So far this month (I'm doing 30-day "months," so this is not based on the actual calendar months), I have lost a total of 7.2 lbs. That means I'm losing about a half-a-pound a day. This is not ideal. I was hoping to lose a pound per day. Right now I am at 386.6 lbs. This is good. I'm down from yesterday, but I'm only down by 0.6 lbs.
Reducing by only a half-a-pound a day will get me to my goal twice as slow! Ugh. I should be happy I'm losing, and I shouldn't be upset that it's not fast enough. By anyone's standards, I'm losing too quickly. The average is, like, 10 lbs per month, and I'm on par to lose about 15 lbs in this 30-day period. It's more than expected or average, but it's half of what I wanted.
Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 386.6 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
In my last 30-day period, I started by graph out at 415 lbs, but I wasn't sure of that number as I didn't have a scale. The highest point I reached during that month, but remaining under 415 lbs, was 410.4 lbs on Day 13. So from Day 13 to Day 30 -- ~17 days -- I dropped from 410.4 lbs to 394.6 lbs. That's 15.8 lbs. If I drop by an average of 15 lbs per month, the goal 145 lbs will take me 18 months to achieve. I was hoping for dropping 30 lbs a month and completing this in 9 months. It's completely unrealistic, I know! But I wanted it! I really, really did!!
The plan my husband was hoping for was a two-year span to my goal so that he can put away enough money for me to really enjoy a shopping spree when I hit my goal. I'm okay with that. I can handle that. I want to be skinny yesterday, so waiting 18 months or more will surely be difficult, but it is not something I cannot manage.
I'm wondering how maintenance will work when I do reach my ultimate goal. I think I will still be taking some oil at that point, but I'm not sure how much I will need. For weight loss, the recommendation is to take twice your body weight in flavorless calories. I wonder if it would be about half of that for maintenance. Maybe 1-1//2 Tbsp? That would be about 180 calories. Hmmm... Too much by 35 calories. 1 Tbsp of ELOO is 3 tsp. Each teaspoon, then, would be about 40 calories. So, I'd need about 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp of ELOO for 160 calories. That's still too much.
I resorted to math:
Let 1 tablespoon be represented by variable T.
Let 1 teaspoon be represented by variable t.
T = 120 (calories)
3t = T
3t = 120
t = 120 ÷ 3
t = 40
0.5t = 20
T + 0.5t = 140
There we have it. I would need 1 Tbsp and half a teaspoon of ELOO to get 140 calories. Without doing tricky measurements and extra math, this number of calories is close enough to what I hope my maintenance weight will be -- 145 lbs. Now, this is theoretical, and it will take some experimentation to see what actually works for me at that weight. I don't want to continue to lose any weight, and I don't wish to gain any either. We shall see.
Weight-loss math is best math graph:
As it is October, I have begun creating, editing, and revising my Thanksgiving menu. My plan is to nibble a bit of everything, but not overeat. It will be a challenge, but I'm up to the task! Usually no one really notices that I don't eat much as they are all busy chatting, laughing, and playing games. I'm sure that, socially, my strange new eating habits will not faze anyone. We don't sit down at one big table. Instead, we all have our own TV trays, and there's a buffet table full of food off to the side. I still have to put all the food out and refill bowls and trays and then swap all the appetizers with main course dishes, and main course dishes with desserts over the course of the day, so I will be as busy as ever, and it's pretty typical that I don't eat very much at all during the actual holiday meal. This will be a cakewalk!
Reducing by only a half-a-pound a day will get me to my goal twice as slow! Ugh. I should be happy I'm losing, and I shouldn't be upset that it's not fast enough. By anyone's standards, I'm losing too quickly. The average is, like, 10 lbs per month, and I'm on par to lose about 15 lbs in this 30-day period. It's more than expected or average, but it's half of what I wanted.
Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 386.6 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
In my last 30-day period, I started by graph out at 415 lbs, but I wasn't sure of that number as I didn't have a scale. The highest point I reached during that month, but remaining under 415 lbs, was 410.4 lbs on Day 13. So from Day 13 to Day 30 -- ~17 days -- I dropped from 410.4 lbs to 394.6 lbs. That's 15.8 lbs. If I drop by an average of 15 lbs per month, the goal 145 lbs will take me 18 months to achieve. I was hoping for dropping 30 lbs a month and completing this in 9 months. It's completely unrealistic, I know! But I wanted it! I really, really did!!
The plan my husband was hoping for was a two-year span to my goal so that he can put away enough money for me to really enjoy a shopping spree when I hit my goal. I'm okay with that. I can handle that. I want to be skinny yesterday, so waiting 18 months or more will surely be difficult, but it is not something I cannot manage.
I'm wondering how maintenance will work when I do reach my ultimate goal. I think I will still be taking some oil at that point, but I'm not sure how much I will need. For weight loss, the recommendation is to take twice your body weight in flavorless calories. I wonder if it would be about half of that for maintenance. Maybe 1-1//2 Tbsp? That would be about 180 calories. Hmmm... Too much by 35 calories. 1 Tbsp of ELOO is 3 tsp. Each teaspoon, then, would be about 40 calories. So, I'd need about 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp of ELOO for 160 calories. That's still too much.
I resorted to math:
Let 1 tablespoon be represented by variable T.
Let 1 teaspoon be represented by variable t.
T = 120 (calories)
3t = T
3t = 120
t = 120 ÷ 3
t = 40
0.5t = 20
T + 0.5t = 140
There we have it. I would need 1 Tbsp and half a teaspoon of ELOO to get 140 calories. Without doing tricky measurements and extra math, this number of calories is close enough to what I hope my maintenance weight will be -- 145 lbs. Now, this is theoretical, and it will take some experimentation to see what actually works for me at that weight. I don't want to continue to lose any weight, and I don't wish to gain any either. We shall see.
Weight-loss math is best math graph:
As it is October, I have begun creating, editing, and revising my Thanksgiving menu. My plan is to nibble a bit of everything, but not overeat. It will be a challenge, but I'm up to the task! Usually no one really notices that I don't eat much as they are all busy chatting, laughing, and playing games. I'm sure that, socially, my strange new eating habits will not faze anyone. We don't sit down at one big table. Instead, we all have our own TV trays, and there's a buffet table full of food off to the side. I still have to put all the food out and refill bowls and trays and then swap all the appetizers with main course dishes, and main course dishes with desserts over the course of the day, so I will be as busy as ever, and it's pretty typical that I don't eat very much at all during the actual holiday meal. This will be a cakewalk!
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