Primary GW: 180 lb
Secondary GW: 175 lb
Tertiary Goal: Whatever I lose, to keep it off through the last months of the year!

RED = gain for the week
YELLOW = loss of less than 0.5 lbs for the week
GREEN = loss of 0.5 lbs or more for the week

SW: 205.5 | W10: 205.0 | W20: 194.6 | W30: 190.4
W1: 207.3 | W11: 204.0 | W21: 194.0 | W31: 189.6
W2: 206.3 | W12: 202.5 | W22: 193.7 | W32: 188.8
W3: 205.9 | W13: 200.7 | W23: 193.4 | W33: 188.7
W4: 205.8 | W14: 199.9 | W24: 192.2
W5: 207.6 | W15: 199.1 | W25: 191.4
W6: 208.0 | W16: 198.0 | W26: 190.5
W7: 207.4 | W17: 196.5 | W27: 191.1
W8: 206.4 | W18: 195.1 | W28: 190.3
W9: 206.1 | W19: 195.3 | W29: 191.4

W34: 189.6

Weekly deficit: 3,646 calories (an average of 521 cals per day)
Expected week loss: 1.04 lbs
Trend App loss: -0.9 lbs
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Monthly deficit: 14,429 calories (an average of 515 cals per day the last 28 days)
Expected monthly loss: 4.12 lbs
Trend App loss: 0.8 lbs

Not the change I was looking for. I know I've not been weighing my intake as accurately as I could (if at all) and just guessing at portion sizes so you can see how well that's been working for me. OK, time for some math.

The last two months or 63 days I've had a total deficit of 19,121 or 303 calories per day which should have resulted in a total loss of 5.5 lbs. Actual trend loss was 1.8 lbs. So I'm off by 3.7 pounds which means my total deficit is off by 12,950 calories or 205 calories a day.

I'm not in the mood this late in the season to start weighing everything I eat to the tenth of a gram so I'm going to add 200 calories to my current morning Adjustment of 100 calories (making the total Adjustment now 300 calories a day) starting today.

Bring on September!

@dthomas02 great job on the continued downward trend.

I haven' checked in for 2 months. Progress is slow. Unfortunately trending up. Ended July at 184.1, trending now at 186.5. Have to get that trending down.

Have a wedding and business trip in October which are usually challenging. Goal for October is to maintain at 186.

Yes, we're still here. This thread helps keep me accountable, hate reporting in with a gain.

I used to weigh in daily. Often a bad weigh in gave me the excuse to start eatting poorly. I am refocusing on another attempt and will not do weigh in on scales. Need a friend to motivate each other.

While losing weight I weighed in weekly. Since hitting pseudo-maintenance I weigh daily and use Libra to track weight trend.

Not an official monthly weigh-in, just curious about the damage done during Thanksgiving.

Pre-Thanksgiving actual weight: 181.6 lbs.
Pre-Thanksgiving trend weight: 183.4 lbs.

Last Year's Pre actual weight: 198.4 lbs.
Last Year's Pre trend weight: 195.3 lbs.

Last Sunday of the month.

Primary GW: 180 lb
Secondary GW: 175 lb
Tertiary Goal: Whatever I lose, to keep it off through the last months of the year!

RED = gain for the week
YELLOW = loss of less than 0.5 lbs for the week
GREEN = loss of 0.5 lbs or more for the week

SW: 205.5 | W10: 205.0 | W20: 194.6 | W30: 190.4 | W40: 187.3
W1: 207.3 | W11: 204.0 | W21: 194.0 | W31: 189.6 | W41: 187.0
W2: 206.3 | W12: 202.5 | W22: 193.7 | W32: 188.8 | W42: 187.1
W3: 205.9 | W13: 200.7 | W23: 193.4 | W33: 188.7 | W43: 186.5
W4: 205.8 | W14: 199.9 | W24: 192.2 | W34: 189.6 | W44: 184.2
W5: 207.6 | W15: 199.1 | W25: 191.4 | W35: 189.4 | W45: 183.4
W6: 208.0 | W16: 198.0 | W26: 190.5 | W36: 188.9 | W46: 183.6
W7: 207.4 | W17: 196.5 | W27: 191.1 | W37: 187.9
W8: 206.4 | W18: 195.1 | W28: 190.3 | W38: 187.4
W9: 206.1 | W19: 195.3 | W29: 191.4 | W39: 188.9

W47: 183.0

Weekly deficit: -2,638 calories (an average of -377 cals per day)
Expected week loss: -0.75 lbs
Trend App loss: 0.6 lbs

(A lot of wild guessing on intake over the Thanksgiving holiday.)
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Monthly deficit: -254 (an average of -9 cals per day the last 28 days)
Expected monthly loss: -0.07 lbs
Trend App loss: 3.5 lbs

A lot of guessing on intake this month, what with b-days and holidays. Looks like I guessed on the high side by 12,500 calories or roughly 450 calories a day.

Remember, I have that 300 cal adjustment built into my intake so that makes my guesses off on the high side by only 150 cals a day on average. I can live with that.

Last Sunday of the month.

Primary GW: 180 lb
Secondary GW: 175 lb
Tertiary Goal: Whatever I lose, to keep it off through the last months of the year!

RED = gain for the week
YELLOW = loss of less than 0.5 lbs for the week
GREEN = loss of 0.5 lbs or more for the week

SW: 190.5
W1: 191.2
W2: 191.1
W3: 191.2


W4: 190.7

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Weekly deficit: -1,180 calories (an average of -169 cals per day)
Expected week loss: -0.34 lbs
True Weight loss: 0.9 lbs
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Monthly deficit: -11,773 (an average of -420 cals per day the last 28 days)
Expected monthly loss: -3.36 lbs
True Weight loss: -0.2 lbs
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So the difference between Expected loss (a gain in this case) and my True Weight loss is 3.16 lbs or 11,060 calories or 395 a day. Remove my 300 calorie a day adjustment and it seems I've guessed high on my recorded intake by 95 calories a day and I'm OK guessing high as most people guess low on their intake by 10% or so.

I am starting to see a seasonal pattern here. I think it has to do with my FitBit. During the busy season of my lawn maintenance job (Spring, Summer, and Fall), my FitBit can show a TDEE anywhere from 3500 cals to 5000 cals a day. FitBits in general have been criticized for over guesstimating one's TDEE, I think in my case, by 300 cal a day during those months. During my slow season (Winter), I only getting a 2000 - 2500 cal TDEE and my FitBit is probably a much closer guesstimating my TDEE than during the busy seasons, so I probably don't need the adjustment during the winter months.

Having said all that, I do have a tendency to gain weight over the slow season... sometimes a lot of weight, particularly between Christmas and New Year's. Therefore the 300 cal adjustment stays year round. I really don't mind losing more weight than (or not gaining as much weight as) expected.

No worries.

I like how you trend your weight! It looks like the monthly thing isn't active any longer really?

d_thomas02 wrote: »

Last Sunday of the month.

Primary GW: 180 lb
Secondary GW: 175 lb
Tertiary Goal: Whatever I lose, to keep it off through the last few weeks of the year!

RED = gain for the week
YELLOW = loss of less than 0.5 lbs for the week
GREEN = loss of 0.5 lbs or more for the week

SW: 190.5
W1: 191.2
W2: 191.1
W3: 191.2
W4: 190.7
W5: 191.0
W6: 192.4
W7: 192.9


W8: 192.7

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Weekly deficit: -4,327 calories (an average of -618 cals per day)
Expected week loss: -1.24 lbs
True Weight loss: 0.2 lbs
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Monthly deficit: -14,732 (an average of -526 cals per day the last 28 days)
Expected monthly loss: -4.21 lbs
True Weight loss: -2.0 lbs
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So the difference between Expected loss (a gain in this case) and my True Weight loss is 2.21 lbs or 7,735 calories or 276 a day. Remove my 300 calorie a day adjustment and it seems I've guessed low on my recorded intake by 24 calories a day, almost a bullseye as my guess is only 0.3% low.

The slow season is almost over. By the end of next month we should be back into the growing season again.

Last Sunday of the month.

Primary GW: 180 lb
Secondary GW: 175 lb
Tertiary Goal: Whatever I lose, to keep it off through the last few weeks of the year!

RED = gain for the week
YELLOW = loss of less than 0.5 lbs for the week
GREEN = loss of 0.5 lbs or more for the week

SW: 190.5 | W10: 193.1
W1: 191.2 | W11: 193.1
W2: 191.1 | W12: 193.4
W3: 191.2
W4: 190.7
W5: 191.0
W6: 192.4
W7: 192.9
W8: 192.7
W9: 192.5


W13: 193.7

Weekly deficit: -1,154 calories (an average of -165 cals per day)
Expected week loss: -0.33 lbs
True Weight loss: -0.3 lbs
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Monthly deficit: -2,900 (an average of -83 cals per day the last 35 days)
Expected monthly loss: -0.83 lbs
True Weight loss: -1.0 lbs
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Weekly difference between expected and True is spot on, Monthly is darn close. Still eating too much so going to bump my intake adjustment from 300 cals/day to 325 cals/day.

We'll see what April brings.