Month 8. Maintenance. Starting very poorly. Travel and a special occasion has rally dented my good track record. I made “exceptions” on 6 days, and it really shows. Gotta nail this down before I lose all of the good progress of April. My I doubled down on May 13. I recommitted to measuring and publicly reporting my healthy habits. I will (1) measure accurately calories each day. (2) Stay under 1600 calories consumed per day, allowing “banking” up to 2 days. (3) 30 minutes aerobic exercise 5 days a week. (4) 15 minutes weights 3x week. (May 23-28, full days home repairs, moving all day) Long-term sustainability is important to prove, so when I get to goal weight (GW), I can keep it there forever.
My plan is to manage my weight carefully to within +/- 3 lbs of the goal weight, which is 8 pounds below my healthy BMI, I will alway stay within my healthy BMI, and I develop a habit of maintenance. I’m actually now within the maintenance range of the GW, so it makes sense to report relative to that.
(GW below is my maintenance weight.)
Mon 5.9.2022: GW+4.4, 2400 cals, 30 aerobics
Tues 5.10.2022: GW+2.4, 1800 cals, 30 aerobics
Wed 5.11.2022: GW+2.8, 1800 cals, 30 aerobics
Thurs 5.12.2022: GW+4.4, 1800 cals
Fri 5.13.2022 GW+5.2, 1400 cals, 30 aerobics
Sat 5.14.2022, GW+5.4, 1000 cals, 30 aerobics
Sun 5.15.2022, GW+2.2, 900 cals
Mon 5.16.2022, GW+2.0, 1200 cals, 30 aerobics, 10 weights
Tues 5.17.2022, GW+2.0, 1200 cals, 30 aerobics, 15 weights
Wed 5.18.2022: GW+1.0, 1200 cals, 30 aerobics
Thurs 5.19.2022: GW+1.0, 1400 cals, 60 aerobics, 15 weights
Fri 5.20.2022 GW-0.2**, 1200 cals,
Sat 5.21.2022, GW-1.0**, 1400 cals, 30 aerobics
Sun 5.22.2022, GW+1.0, 1400 cals
Mon 5.23.2022, GW-0.4**, 1200 cals, active workday
Tues 5.24.2022, GW-1.0**, 1200 cals, active workday
Wed 5.25.2022: GW+0.6, 1400 cals, active workday
Thurs 5.26.2022: GW-0.6**, 1400 cals, active workday
Fri 5.27.2022 GW-0.4**, 1200 cals, active workday
Sat 5.28.2022, GW-0.8**, 1400 cals, active workday
Sun 5.29.2022, GW-1.6**, 1400 cals
Mon 5.30.2022, GW-1.0**, 2200 cals, 60 walking
Tues 5.31.2022, GW+1.2, 1200 cals,
Wed 6.01.2022: GW+0.4, 1600 cals, 30 walking
Thurs 6.01.2022: GW-0.4**, 1600 cals
Fri 6.01.2022 GW-2.4**, 1600 cals, 30 walking
Sat 6.01.2022, GW-0.2**, 2100 cals, 30 walking
Sun 6.01.2022, GW-0.6**, 1400 cals
Mon 6.06.2022: GW-1.0**, 1400 cals, 15 weights, 30 aerobics
Tues 6.07.2022: GW-0.6**, 1600 cals, 15 weights, 30 aerobics
Wed 6.08.2022: GW-1.8**, 1800 cals, 15 weights, 30 aerobics
Thus 6.09.2022: GW-2.0**, 1400 cals, 15 weights, 30 aerobics
** goal weight or under
Last quarter. Diamonds are daily weights. Red is the trend line, which is a rolling average that smooths noise in the variability in weights. It gives a true picture of what the direction of my weight is. Green is how far above or below the trend I am. Tickmark scale on left is 1 lb per tick. Objective is to move the red trend (rolling average) to my goal weight GW and stay there. Forever.
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