Lessons Learned & Learning 22: 660 Days of Maintenance

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Prior maintenance updates: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days, 180 days, 210 days, 240 days, 270 days, 300 days, 330 days, 360 days, 390 days, 420 days, 450 days, 480 days, 510 days, 540 days, 570 days, 600 days, 630 days.

The vertical red lines on my chart for average weight indicate the day that I had started taking anastrazole, the drug I'm on to try to prevent cancer recurrence (day 355) and the days of my bout with what was likely E. coli (days 580-581). More on the shifts in my weight trends around those events is in my 630-day update.

Here's how my 22 30-day maintenance periods compare:



My twenty-second 30 days looked like this:


Weight: I had reached my goal weight of 150 lbs. on Dec. 17, 2013. According to MFP, that would place my net calories at 1600 for maintenance.

Between days 631 and 660 inclusive my weight averaged 147.9 and ranged from 146.5 to 149.

Exercise Calories Burned: I took 2 rest days (0 calories burned) during maintenance days 631-660. My average exercise calories burned for this period (including rest days) equaled 384/day. My highest burn was 1432 (if Fitclick is to be believed) on Sept. 19, representing 4.5 hours of weed-whacking. Not counted is the calorie burn from my Better Bones and Balance workouts, because I have no idea what that burn would be. In this 30-day period I have done 12 BBB workouts, five with a 10-lb. weighted vest and seven with a 12.5-lb weighted vest. Also added to my regular cycling workout is eight 30-minute sessions on my manual treadmill set at a 10-degree incline, three with a 10-lb. weighted vest and five with a 12.5-lb weighted vest.

Total and Net Calories Consumed: Total calories for maintenance days 631-660 averaged 1885/day and ranged from 1634 (Sept. 20, a rest day after my mega-weed whacking session) to 2739 (Sept. 19; this marks my highest one-day caloric intake since I reached my goal weight). Net calories (total calories minus exercise calories burned) averaged 1501/day (94% of maintenance) and ranged from 1245 (Sept. 16) to 1861 (Oct. 1, a rest day).

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