May Goal of 165 lbs.

May Goal of 165 lbs.

My goal for the month of May is to weigh 165 lbs. or less by June 1, 2013 and to remain on my process for the entire month of May to achieve that goal.

I had assumed that my weight loss would slow to about 2 ounces per day but I have been surprised to find it still averaging just over 4 ounces per day, about 1 and 1/4 lbs. per week.  I began my program around the 20th of January when I weighed 204 lbs. and I actually had a small weight gain to 207 lbs.  My weight loss then, from January 26, until May 2, is a net 34.4 lbs, or 550.4 oz.  I use oz. as a measure because it is more realistic for me to think in smaller units, that is to lose 4 oz. day, but, as I said, that normally slows down as we get closer to a lower number in weight.  I have been on my process for 96 days which results in an average weight loss of 5.73 oz. day, meaning that some days and weeks, I have had a greater loss and then some days and weeks, not much at all.  And, every once in a while, I will have an upward spike; I can not account for it either.  I can try to attribute it to muscle mass gain but that may be a falsehood, just something that I want desperately to believe.  I would rather just go with the numbers.  My average weight loss in lbs. is   0.36 lbs./day.

I began April weighing 179 lbs. and finished at 170.8 lbs. for a net change downward of 8.2 lbs. or 131.2 ounces, averaging 4.37 oz./day for the month.  On the graphic my actual weight is in blue while my estimated goal weight is in an bit of an orange (I think) so my achieved weight was slightly below my goal weight.  I consider this good and consistent progress and I'm pleased with it.  Yes, I'm greedy and impatient and I would like to achieve more and faster but I'm also experience and educated enough to understand the reality of losing weight, especially at my age.  

Again, it's process, how and what I eat from my education and consistency and process properly planned and executed must, and I emphasize must, produce a result.  Overeating and eating the wrong foods is also a process and the assured result is weight gain and illness.

Stephen Joe "Red Boots" Payne

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