The Speculist: It's a New Phil, Week 10

[ Welcome. I've noticed some folks have lately been stumbling upon this particular entry in my weight loss chronicles. This is the 10th entry in the ongoing saga of how a man weighing in at 297 pounds managed to work his way back to a healthy weight using a sound and reliable approach that doesn't involve any gimmicks or a lot of deprivation or other nonsense. As of writing this update, I have now lost more than 70 pounds. To see the story in it's entirety, please click here. To learn more about the Speculist and our vision of a world worth living to see, please click here. And thanks for stopping by!!! ]

Down four more pounds this week for a total weight loss of 32 pounds!

Some quick and extremely obvious math tells me that my overall average weight loss since the beginning of the year has been 3.2 pounds per week. If I could continue at this rate (not likely with the approach I'm taking, and probably not healthy in any case) to hit my potential ultimate target weight of 175 pounds, it would take about 29 weeks. If I average 2.25 pounds per week from here on in, I've got about 40 weeks to go. If I average 1.75 pounds per week, it will take exactly a year. Four pounds per week, on the other hand, would get me there in a little over 22 weeks.

Here's a table I drew up to show the number of weeks required to achieve the target. (As before, click the picture to access a legible version.)