12-Sep-2019: 643 calories
I know that’s not enough food, but I skipped breakfast (had pizza pretty late last night) and then didn’t get a chance to have lunch until around 2 PM. I’m still not hungry at the moment and I’m going to bed early tonight as I had a late night last night and am still a bit worn down from whatever cold/bug I just had.
Week 9: 13-Sep-2019
Weight: 230 pounds
Starting weight: 254 pounds
Weekly loss: 1 pound
Total loss: 24 pounds
Thanks for the compliment but it’s not as hard to do when you have a lot to lose. For instance, if you needed to lose 24 pounds to get to an ideal weight it would be nearly impossible to do in 9 weeks. But if you need to lose 80 pounds then 24 comes off pretty fast and easy with a little discipline. (At least for me it does.)
Your experience is pretty much right in line with mine and could easily be attributed to more water weight loss for me the first couple of weeks. I bet we both lost a similar amount of fat during the same time period.
I’m expecting it to take a full year from when I started to reach my goal. The last 20 pounds could take 5 to 7 months.
There’s nothing wrong with losing only 1 pound (or less) per week, since doing so would seem to suggest that you’re eating enough to feel like you’re no longer on a ‘diet,’ but rather fully in the midst of a healthier relationship with food.
I agree.
I tried to pick my deficit (by setting calories goal at < 1900/day) knowing that as I approach my goal weight 1900 isn’t much of a deficit at all. Right now it seems easy to stay well below 1900 on average, but at some point I’ll probably start eating more and settle in right around there. I can probably bump it up slightly once I reach my goal.
13-Sep-2019: 1028 calories
I woke up this morning and still wasn’t hungry so I skipped breakfast and had a light lunch and a regular dinner. I was also trying to save some calories for wine but then decided not to because I want to row early tomorrow morning.
14-Sep-2019: 1713 calories
Rowing workout W3R1: 6000 M at target 2:30 splits which I completed in 29:51.4 with the last 1200 M the fastest (2:26.7 splits). I struggled a bit in the middle to keep pace but got through it and finished feeling better.
15-Sep-2019: 1377 calories
16-Sep-2019: 1504 calories
Rowing workout W3R2: 2 x 2000 M intervals with a 4 minute rest.
I was supposed to take my 6000 M split pace and take 3 seconds off it, so in this case I would be shooting for 2:27.0 splits, which would result in a PR at this distance. So the first interval I rowed in 9:45.8 (PR) and felt good, so I pushed the second interval a little bit and got 9:18.1 (PR). Definitely making progress.
500 M: Not tested
1000 M: Not tested
2000 M: 09:18.1 (10:58, 10:01)
5000 M: 24:57.1 (26:41)
10000 M: Not tested
17-Sep-2019: 1341 calories
Fucking Fitbit apparently made “improvements” to their food logging software and now it takes 3 times longer to log. And there is all kinds of unimportant nonsense on the page which only gets in the way of logging quickly. Morons.
Sweet, looks like they got a billion complaints and already changed it back to the way it was.
18-Sep-2019: 1515 calories
Rowing workout W3R3: 6000 M at 2:30.0 splits. Completed in 29:54.8.
Stringing together a solid week. I just need to survive a business lunch tomorrow and my weigh-in Friday morning should be a good number.
19-Sep-2019: 1319 calories
Ran out of time and had to take a rain check on the planned business lunch so just ran to Whole Foods and grabbed a healthy lunch from the prepared food bar. (Haddock and roasted vegetables)
Week 10: 20-Sep-2019
Weight: 226 pounds
Starting weight: 254 pounds
Weekly loss: 4 pounds
Total loss: 28 pounds
20-Sep-2019: 1675 calories
Well done jbro!
21-Sep-2019: 1476 calories
Rowing workout W4R1: 6500 M at 2:30 splits
Completed in 32:26.3 (2:29.7 splits) but really struggled with it today for some reason.
22-Sep-2019: 1573 calories
