My weight this week was 162.5 lbs (73.7 kg). My original target was 166 lbs (75.3 kg), but I’ve been losing weight faster than I had originally planned.
Last week I weighed 165 lbs (74.8 kg), so my unofficial goal for this week was really 164 lbs (74.4 kg). I’m happy, since I am meeting my weight loss targets, but I think losing 2.5 lbs (1.1 kg) in a single week is a little too much.
I had weighed myself last Sunday morning, and the reading was 164.5 lbs (74.6 kg). My wife and I went out for dinner that night, and it’s possible I ate something that had salt, so I retained water and that threw off the measurement last Monday. Water weighs 8.3 lbs per gallon (about 1 kg per liter), so just a single cup (8 oz) of water would account for the 0.5 lb (0.2 kg). (This kind of fluctuation is the reason why you should only weigh yourself once a week.) So maybe I really only lost only 2 lbs (0.9 kg) this week. But still, that’s too fast.
I estimated that meeting my ultimate weight loss goal would take about 4 months, and planned to give up non-essential food items for that time. But maybe I don’t have to be so abstemious. Tonight, I’ll have a bowl of ice cream or something…
My BMI is 22. That’s considered normal.
I have been going to the gym most days of the week, but this week I only had time for cardio. In order to pump iron too, I’ll have to manage my time better, budgeting at least 1 hour at the gym.
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