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Weight Log

So, yeah, this is the second iteration of my online weight log. (The first one is here.) Pictured below: my starting point for this round. Maybe this time I’ll succeed at maintenance and this can be the last iteration.

New this round–color-coding:
    Obese
    Overweight
    Normal

Date	BMI	Lbs. Lost To Date	Comments
16-Aug-2005	30.6	—	Not as heavy as I’ve ever been, but close.
23-Aug-2005	30.1	3.5	Overweight is just around the corner.
30-Aug-2005	29.1	9.5	It’s been a long time since I was pleasantly surprised by the scale.
06-Sep-2005	29.3	8.5	I gained? How can that be? All I can think of is that bruises must cause fluid retention.
13-Sep-2005	28.6	13	That’s more like it.
20-Sep-2005	28.5	13.5
27-Sep-2005	28.1	16	I’d be happier about this if I hadn’t snuck on the scale between weigh-in days to see I was down 17.5 in total as of last Friday. Will I never learn?
05-Oct-2005	29.1	9.5	Post-vacation #1
15-Oct-2005	27.7	18.5	Pre-vacation #2
24-Oct-2005	28.9	11	Post-vacation #2
11-Nov-2005	27.7	18.5	Back on track?
23-Jan-2006	28.1	16	I guess that’s not too bad considering there was Thanksgiving and vacation and Christmas and another vacation in there.
01-Apr-2006	29.4	7.5	Ugh.

Weight Log 2001-2004

NOTE 23-Aug-2005: This is now archival. My current weight log is here.

This is the condensed story of my most recent weight loss efforts. I’m 5′ 7″, and at my highest weight, my BMI (body mass index) was 29.3, which put me at the high end of “overweight”: not quite to the “obesity” category, but scary close. My original goal of 140 pounds would have given me a BMI of 21.9, comfortably in the middle of the “normal weight” range, but I eventually decided that 150 was a more realistic goal. So I’ll be closer to the top of the normal range; it’s worth it if I don’t have to obsess about food and exercise.

Date	Pounds	Comments
21-Mar-2001	187	A new scale, a new personal high weight
24-Mar-2001	185.5	Back to Weight Watchers, with a goal of losing 40 pounds before I turn 40 on 16-Mar-2002
31-Mar-2001	183.5	Two days after my most recent set of “before” pictures, which I plan to link to as soon as I have some good “after” shots to go with them
28-Apr-2001	179.5
26-May-2001	174
25-Jun-2001	174	Not too bad, considering this is a post-vacation weight
21-Jul-2001	167.5
17-Aug-2001	165.5
15-Oct-2001	174.5	First, there was vacation, which means eating for fun; then there were the terrorist attacks, which means eating for comfort; both led to avoiding the scale
17-Nov-2001	171
15-Dec-2001	168
12-Jan-2002	169.5	So, yeah, there was some holiday eating
09-Feb-2002	170.5	Also some ski trip eating
09-Mar-2002	170.5	Okay, so the 40 by 40 goal didn’t happen
01-Apr-2002	179	Um, well, there was birthday cake, and a lot of other stuff; time to renew my commitment and set a new goal of 39 pounds lost by the time I’m 41
27-Apr-2002	170.5
25-May-2002	166
22-Jun-2002	162
27-Jul-2002	161	So there was this trip with my mom. Vacation plus Mom equals eating.
31-Aug-2002	157
28-Sep-2002	159	Ten days of eating my way through Southern California while on vacation? Not a good diet plan.
26-Oct-2002	154
02-Nov-2002	151.5	A seven-year low for me; very encouraging
16-Nov-2002	150	10 pounds to go
11-Dec-2002	153.5	Skiing does not burn enough calories to offset big lunches and dinners
14-Dec-2002	148.5	I’m amazed; the last time I recorded a weight in the 140’s was January of 1995
19-Dec-2002	153	Proof positive that cookies, candy, and cake are not the key to weight loss
28-Dec-2002	150	So much better than I expected to be only a few days after returning from Florida, where I ate like I’d never heard of Weight Watchers
04-Jan-2003	146.5	A new low; I just wish it weren’t due in part to losing muscle mass thanks to being a sick and slothful girl
13-Jan-2003	154.5	Wow, I knew cruising wasn’t going to be good for my weight, but I had no idea it would be this bad.
18-Jan-2003	150	I’d rather have lost all eight of the new pounds, but four and a half isn’t bad for five days.
31-Jan-2003	150	Since there were six vacation days in the twelve between last weigh-in and this one, I’m happy to have stayed the same
08-Feb-2003	149.5	Maybe if I hadn’t had the poutine and the dill pickle potato chips and half my body weight in Tim Horton’s pastries when I went to Canada, I’d have better news to report here, but it was nice to slip back under 150 again.
15-Feb-2003	151	Discouraging; I didn’t travel, I didn’t binge, but yet I gained.
22-Feb-2003	146	Whoo! And also Hoo!
01-Mar-2003	146.5
08-Mar-2003	150	Back up; is 150 some magical number that I must keep revisiting?
15-Mar-2003	147.5	And down again. I’ve decided I’m done.
22-Mar-2003	147	So far, so good on maintenance.
29-Mar-2003	148.5	Still in goal range.
05-Apr-2003	147.5
31-May-2003	153.5	Not good. Not tragic, but not good.
14-Jun-2003	154.5	Bah. Still headed in the wrong direction. Will I ever get this right for more than a few weeks or months at time?
12-Jul-2003	154.5	Well, considering I went on vacation and have been stressing about work and surgery, being the same this month as last is almost as good as losing.
16-Aug-2003	155	Doesn’t seem fair to have stuff surgically removed and not lose weight after.
19-Sep-2003	156	Must. Stop. Upward. Creep.
11-Oct-2003	155.5	Half a pound lost is better than no loss at all.
22-Nov-2003	157.5	No, this will not do.
20-Dec-2003	158.5	THIS will definitely not do.
31-Jan-2004	160.5	No comment.
28-Feb-2004	160.5	At least I’ve stopped gaining.
31-Mar-2004	167	That thing about not gaining? No longer true. This is depressing.
17-Apr-2004	164
1-May-2004	168.5	Depressing doesn’t even begin to cover it.
29-May-2004	167.5	Slow but steady wins the race? One can only hope.
30-Jun-2004	175	Damn.
06-Jul-2004	177.5	Holiday weekend, anyone?
17-Jul-2004	169	Crash dieting does work in the short term. Now on to that pesky long term….
24-Aug-2004	176.5	Um, not so good.

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