Eating Intuitively

I came up with a way to estimate when I will reach my weight loss goals.  I know I really should not be focusing on when I get there.  I just need to focus on my journey to my goal.  However, I obsess with things like this, and I needed to find a way to satisfy myself.

Since I know how much I have lost already and how long it took me to do it, I could simply project the same rate of loss (currently, 4.04 lbs/week) to determine the exact date I get to my goal, but that is not realistic.  The chances I will maintain the same rate of weight loss to the end are not very good.  So, I decided to create a date range for when I will achieve each short-term goal.

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As an example, I determined that I should weigh 275 pounds sometime between November 3rd and November 24th.  If I maintain the same rate of weight loss, I should be 275 by November 3rd.  If the rate falls to only 3 pounds per week, I will reach my goal by November 24th.  Of course, there is the potential that my rate of weight loss will be higher or lower than the 3.00 – 4.04 range, but I’m pretty comfortable it will be in the range.  I created a spreadsheet to do this for me automatically.  It probably is not necessary, but it certainly satisfies me.

I cooked all evening for the Potluck tomorrow.  There was just a little sampling to make sure I don’t disgust anybody.

I’ve started to think about participating in a mini-triathlon.  I don’t exactly how much exercise it is, but I think it might be doable in about fifty pounds or so.

Breakfast:  Cranberry Orange Pastry; Egg; Grapes; Bread, whole-wheat; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Yogurt, nonfat; Raspberries

Lunch:  Pasta with Beef; Cucumber; FF Dressing

Afternoon Snack:  Zesty Herb Snack Mix

Dinner:  Beef Pot Roast with Vegetables & Gravy; Asparagus, cooked; Mandarin Oranges; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Pasta, cooked al dente

Dessert:  Chocolate Caramel Bar

Drinks:  Crystal Light; water

Exercise:  30 minutes on recumbent bike at 138 bpm; 66.67% of weekly exercise goal is complete.

Pedometer:  ?