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It's a New Phil, Week 28

I think this whole hammer thing is working.

Down another five pounds this week to 238 for a total weight loss of 59 pounds!

If I have another plateau next week (that's been the pattern lately: lose, hold, lose, hold, lose, hold -- trading off week-to-week pretty regularly) and lose one pound the following week, I will have lost 60 pounds in the 30 weeks, for an average weight loss rate of exactly two pounds per week.

Or I might lose more between now and then, keeping the average above 2. Optimally, the rate should be about 1.25 - 1.75 pounds per week. I should figure out what the rate has been for the past 8 weeks or so. The overall average is skewed high by those first few weeks where I was dropping pounds like crazy.

At 1.25 per week for the rest of the year (still assuming 60 pounds lost at week 30) I'll be down 87.5 pounds total at the end of the year. At 1.75 per week, I 'll be down 98.5 pounds for the year, below 200 pounds at 198.5.

Bottom line: I'll have to keep the average higher than the Doc really wants it if I am to see triple-digit weight loss in 2006.

We'll see. One week at a time...

It's a New Phil, Week 1

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I was on vacation during week 21 and did not post an entry, but thanks for noticing the blank space!

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Posted by Phil Bowermaster on July 14, 2006 12:11 PM |

Comments

This is me enouraging you--no, this is you encouraging me--wow--it's a beautiful thing!

Posted by: Kathy [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 14, 2006 08:47 PM

Thinking about that Star Wars kid. No need to send him money.

If he got buff he could publish a light saber workout.

:-)

Three built-in audiences - geeks serious about losing weight, Star Wars fans, fans of ironic pop culture.

Posted by: Stephen Gordon [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 15, 2006 05:58 AM

Kathy --

It is indeed. Thanks.


Stephen --

Karl and I disussed the merits of sledgehammer vs. sword a while back. I gave the edge to the sledge. But I think if it comes down to a fight between a sledgehammer and a lightsaber, I'm going with the Jedi weapon. Still, if you want to compare intensity of workout, you need to go with the sledgehammer. In fact, I bet Yoda made Luke do extensive sledgehammer work while training him on Degobah. It's a shame those scenes were cut...

Posted by: Phil Bowermaster [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 17, 2006 09:24 AM

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