I am very pleased with this result, as it shows how sticking to the workout and eating plan yields results. I snack, and gain weight. I don't snack, and I lose weight. Pretty simple feedback loop there. Even I could eventually figure that one out.
There's something frustratingly predictable about my weight loss these last couple of weeks. More often than not recently (in non snacking weeks, anyways), I lose around a pound and a half every week. I work out a lot and I eat well, so in the back of my mind I am always (greedily) hoping for a larger loss. I see other people lose 2, 3, 4 and even 5 pounds in a week, and I lust after those losses. I know that their fact situation is different - - some are much heavier than me, some are men, some are people who have undergone gastric bypass surgery, some are training much harder than me. I try not to compare myself to others, but I have to admit that I would love to see bigger losses sometimes, if only because it would get me to my goal, faster.
But slow and steady wins the race to weight loss and lifestyle change. 1.5ish pounds a week is a nice, sustainable loss. I know this because I have had comparatively few yo-yo swings in my weight loss over the past year and a half. Sure, they happen, but overall, my weight loss has been pretty linear.
I had a momentary flash of insight today. I usually lose 1.5 pounds a week because I have set my calorie objectives to achieve - - wait for it - - a 1.5 pound per week weight loss. In other words, eating the way I do to a calorie target of 1,390 (now) per day before exercise, I should lose 1.5 pounds in a given week. Just like I have been doing. So really, losing around a pound and a half each week is a feature of my lifestyle, not a bug. Many people would have figured that out much sooner than I did, but then, I was hired for my looks, not my smarts.
Here's a photo for your Saturday enjoyment:
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