Mike

And as far as exercising, winter is tough for me. I hate running in the cold, so that’s out, so it’s basically weight training and taking the stairs at work (which is no small thing – I’m on the seventh floor and the caf is on 2, so I’m up and down a few times a day to get hot water for tea).

Keep at it Mike!

Yah I’m hoping to still ride a few more times but realistically the season is basically over.

Mike

My bike riding to work should be ending soon, but I just purchased a Gortex winter jacket…and I’m hoping to ride throughout the winter (except on the snowy days).

Mike

Mike

Divs4Life – get off your computer and get some exercise! One mistake I’ve made in the past is to make too big a deal out of exercise – ie thinking it has to be high intensity, a minimum time length etc. If you don’t have time for a proper workout then just do 10 minutes of something, anything. It’s got to be better than sitting on the couch.

Mike

Basically has a red line for the trend and a blue line for actual weights. As you noted, the weights are all over the place, but that’s not the point. The point is to keep the trend moving downwards and the daily just gives you better data. (trend ~ 10-day moving average)

Your body processes several pounds of materials (food & water) every day. So when you weight yourself, you get your actual weight + a variable amount of transient weight. If you decide to weigh yourself once a week (say Sunday morning), then if you go out drinking on Saturday, the weight is basically shot.

To put this into perspective, you’re trying to lose like 1/7th pound / day but you’re consuming like 5+ pounds of materials. That’s a really tiny number to track. Over a week you’re consuming 30+ pounds and trying to track the loss of one.

1 lb =454g ~= 450 mL of water. That’s less than a bottle. You could be missing your weekly weight target b/c of one measly bottle of water. If that extra bottle is still in your system come Sunday morning then you “failed” for the week.

At least if you weigh every day, you can compare the moving average of last week with the moving average of this week and reduce the risk of “bad numbers”.

It’s just like charting stocks man, you track data for a smaller period than the period you want to evaluate. If you want annual progress you have have to track monthly numbers, if you want monthly or weekly progress you have to track daily numbers.

Of course, congrats on the weight loss FP!
(even if you don’t like my system

D4L