Blog Number 361

Greetings,

    I can't help but point out that since the wife and kid's return from Texas, my weight loss has slowed to a crawl.  I am still faithful each morning (when the alarm goes off at 4:45) to get up and hit the treadmill (dogs in tow).  Now though instead of celebrating large losses daily (relatively speaking) I must be content with maintaining the weight and hope for a 1/3 pound here or there every few days.  No matter, the march toward my 40th birthday continues on with or without my losing any weight.  Below is last weeks "progress."

Jon

Date	Weight1	Weight2	Weight3	Average	DaysToGo	Lost	Last7
06/24/09	196.5	196.5	196.5	196.5	61	16.17	2.83
06/25/09	196.5	196.5	196.5	196.5	60	16.17	1.83
06/26/09	197.0	197.0	197.0	197.0	59	15.67	1.00
06/27/09	196.5	196.5	196.5	196.5	58	16.17	0.50
06/28/09	196.0	196.0	196.0	196.0	57	16.67	1.17
06/29/09	196.5	196.5	196.5	196.5	56	16.17	2.00
06/30/09	196.0	195.5	195.5	195.7	55	17.00	0.67

Blog Number 360

Greetings,

    In the last 2 months I have had a few successive days that were quite the roller coaster (weight-wise).  The last 2 days are a good example.  I knew my weight would go up on Monday due to a little Father's Day indulgence.  I had a 24 ounce frozen coke in the afternoon and a scoop of ice cream, 1/4th of a candy bar and 1 1/2 cookies for "dinner" so I knew the scales would not be kind to me come Monday morning.  I jumped 1 1/3 lbs.  I ate much better on Monday having a very light lunch and light dinner and the scales this morning showed a little over 2 lbs had been lost.  I am sure there are other factors here besides just my eating habits but I fear that if I searched them out then I would have to add more columns to my spreadsheet (and no one wants that).  Tomorrow marks the half way point in my 4 month march to 40.  I am right about 1/2 way with my weight loss as well.  All is good.

Jon

Date	Weight1	Weight2	Weight3	Average	DaysToGo	Lost	Last7
06/17/09	199.5	199.5	199.0	199.3	68	13.33	3.67
06/18/09	198.5	198.0	198.5	198.3	67	14.33	3.33
06/19/09	198.0	198.0	198.0	198.0	66	14.67	2.67
06/20/09	197.0	197.0	197.0	197.0	65	15.67	2.50
06/21/09	197.5	197.0	197.0	197.2	64	15.50	1.33
06/22/09	198.5	198.5	198.5	198.5	63	14.17	0.17
06/23/09	196.5	196.0	196.5	196.3	62	16.33	2.67

Blog Number 359

Greetings,

    The wife and kids will be home tomorrow but I have made good progress on the weight loss while they were gone.  At first I thought I might have a bad week without the wife to keep me honest but I have not cheated at all on the diet and not skipped a morning on the treadmill.  Hopefully when they return tomorrow night I can keep up the progress.

Jon

Date	Weight1	Weight2	Weight3	Average	DaysToGo	Lost	Last7
06/12/09	201.0	200.5	200.5	200.7	73	12.00	2.83
06/13/09	199.5	199.5	199.5	199.5	72	13.17	4.00
06/14/09	198.5	198.5	198.5	198.5	71	14.17	4.33
06/15/09	199.0	198.5	198.5	198.7	70	14.00	5.00
06/16/09	199.0	199.0	199.0	199.0	69	13.67	4.50
06/17/09	199.5	199.5	199.0	199.3	68	13.33	3.67
06/18/09	198.5	198.0	198.5	198.3	67	14.33	3.33

Heading Toward 40

Greetings,

    I have been keeping a spreadsheet since April 24th.  That date was 4 months before my 40th birthday and I chose that as my starting point to lose some weight.  I did not have a particular goal in mind but I like the idea of being 180 lbs on my birthday.  I think that is the upper end of the weight range on some government chart I read a long time ago (given my height and bone structure).  As with all my spreadsheets, I have added a few features over the weeks but this is how it has looked structure wise for about a month or so.  My scales are accurate to the 1/2 lbs and I have adopted a practice of weighing myself 4 times but only counting the last 3.  You would have to know my scale as intimately as I do in order to understand why I do this but trust me, that first weight cannot be trusted.  I was stuck at around 203 lbs for about 2 1/2 weeks but had a breakthrough this last week (while the wife and kids are visiting friends in TX).  I will try to keep it updated in some way until my 40th birthday (08/24/09).

Jon

Date	Weight1	Weight2	Weight3	Average	DaysToGo	Lost	Last7
04/24/09	213.0	212.5	212.5	212.7	122	0.00	x
04/25/09	210.0	210.5	210.0	210.2	121	2.50	x
04/26/09	210.5	210.5	210.0	210.3	120	2.33	x
04/27/09	210.0	210.0	210.0	210.0	119	2.67	x
04/28/09	210.5	210.5	210.5	210.5	118	2.17	x
04/29/09	210.0	209.5	210.0	209.8	117	2.83	x
04/30/09	209.0	209.0	209.0	209.0	116	3.67	x
05/01/09	209.5	209.0	209.5	209.3	115	3.33	3.33
05/02/09	209.5	209.0	209.0	209.2	114	3.50	1.00
05/03/09	208.5	208.5	208.5	208.5	113	4.17	1.83
05/04/09	208.5	208.0	208.0	208.2	112	4.50	1.83
05/05/09	208.5	208.0	208.0	208.2	111	4.50	2.33
05/06/09	207.5	207.0	207.0	207.2	110	5.50	2.67
05/07/09	207.5	207.0	207.0	207.2	109	5.50	1.83
05/08/09	207.5	207.0	207.5	207.3	108	5.33	2.00
05/09/09	206.5	206.5	206.5	206.5	107	6.17	2.67
05/10/09	207.0	206.5	206.5	206.7	106	6.00	1.83
05/11/09	207.0	207.0	207.5	207.2	105	5.50	1.00
05/12/09	206.5	206.5	206.0	206.3	104	6.33	1.83
05/13/09	207.0	206.5	206.5	206.7	103	6.00	0.50
05/14/09	207.0	206.5	207.0	206.8	102	5.83	0.33
05/15/09	206.5	206.0	206.5	206.3	101	6.33	1.00
05/16/09	206.0	206.0	206.0	206.0	100	6.67	0.50
05/17/09	206.0	205.5	205.5	205.7	99	7.00	1.00
05/18/09	205.5	205.5	206.0	205.7	98	7.00	1.50
05/19/09	205.5	205.0	205.5	205.3	97	7.33	1.00
05/20/09	206.0	205.5	206.0	205.8	96	6.83	0.83
05/21/09	205.5	205.5	205.0	205.3	95	7.33	1.50
05/22/09	204.5	204.5	204.5	204.5	94	8.17	1.83
05/23/09	204.0	203.5	203.5	203.7	93	9.00	2.33
05/24/09	204.5	204.0	204.0	204.2	92	8.50	1.50
05/25/09	203.5	204.0	204.0	203.8	91	8.83	1.83
05/26/09	205.0	205.0	205.5	205.2	90	7.50	0.17
05/27/09	204.0	204.0	204.0	204.0	89	8.67	1.83
05/28/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	88	9.17	1.83
05/29/09	203.5	203.0	203.0	203.2	87	9.50	1.33
05/30/09	203.5	203.0	203.0	203.2	86	9.50	0.50
05/31/09	203.5	203.5	204.0	203.7	85	9.00	0.50
06/01/09	205.0	204.5	205.0	204.8	84	7.83	1.00
06/02/09	205.0	204.5	204.5	204.7	83	8.00	0.50
06/03/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	82	9.17	0.50
06/04/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	81	9.17	0.00
06/05/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	80	9.17	0.33
06/06/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	79	9.17	0.33
06/07/09	203.0	203.0	202.5	202.8	78	9.83	0.83
06/08/09	204.0	203.5	203.5	203.7	77	9.00	1.17
06/09/09	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	76	9.17	1.17
06/10/09	203.5	203.0	202.5	203.0	75	9.67	0.50
06/11/09	202.0	201.5	201.5	201.7	74	11.00	1.83
06/12/09	201.0	200.5	200.5	200.7	73	12.00	2.83
06/13/09	199.5	199.5	199.5	199.5	72	13.17	4.00
06/14/09	198.5	198.5	198.5	198.5	71	14.17	4.33
06/15/09	199.0	198.5	198.5	198.7	70	14.00	5.00
06/16/09	199.0	199.0	199.0	199.0	69	13.67	4.50