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Entering this to remind myself that weight fluctations happen defying a caloric deficit. Stay the course and move on.
Edit May 1, 2013
Here is why I agree the scale lies and the calorie calculation to lose weight fails.
If I try to rely on 'math' to solve this weight loss, I'll be lost. Dazed and confused. For my 'activity' I generally record 'sleeping 24 hours a day'. And that is calculated as energy use of 1950 (cals) daily by FS for my weight and lifestyle.
Now, if I give my activity a more realistic picture of average as I did on April 30th - standing x hours, walking x hours as I do errands, sitting, resting (which I guess burns more than out & out sleeping, huh) then I actually calculate out to 2800 cals a day. Nearly 1000 more.
So based on that - as I do record my food exactly - I should have had a 43k deficit for a 12lb loss in April; I barely eeked by with 6lbs.
Now, I'm happy to have the six pound loss but if I were starving or working out harder (and I didn't even calculate in my random treadmill, shopping, driving, walking to businesses close by, working in the garden activity) then I'd be really frustrated that I only lost 6 instead of 12.
Sooooo.... other than my fancy math ... am working through this to justify why for the first two weeks in May I am going to test consuming 2000 cals a day, still healthy of course, to see if 'more food in requires more energy to process' or if my body will just convert it to extra weight.
I liken this to the Frank Sinatra quote 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
So.. to quote another great .. Jackie Gleason.. 'and awaaaaay we go!'
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87.5 kg
Lost so far: 41.7 kg.
Still to go: 5.9 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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1176 kcal
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Fat: 59.05g | Prot: 79.37g | Carbs: 88.52g.
Breakfast: Nostimo 0% Plain Greek Yogurt, Schwan's Triple Berry Blend, Spectrum Chia Seeds, Spectrum Organic Ground Flaxseed, Nature's Way Efagold Coconut Oil, Quaker Old Fashioned Oats. Lunch: Hard Parmesan Cheese, Celery, Bell Peppers, Onions, Baby Spinach, Schwan's Marinated Salmon with Grill Flavor. Dinner: Schwan's Triple Berry Blend, Egg. more...
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Gaining 1.0 kg a Week
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