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Let’s first look at the week-ending numbers:
Starting
Weight:
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226.0
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Original Target*:
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239.6
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Adjusted Target:
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223.7
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Actual Weight:
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222.6
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Loss/Gain:
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3.4
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Total Loss:
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80.0
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% of Goal:
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57.7%
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Avg. Loss/Wk.:
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2.3
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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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Note first that the adjusted target reflects a 2.3-lbs./week
loss rate rather than the 1.8 lbs./week I originally planned on. As I discussed
in the month-end report, I’m shooting for less than 200 lbs. by January 1 as
part of a 90-Day Challenge, so the adjusted target reflects the rate at which I
need to drop to make that goal. It’s early days yet, but so far, the 166-kcal
cut I had to take in my calorie budget has only slightly inconvenienced me. In
fact, I’d say that as well as I’ve done over the last eight months, I’ve probably
hindered myself more by not sleeping enough than by overeating.
For most if not all of my adult life, I’ve been a night owl,
going to bed in the wee hours of the morning without even the bare excuse of
partying all night. When I was younger, this was because I most often worked
night shifts, whether it was at fast-food restaurants or call centers. More and
more as I got older, though, either the nature of the business I was in or
pressing financial concerns demanded varying shifts, extra hours, twice a
second job. At the same time, my friends and family all eventually had regular
day jobs with regular hours, so my social life often demanded that I wake up
after minimal sleep, often as little as 3½ hours. Not surprisingly, this meant
I occasionally overslept when my overtaxed body and mind demanded it.