Weekly weigh in

[lnr]

This week I gained 8lb. This means I'm 5 lbs outside the 3lb each way leeway I have at target. So I need to lsoe 5 lbs next week or start paying for classes again for a while until I get back within range. Never mind, I've had a rather splendid two weeks off. I know I can put weight on (like this) and lose it again, it would be nice to get the hang of smaller variations in time too.

Over the past 16 months of dieting I've lost 3st 12lb, which amounts to 25% of my starting weight - my current weight is 11st 4lb

My average loss a week is ¾lb

My target weight is 10st 10lb. I am currently 0st 8lb away from this.

My current BMI is 25.39; my target BMI is 24.11.

The past 16 months weight change	The past 4 months weight change
The past 16 months BMI change	The past 4 months BMI change

See http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~eleanorb/weight/ for more details.

Comments

[k425.livejournal.com]

I know you are unlikely to, but don't go mad trying to lose half a stone in one week! It would be silly! I do think you've done brilliantly, you know. I may ask for tips to get a bit of weight off Rapunzel...

[mtbc100.livejournal.com]

Yes, you have done brilliantly! And some people just naturally have apparently-random large weight fluctuations over shorter periods of time anyway, so having to stay within a 6lb range sounds very tough to me!

FWIW AFAIK there is some suggestion that it is easier to put on weight if you recently lost it, so perhaps such upward swings will become less common over time, if that's any consolation. You have still done really well, though.

[lnr]

Well, it took 2 weeks of really quite serious indulgence to put on 8lbs, so it's not that bad. And you have a week's grace to get back into the target range before they start charging for classes again, and there's nothing that says you *have* to go any more once you've reached it. I think it's generous enough for me for the most part.

[lnr]

Well, I could start by cooking us all a diet-friendly breakfast of sossidge, bacon, egg, mushroom, tomato and toast on Monday morning if you like :-)

More seriously you're welcome to have a flick through the literature and see what you think. A lot of it can be adapted to a more general healthy eating plan that would probably result in a decent, if slower, weight loss, without feeling so much like a diet.

Re: Aye

[k425.livejournal.com]

Well, I could start by cooking us all a diet-friendly breakfast of sossidge, bacon, egg, mushroom, tomato and toast on Monday morning if you like :-)

Gee, and I thought you were my friend...
Yes, I'd like to look at the literature, not only for Rapunzel's sake, but because I'm not convinced what we eat is necessarily particularly healthy for either of us, and I'm not good at thinking how to change my own ingrained eating habits (poor).