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It is so easy to slip backward without paying attention. I must get back to monitoring my daily intake. I just got lazy several weeks ago and see what quickly happens. I do not feel like i have been glutenous about eating but i certainly have been not watching my intake. Obviously! Jus

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I have slipped backwards

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Hack analysis of my caloric needs

OK, below, I did a very, very rough analysis of my caloric needs. I am sure there are many flaws in this, but here were the calculations I used.

On average calories/day the top number is the actual data points plus 3000 calories per day in the unknown slots, I did this to account for the likely nature that I ate more food that day. The lower number is the actual data points and averaging just the amount of days with the data points. Both of these a flawed in the analysis, but it is closer than no knowledge at all, so I am using it for what it is worth.

"Measured with a micrometer, marked with a grease pencil and cut with an ax."


Days on Diet
32

Average Calories/day
2747.81
2615.71

Avg caloric deficiency/day
1093.75
1093.75

Est. Basal Caloric need/day
3841.56 Calories
3709.46 Calories

This last weigh in Analysis

As you can see, I started out averaging out less in week 1-3 and have allowed about 500 calories more a day in the past few weeks, slowing my weight loss down. So I need to get it back down to about 2200-2400 calories a day and maybe start walking or swimming a little bit.






Here is the graph that shows my weigh in at 259. I made my 1.4 pound goal but I can see now, that my initial weight loss was easier and it is slowing down. So I did a very amateur analysis of my caloric need per a day. Basically I have been writing down about 70% of the days total estimated caloric intake. Even though I am not taking every single days calories like I want, and even though I would suspect that the days that I am less vigilant to write this down are the days I am eating more food than normal, I can get a good estimation of what I am eating, and knowing that I devised a calculation. But it just does not add up.

Read this. It is an add, but it does explain a bit about the process of limiting calories and the limits of weight loss on just using calorie limits only, (ie I need to start doing more excercises)

After I did my hackney analysis, it is showing me that at this weight loss, I have a need of about 3500 calories a day just to maintain weight. It seems very high, considering what the apps at the bottom of this blog state that I need much less.

I am thinking that in restricting calories for a month, my body has been burning protein (muscle), and dropping some water weight. I know that this initial ten pounds have been easier than the rest of the journey but I have made some changes in my life:

• I usually am eating much less volume/calories per a day
• I am much more conscious of what I am putting in my mouth
• I have a better feeling about my body self image and am going in the right direction
• I am learning new things everyday on my weight management

All good things. Starting to walk more, and being more active with the less burdensome body weight helps me move more. And there are side benefits already.

On a side note, I weigh 259.5 this morning, what I would expect after a day of cookies and what I discussed on the last weigh in day. So I think I am correct in saying I was actually 259.0 on 5/17/09, not 258.0 .

Have a great day,

"Onesville"

Update on a Tuesday

Good Morning,

It is a Tuesday, and I just weighed myself even though it is not my Sunday weigh in, I like to see how I am doing through the week. As I just posted in the last entry, my scale makes me suspicious.

I did splurge last night, and made some chocolate chip cookies for the kids, but the fact is I ate about 1000 calories of them myself. It suggests to me that I do not buy a cookie jar, fill it with cookies and sit it on the counter... I have some self discipline, but not that much.

A fun pic for dieters

Anyway, not "a cookie" does a fat man make... several thousand "a cookie" does a fat man make.

So this morning I of course put on a half a pound upto 259.5 can't complain, the cookies are good. But it does lend to the fact that the cravings don't go away magically, and I can see that the goal may be easier than the maintenance of a goal weight. I am far from there but making progress toward my goal.

"Onesville"

I am suspicious of my Scale 258-261, 259 it is.

Wacky scale says 258 but I am clocking in at 259 this week.

My postings have become a little less frequent as of late. I need to turn that around for no one other than my own personal gain (in the form of weight loss of course). For the few of you that may be using this blog to inspire yourself as I was inspired by another weight loss success story's blog, thanks for being patient with me.

I am starting to wonder about my scale, like any scale, it is not 100.000% correct. Obviously, I have lost about 10 pounds from the start of this weight loss project. Not bad, that averages out to a little under 2.5 pounds a week. Considering my goal is 1.4 pounds a week, I am ahead of the schedule, but that by no means I can start slacking. This is where the rubber hits the road, metaphorically speaking. My home scale is something I am learning how to game. Certainly if I lean a little to the left and put more weight on my heal, I can make it read lower. But that is not my goal. The accuracy, helps me understand the reality of my true weight loss that week.

For sure I can not game this scale for 10 pounds, I have lost that weight. The pants that I couldn't wear a month ago, now fit again. That, my friend, you can lean one way or the other on a scale all day long and it won't affect how those pants fit!

The day before I weighed myself and it read 258, then it read 261 then a bunch in between. I did weigh 258 yesterday and I didn't eat or drink anything in the meantime, so how the heck did I gain 3 pounds? I try to use the exact same regiment when I do my official Sunday morning weigh ins. I get up, don't eat or drink anything, and get on the scale. I put my right foot big toe in exactly the same spot, try not to lean and stand perfectly still for about 5-10 seconds before I look down. I do weight myself several times and try to get the average. This says 258 but I am really thinking it is 259. How do I know? I just know.

We'll see next week

"Onesville"