Weight: 73.9kg / 11st 9lb
BMI: 26.8
Weekly weight loss: 0.6kg / 1.32lb
Total weight loss: 4.4kg / 9.68lb
Plot of variation, including suspected outliers:
Same plot, but this time with suspected outliers removed:
Friday, 19 October 2012
Week 9 Weigh In
Week 9 Stats:
Weight: 73.9kg / 11st 9lb
BMI: 26.8
Weekly weight loss: 0.6kg / 1.32lb
Total weight loss: 4.4kg / 9.68lb
Plot of variation, including suspected outliers:
Same plot, but this time with suspected outliers removed:
Weight: 73.9kg / 11st 9lb
BMI: 26.8
Weekly weight loss: 0.6kg / 1.32lb
Total weight loss: 4.4kg / 9.68lb
Plot of variation, including suspected outliers:
Same plot, but this time with suspected outliers removed:
Week 9 Fasting Days
FASTING DAY #1
Three eggs scramble for lunch. Poached salmon with garden salad dressed in a little olive oil and lemon juice for dinner.
Total calories today: 620
FASTING DAY #2
Damn you vending machine coffee! You don't even taste that nice!
One small plastic cup of coffee in the morning as a small pick-me-up. Not sure it worked to be honest.
There were only two eggs left over, so I ate less scrambled egg for lunch than I usually do. I made up for it by making it with a small knob of butter. As it turns out, two eggs is sufficient, so I have extra calories to use up at dinner! Which I did: a tin of yellowfin tuna with garden salad dressed in olive oil and lemon juice, with a tablespoon of yummy Hellmann's mayo! I even had a couple of very small pieces of milk chocolate in the evening.
Total calories today: 588
I've not eaten a huge amount all week to be honest. Salads for lunch on two other days, rather than sandwiches, for example. On the other hand, I had a small beer after work on Thursday and Friday :-)
Three eggs scramble for lunch. Poached salmon with garden salad dressed in a little olive oil and lemon juice for dinner.
Total calories today: 620
FASTING DAY #2
Damn you vending machine coffee! You don't even taste that nice!
One small plastic cup of coffee in the morning as a small pick-me-up. Not sure it worked to be honest.
There were only two eggs left over, so I ate less scrambled egg for lunch than I usually do. I made up for it by making it with a small knob of butter. As it turns out, two eggs is sufficient, so I have extra calories to use up at dinner! Which I did: a tin of yellowfin tuna with garden salad dressed in olive oil and lemon juice, with a tablespoon of yummy Hellmann's mayo! I even had a couple of very small pieces of milk chocolate in the evening.
Total calories today: 588
I've not eaten a huge amount all week to be honest. Salads for lunch on two other days, rather than sandwiches, for example. On the other hand, I had a small beer after work on Thursday and Friday :-)
Week 8 Weigh-In
What? How can this be?
I've put weight back on!
Could it be due to the above-average intake of alcohol this week? Has my body adjusted to its new calorie regime, and is fighting back? Or is this just normal process variation at work?
I still don't have enough data points yet to be able to draw any hard and fast conclusions, but I have had a bit of a play with the data I do have, to see if I can make any sense of it.
First off though: the weekly results.
Today, I weigh 74.5kg / 11st 10lb
Last week, I weighed 73.9kg / 11st 9lb
My weight gain this week is 0.6kg / 1.32lb
My BMI has been increased from 26.88 to 27.0
I decided to plot the weight variation, to see if there's a pattern. As I say, there are only eight data points, which is about 22 points short of a statistically useful sample.
This is what it looks like if all the data points are included:
On the face of it, it seems as though all is lost! The trend line clearly shows that I'm going to start gaining weight again, until in about eight weeks I'll weigh the same as I did before I started fasting!
This must be nonsense of course. At least, I bloody hope it is!
Looking at the data, it seems to me that the first and last data points (representing a 1.6kg weight loss and a 0.6kg weight gain respectively) are unusual; let's assume that they're outliers, so we can exclude them from the analysis.
The trend line looks quite different now:
I prefer this one! It shows a trend of increasing weight loss. However, I must stress that there aren't enough data points to draw any firm conclusions at this stage.
I think from now on, each week, I'll keep track of overall weight, BMI, and weight variation.
I've put weight back on!
Could it be due to the above-average intake of alcohol this week? Has my body adjusted to its new calorie regime, and is fighting back? Or is this just normal process variation at work?
I still don't have enough data points yet to be able to draw any hard and fast conclusions, but I have had a bit of a play with the data I do have, to see if I can make any sense of it.
First off though: the weekly results.
Today, I weigh 74.5kg / 11st 10lb
Last week, I weighed 73.9kg / 11st 9lb
My weight gain this week is 0.6kg / 1.32lb
My BMI has been increased from 26.88 to 27.0
I decided to plot the weight variation, to see if there's a pattern. As I say, there are only eight data points, which is about 22 points short of a statistically useful sample.
This is what it looks like if all the data points are included:
On the face of it, it seems as though all is lost! The trend line clearly shows that I'm going to start gaining weight again, until in about eight weeks I'll weigh the same as I did before I started fasting!
This must be nonsense of course. At least, I bloody hope it is!
Looking at the data, it seems to me that the first and last data points (representing a 1.6kg weight loss and a 0.6kg weight gain respectively) are unusual; let's assume that they're outliers, so we can exclude them from the analysis.
The trend line looks quite different now:
I prefer this one! It shows a trend of increasing weight loss. However, I must stress that there aren't enough data points to draw any firm conclusions at this stage.
I think from now on, each week, I'll keep track of overall weight, BMI, and weight variation.
Week 8 Fasting Days
FASTING DAY #1
Another usual day: three eggs scrambled for late breakfast, followed by a delicious tuna salad with mayonnaise. No snacks in between.
Total calories today: 548
FASTING DAY #2
I went round to see a mate on Thursday evening. He's made some sort of wine from fermented orange and grape juice. It's really delicious, and is about 14% ABV, so I was a little bit tipsy (read: quite pissed) afterwards!
Not too much of a hangover the next day fortunately, which is just as well, because Friday is to be fasting day #2 this week.
With a small amount of will power, I made it up to dinner time before eating. Just beforehand, I realised I felt like I was starving! I did have an espresso coffee with a small teaspoon of brown sugar and a splash of milk around mid-afternoon, which I needed to stay awake!
Dinner was 150g poached salmon, greens stir-fried in a little butter, with steamed courgette and peas. I ended up eating a couple of small slices of cheddar later on too, which are surprisingly calorific at approx. 40 each slice!
Total calories today: 540
Another usual day: three eggs scrambled for late breakfast, followed by a delicious tuna salad with mayonnaise. No snacks in between.
Total calories today: 548
FASTING DAY #2
I went round to see a mate on Thursday evening. He's made some sort of wine from fermented orange and grape juice. It's really delicious, and is about 14% ABV, so I was a little bit tipsy (read: quite pissed) afterwards!
Not too much of a hangover the next day fortunately, which is just as well, because Friday is to be fasting day #2 this week.
With a small amount of will power, I made it up to dinner time before eating. Just beforehand, I realised I felt like I was starving! I did have an espresso coffee with a small teaspoon of brown sugar and a splash of milk around mid-afternoon, which I needed to stay awake!
Dinner was 150g poached salmon, greens stir-fried in a little butter, with steamed courgette and peas. I ended up eating a couple of small slices of cheddar later on too, which are surprisingly calorific at approx. 40 each slice!
Total calories today: 540
Friday, 5 October 2012
Week 7 Weigh-In
Today, I weigh 73.9kg / 11st 9lb.
My total weight loss (so far) is 4.4kg / 10lb.
My BMI has been reduced from 28.5 to 26.8.
According to the print-out from the scales in the Doctor's surgery:
"Your ideal weight for a BMI between 20 and 25 is:
55.1kg (8st 9lb) to 68.8kg (10st 12lb)."
I'm still on track to hit my target weight of 11st by end of November!
My total weight loss (so far) is 4.4kg / 10lb.
My BMI has been reduced from 28.5 to 26.8.
According to the print-out from the scales in the Doctor's surgery:
"Your ideal weight for a BMI between 20 and 25 is:
55.1kg (8st 9lb) to 68.8kg (10st 12lb)."
I'm still on track to hit my target weight of 11st by end of November!
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Week 7 Fasting Days
FASTING DAY #1
So far, so good. It feels like I could go on doing this forever!
A bit more tricky than usual today, as I was at a client's until lunchtime. I hadn't brought any food with me, as I didn't know that food wasn't going to be provided! I ended up having a small egg mayo and rocket sandwich on brown bread from a certain supermarket chain, which contained only 384 calories.
Dinner was poached salmon, with garden peas (oops, quite a few calories in peas!) and tender stem broccoli, yum!
Total calories today: 736
FASTING DAY #2
I was off-site again today, this time a trip up to the Leicester office. I didn't have any water to drink on the way, so I arrived very hungry indeed! A couple of cups of water saw me through 'til lunch, when I had a simple egg salad roll: not much butter and no mayonnaise. I guessed at around 300 calories.
Dinner was a tin of yellow fin tuna with a lump of mayonnaise, and five baby tomatoes. Probably no more than 260 calories.
Total calories today: 558
So far, so good. It feels like I could go on doing this forever!
A bit more tricky than usual today, as I was at a client's until lunchtime. I hadn't brought any food with me, as I didn't know that food wasn't going to be provided! I ended up having a small egg mayo and rocket sandwich on brown bread from a certain supermarket chain, which contained only 384 calories.
Dinner was poached salmon, with garden peas (oops, quite a few calories in peas!) and tender stem broccoli, yum!
Total calories today: 736
FASTING DAY #2
I was off-site again today, this time a trip up to the Leicester office. I didn't have any water to drink on the way, so I arrived very hungry indeed! A couple of cups of water saw me through 'til lunch, when I had a simple egg salad roll: not much butter and no mayonnaise. I guessed at around 300 calories.
Dinner was a tin of yellow fin tuna with a lump of mayonnaise, and five baby tomatoes. Probably no more than 260 calories.
Total calories today: 558
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