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Start Weight:
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276.0
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Original Target*:
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290.0
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Adjusted Target:
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274.2
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Actual Weight:
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274.2
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Loss/Gain:
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– 1.8
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Total Loss:
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– 28.4
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% of Goal:
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20.5%
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Avg. Loss/Wk.:
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– 4.1
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*Original target calculated from a starting weight of 302.6 lbs. and an average loss/wk. of 1.8 lbs.
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Compared with previous weeks, 1.8 pounds doesn’t look so dramatic. However, if you look at the bottom of the progress table, you’ll see that 1.8 pounds a week is exactly what I’d hoped and planned to lose from the beginning.
When my article on the deadly sin of Gluttony published on Catholic Stand, the first commenter argued that diets which depend simply on cutting calories are doomed to fail. Why? Because of hunger! Sooner or later, the hunger drives the dieter to overeat, and before you know it, they’re right back where they started! “Why don’t you see reunions on The Biggest Loser?” he asked rhetorically. Because just cutting calories doesn’t work.
Well, yes and no. Many people, when cutting calories, set a drastically low calorie target. For example, one friend of mine decided that she would not only start running again but eat no more than 500 kcal/day. Of course, hunger defeated her, despite her being a very strong-minded woman. The calorie target was much too low!