by Serendipity » July 14th, 2006, 2:07 pm
I had a request from someone to explain how my weight loss has gone and to describe my plateaus. I thought that maybe if I posted the results here, we could begin to understand as a group that plateaus are a fact of life and the plateaus don't prevent us from success. Before you read this, remember that there is no basis for comparison between two people losing weight because we are all different. I think you will see that I could have gotten discouraged plenty of times, but I didn't....not even once, because I realized early on that this is just how weight loss works. If I did begin to question, I just went to my averages.....they have always been right on track and always encourage me to go on.
First, here are some stats:
- Started at 276 on October 15, 2005
- Been on 5&1 program without cheats for 9 months tomorrow
- Total loss to date - 105 lbs.
- Average monthly loss - 11.7 lbs.
- Average weekly loss - 2.72 lbs.
- Projected weight in 4 weeks - 162
- Projected weight in 12 weeks - 144
I have had 20 plateaus of 5 days or more.
I have had 7 plateaus of 10 days or more.
I have had at least 1 plateau a month, usually 2.
Usually after a plateau, the weight loss is only 1-2 pounds.
Following is my weight loss log. Sorry it's kind of long, but I've been at this for awhile, lol.
October 2005
15 - 276
16 – 269
18 – 266
19 – 264
21 – 265
25 – 262
31 – 260 – (six days no loss)
November
03 – 258
14 – 255.5 – (11 days no loss)
15 – 255
17 – 254.5
18 - 254
21 – 252
23 – 251
25 – 249.5
28 – 247
December
01 – 246.5
07 – 245.5 – (Seven days no loss, then 1 lb. loss)
08 – 243
18 – 241 – (10 days no loss, then 2 lb. loss)
19 – 240.5
22 – 240
25 – 238.5
28 – 236
31 – 235
January
01 – 234
12 – 231 (No loss 11 days, then 3 lb. loss)
13 – 230
23 – 229 (no loss for 10 days, then 1 lb.)
24 – 227
27 – 225
February
04 – 224 (no loss for 7 days, then 1 lb.)
05 – 223
06 – 222
09 – 221
13 – 219
24 – 218 (no loss for 9 days, then 1 lb.)
25 – 216
March
01 – 215
03 – 214
07 – 212
17 – 211 (10 days no loss, then 1 lb)
19 - 210
23 – 208
26 – 207
28 – 206
31 – 205
April
07 – 203 (7 days no loss, then 2 lbs)
13 – 200 (6 days no loss, then 3 lbs.)
15 – 199
27 – 198 (12 days no loss, then 1 lb.)
28 – 197
29 – 196
30 – 195
May
08 – 194 (8 days no loss, then 1 lb.)
09 – 193
14 – 191 (5 days between losses)
19 – 189 (5 days between losses)
24 – 188 (5 days between losses)
25 – 187
28 – 186
30 – 184
June
06 – 183 (7 days no loss, then 1 lb.)
11 – 182 (5 days between losses)
13 – 180
22 – 178 (9 days between losses)
July
03 – 175 (11 days no loss, then 3 lbs)
06 – 173
11 – 172 (5 days between losses)
12 – 171
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Serendipity on July 14th, 2006, 2:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
jo
276/135 since December 1, 2006
"Grandma, how did you make yourself so little?", My grandson, Jake