Week 50: Weight Loss Success

I continue to have success with my weight loss efforts, although I am actually surprised that I recorded a loss. I traveled for work last week, which typically means eating out at restaurants and drinking a little more beer than normal. But I also ran my ass off, so the one probably offset the other. As a result I lost almost a pound. Ya baby!

I think once again the key is to keep track of what I am eating and to stop when I reach my allocated calories. I will admit that I didn't closely track every bite, but I am getting a feel for how much I should consume each day and am starting to more intuitively stay within those guidelines.

The hard part for me remains staying away from the junk food. If I just continue to eat good healthy foods in the right proportions, I seem to continue to lose weight. Sounds easy enough, but it is hard in practice.

If I continue losing at my current pace I will hit my 50 lbs weight loss goal by the time I run my first official ultramarathon. I need to stay focused and keep at it.

Here's a visual that shows my progress. As you can see I did really well for the first six months and then I struggled, stopped tracking for a while, then got refocused. I need to continue to do what I did during the early days.

Weight Loss Chart
(red shows amount lost, yellow shows goal)

Weight Loss Summary

• Week 01: Lost 4.0 lbs
• Week 02: Lost 3.1 lbs, 07.0 lbs total, 3.5 lbs per week
• Week 03: Lost 2.6 lbs, 09.7 lbs total, 3.2 lbs per week
• Week 04: Lost 2.0 lbs, 11.7 lbs total, 2.9 lbs per week
• Week 05: Lost 1.6 lbs, 13.3 lbs total, 2.7 lbs per week
• Week 06: Lost 1.5 lbs, 14.8 lbs total, 2.5 lbs per week
• Week 07: Gained 0.4 lbs, 14.4 lbs total lost, 2.1 lbs per week
• Week 08: Lost 3.1 lbs, 17.5 lbs total, 2.2 lbs per week
• Week 09: Lost 2.2 lbs, 19.7 lbs total, 2.2 lbs per week
• Week 10: Gained 0.9 lbs, 18.8 lbs total lost, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 11: Lost 3.5 lbs, 22.3 lbs total, 2.0 lbs per week
• Week 12: Lost 2.2 lbs, 24.5 lbs total, 2.0 lbs per week
• Week 13: Lost 0.2 lbs, 24.7 lbs total, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 14: Lost 1.9 lbs, 26.6 lbs total, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 15: Lost 0.6 lbs, 27.2 lbs total, 1.8 lbs per week
• Week 16: Gained 0.5 lbs, 26.7 lbs total lost, 1.7 lbs per week
• Week 17: Gained 2.0 lbs, 24.7 lbs total lost, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 18: Lost 3.3 lbs, 28.0 lbs total, 1.6 lbs per week
• Week 19: Lost 0.3 lbs, 28.3 lbs total, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 20: Lost 1.7 lbs, 30.0 lbs total, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 21: Lost 1.6 lbs, 31.6 lbs total, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 22: Gained 1.1 lbs, 30.5 lbs total lost, 1.4 lbs per week
• Week 23: On holiday break, didn't track
• Week 24: Lost 0.4 lbs, 30.9 lbs total, 1.3 lbs per week
• Week 25: Gained 0.4 lbs, 30.5 lbs total lost, 1.2 lbs per week
• Week 26: Lost 2.6 lbs, 33.1 lbs total, 1.3 lbs per week
• Week 27: Gained 2.0 lbs, 31.5 lbs total lost, 1.2 lbs per week
• Week 28: Lost 1.8 lbs, 32.9 lbs total, 1.2 lbs per week
• Week 29: Gained 2.0 lbs, 30.1 lbs total lost, 1.0 lbs per week
• Week 30: Lost 0.6 lbs, 30.7 lbs total lost, 1.0 lbs per week. 
• Week 31: Lost 1.3 lbs, 32 lbs total lost, 1.0 lbs per week. 
• Week 32: Lost 1.3 lbs, 33.3 lbs total lost, 1.0 lbs per week.
• Week 33: Didn't track.
• Week 34: Didn't track.
• Week 35: Gained 5.0 lbs, 28.3 lbs total lost, 0.8 lbs per week
• Week 36: Gained 1.6 lbs, 26.7 lbs total lost, 0.7 lbs per week
• Week 37: Didn't track.
• Week 38: Gained 0.9 lbs, 25.8 lbs total lost, 0.7 lbs per week
• Week 39: Lost 0.5 lbs, 26.3 lbs total lost, 0.7 lbs per week
• Week 40: Lost 1.1 lbs, 27.4 lbs total lost, 0.7 lbs per week
• Week 41: Lost 1.7 lbs, 29.1 lbs total lost, 0.7 lbs per week
• Week 42--47: Didn't track.
• Week 48: Gained 3 lbs, 26.1 lbs total lost, 0.5 lbs per week
• Week 49: Lost 1.3 lbs, 27.4 lbs total lost, 0.6 lbs per week
• Week 50: Lost 0.9 lbs, 28.3 lbs total lost, 0.6 lbs per week