The Goal for March 2013

The Goal for March 2012

"I won't say I'm no better than anybody else, but I'll be danged if I ain't just as good."  Aunt Eller (played by Charlotte Greenwood) "Okahoma!"

Friday, March 1, 2013

Weight 188.2 lbs. BMI=29.92

Weight in ounces = 3011.2

I am on track even though my weight loss has slowed suddenly at the end of February, 2013.  I set this goal for March: To lose 6 lbs. between March 1 and April 1, 2013.  Six lbs. is equal to 96 ounces so my goal is to lose 96 ounces in 31 days, an average weight loss of only 3.1 ounces per day, a reasonable goal that I believe I can reach and continue to be healthy.

A second and subsidiary goal is to run three miles each day of that period for a total of 93 miles, possibly more.

I grade my progress each day.  If I eat meals according to my plan and do not have a snack, that gives me a B grade.  If I exercise for one mile, it increases to an A-, two miles is an A, and three or more is an A+.  I have been successful with the B grade on a daily basis since I began but I'm getting an A+ only two out of three days.  But, there has  been a lot happening, much of it to do with weather.

The goal of a 96 ounce weight reduction calculates to 2884 ounces or or to reach 182.0 lbs.  The 3.1 oz. daily reduction also results in a 21.7 oz. weekly loss which is 1.36 lbs. per week, so I have the numbers worked out and a very specific goal set.  A specific goal with a way to measure results is easy to track and see if I am on, ahead of, or behind the progress metrics.  And, when I reach that goal weight, I can see to set the next goal which means being below 180 lbs. sometime in April.

I ran and walked for 51 minutes, 3.19 miles today, in the daylight for a change.  I burned 322 calories.  I ran for 1.72 miles and was forced to walk then with my left hip hurting but after a bit I had walked it out and ran the last half mile.  It was a pretty good day overall and I hope to weigh 187.0 lbs. tomorrow morning.

Stephen J. "Red Boots" Payne
Body by Payne