I don’t look at my weekly weigh-in data until it’s time to write up that week’s post. So up until that time, my image of how the week is going is whatever my brain feels like making up. (Hmmm… You know, that basically describes every aspect of my life.)
Last night, I was so sure that this week’s graph would look like this, that I almost didn’t even bother creating one:
But my inner geek just can’t let the numbers go. So he made the chart and lo and behold, it wasn’t as flat as I thought it was.
Perception ain’t what it’s cracked up to be. Although I started the week back in the Danger Zone, things actually turned out okay. My normal end-of-week abrupt change went the other direction this week, which I’m sure is bound to happen once per presidential administration.
On the up side? I managed to keep things level. On the down side? Doritos. More on that in a later post.
| Week 47 | |
| Starting Weight | 224.0 |
| Current Weight | 196.50 |
| Change from Last Week | +0.36 |
| Lost So Far | 27.5 lbs |
Yet again I’m enjoying how my weight averaging is working. It looks like I dropped three pounds this week: from 198 to 195. However, the average of the two weeks is a gain of about a third of a pound. I know the vast majority of the cool kids would take the 3 pound drop over the 1/3 pound gain, but my inner geek knows that doesn’t count. That’s just his M.O. Especially when he knows next week is highly likely to go from 195 back to 198 and he’d really rather not report a 3 pound gain.
Spam Update
Good news everybody! Mike is still posting. Ironically his very next post was in response to last week’s post.
Please do tell us how you make all this money and all it costs is your dignity and respect.
More fan mail for the week:
Gary, rest assured, I will post more articles. And Mr. Mystery Person: notify me about what? Don’t leave me hanging like that? And why was your contact info so nasty? Surely that isn’t what you wanted to notify me about!
In Other News
Okay, okay, that’s two weeks in a row now where I’ve only posted to this one category. If nothing else, my long-tem “post daily” regimen actually forced me to post. This summer vacation thing is getting to me.
I didn’t do any actual book writing this week, but that’s not a bad thing, as I never planned to. Spent all my time on what I broadly categorize as “backstory”. In short, all the work that goes into the book that doesn’t actually go into the book I lump into “backstory.”
And I will write something about it.
Real Soon Now™.
🙂
on June 22, 2009 at 9:14 am
The dreaded Doritos!!
I hate to have those in my house. I can’t eat just a few!!
I would see it as a 3 lb. loss!!
I think you are still doing great Charlie!
on June 22, 2009 at 11:06 am
Yeah, I do the averaging thing too, to be more realistic. But my real trending is by month. I weigh daily but I keep a running tab of my weight on the first of each month (for almost 2 years now) and THAT really gives me an idea what I am doing over time.
on June 22, 2009 at 11:42 am
I was thinking about the comment from Mike (and now Gary) this morning and was cracking up.
I know I’m completely missing the point, two weeks in a row, of your blog. But seriously this spam update is HI-larious.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m so glad you notified us about this.
on June 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm
hang in there Charlie! I’ve decided that I just can’t diet in the summer….lol
Tusc 😉
on June 22, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Um, have you tried the new jalapeno Doritos??!!
Hannah is still a Cool Ranch devotee!
on June 22, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for making my Monday a little easier to go through. I love reading this even if it’s only once a week.
I think you should write more about it and post some more articles too. I thought I should notify you about that. 🙂
on June 23, 2009 at 11:18 am
Heh, I’m working on a book right now too and this past week was all “backstory” for me as well. Tell you what… I’ll crack down and write SOMETHING for the book this week if you write something for yours, too 🙂
on June 23, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Nice going on the weight loss Charlie.
Spammer Mike and friends are just too cool.
on June 23, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Aww, Gary and mystery person haven’t found my blog yet. Don’t link them there though, they can find it on their own. 🙂
Looking good on the weigh in, hopefully next week will be a nice downward slope! Glad you’re having a good break, we look forward to notification on more articles posted soon!
on June 29, 2009 at 8:01 am
haha Just found your blog – I SO need to start writing comments on my weight charts – hilarious! And as far as doritos… i had an incident over Christmas with jalepeno hinted tostitos. It wasn’t pretty.