Week 5: Lose weight or die ! my diabetes dogma
Well I hit the wall this week, no drop in average weight!
This week up 0.05kg - that's the result for Week 5 - leaving me the same as last week. I guess that I am still making headway towards the goal weight, with a target of 68kg. Overall down 2.20kg (about 5 pounds) in four elapsed weeks of the program (the first week was just measuring my current weight - which I don't often do).
BUT - bad news for the loss program - I have to go away on business to Japan this weekend, a little rushed, and that's going to mean even if I eat a little less I'm not going to be able to get to the gym 4 times a week. I don't have a opportunity to join a gym while I am there.
My magic formula appears to be slowing down, it could be some of those Xmas nibbles that I ate, but I was very cautious, or maybe the body adapting to less food. But I will keep up my program when I return from Japan:
- eat less; and,
- exercise more.
You can see a huge variation in weight during the week, with readings varying by 1.8kg (more than 4 pounds) on consecutive days. I'm not sure what's happening there as I try to measure myself in the same place in the exercise schedule each day. That's not always possible because sometimes the machines are all taken and I have to alter the sequence.
On the exercise front, I am using the cycle machine for about 10 kms (6 miles) and the rowing machine for 6 kms (about 4 miles, 28 minutes), plus stretching. This is four times per week, hence the number of weekly weight reading below. I am definitely getting fitter and so there is benefti even if my weight has hit a wall for now.
I'll be back on the job in the new year and see if I can get down to the goal of 68kg.
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Here are the results so far (in kilograms):
| WEEK | READING 1 | READING 2 | READING 3 | READING 4 | AVERAGE |
| 1 | 73.2 | 73.4 | 73.2 | 73.4 | 73.3kg |
| 2 | 73.2 | 72.6 | 71.8 | 72.6 | 72.55kg |
| 3 | 72.0 | 73.4 | 72.0 | 72.1 | 72.38kg |
| 4 | 72.0 | 71.6 | 70.2 | 70.4 | 71.05kg |
| 5 | 71.2 | 71.0 | 72.0 | 70.2 | 71.1kg |
| 6 | |||||
| GOAL | 68kg | ||||
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