Review of Numbers / Motivation

Data Mining

I mined for data this evening and found a nice gradual curve developing.

Applicable numbers:

05-15: 270;
05-28: 267;
05-30: 260.5;
06-01: 263/34.5%;
06-13: 259.5/38.0%;
06-19: 257;
06-24: 255;
06-27: 253.5

In the past 42 days, (6 weeks), I've lost ~14 pounds from what I can gather. That's ~2.33 pounds per week, which seems pretty sensible to me.

I pulled my caloric data for the period in question (of which about one week of data is missing) and here's what I found:

Caloric intake:

06-21 to 06-27

M: 2130
T: 2500
W: 2220
R: 2150
F: 1750
S: 2080
S: 1840

Avg: 2095


06-14 to 06-20

M: 1920
T: 1940
W: 2630
R: 1770
F: 1740
S: 1860
S: 2440

Avg: 2042


05-24 to 05-30

M: 1730
T: 2000
W: 1910
R: 1490
F: 1840
S: 2120
S: unk.

avg: 1848 (/6);

Average for period = 1849 cals/day.

So I am holding, more or less, beneath 2,000 calories by carefully selecting foods (and removing dr. pepper, mostly, from my diet).

MOTIVATION

I think it's very hard to become motivated generally, and once initial motivation begins, it can be hard to sustain the motivation. Often first attempts at weight loss for me has resulted in my frustration at lack of immediate results. But over a sustained six week run at weight loss I've lose 15-20 pounds, and continue to lose approximately 2 pounds per week on average. That's perfect. In one year, the theory goes, I could once again wrestle 167 pounds.

I suppose I have to prepare for the inevitable ups and downs of the battle of the bulge but I have great confidence -- because in the past I know once the train began moving down the tracks, it was much easier to maintain the momentum, rather than trying to get it started from nothing. . .

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