ended up +3 yesterday 🙁

http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm contains a range of BMI like calculators. The amazing thing is that the WW prediction for my weight range as a bloke is pretty much in line with what this calculator produces