Week 4 - 21 Pounds Lost So Far

Update for Week 4, ending 2013.02.01

The fourth official weigh-in at work done in the morning: 209.4 lb (starting weight at work 235.0 so a loss of 10.9%, and I'm still in the lead). So far as a group we've lost somewhere around 199 lb - fairly impressive I think. Here's the tally from the work spreadsheet (from those who weighed in - the weekly are voluntary so some numbers show no change):

Name	Weigh In	One Pound	Age	Height	BMI In	Current BMI	1-Feb	%
John Eaton (me)	235.0	0.43%	50	70	33.7	30.0	209.4	10.9%
Mike	263.2	0.38%	37	76	32.0	29.3	240.4	8.7%
Carlos	268.8	0.37%	36	77	31.9	29.2	246.0	8.5%
Kevin Li	236.8	0.42%	40	72	32.1	29.5	217.2	8.3%
Jeff B	282.2	0.35%	45	70	40.5	37.2	259.2	8.2%
Stephen M	223.8	0.45%	56	70	32.1	29.8	208.0	7.1%
Verlin H	434.0	0.23%	37	75	54.2	50.7	405.6	6.5%
Steven T	272.6	0.37%		76	33.2	31.3	256.8	5.8%
Shane M	246.4	0.41%	41	72	33.4	32.3	238.0	3.4%
Chris D	224.6	0.45%	40	70	32.2	31.2	217.8	3.0%
Patrick M	237.4	0.42%	40	73	31.3	30.5	231.4	2.5%
Stan Y	249.6	0.40%	45	69	36.9	36.3	245.6	1.6%
Jeff M	271.2	0.37%			N/A	N/A	271.2	0.0%
Mark F	269.6	0.37%		72	36.6	36.6	269.6	0.0%
Carey A	258.4	0.39%			N/A	N/A	258.4	0.0%
Mark M	243.0	0.41%		73	32.1	32.1	243.0	0.0%
Alex V	209.6	0.48%	32	72	28.4	28.4	209.6	0.0%
Kevin Lu	178.6	0.56%	27	71	24.9	24.9	178.6	0.0%
Total	100%						95.7%

At home the numbers are different as already described - my weigh-in on Friday morning was 205.6 for a 4.8 lb difference from the previous Friday (weight of 210.4). I'm almost at my target weight of 204 for a 10% weight loss. Now I just need to decide whether I want to continue and really slim down or start to flatten out the weight loss curve. I'm approx. one ounce from getting under a BMI of 30.0 (which is considered obese), when I fall below I'll just be fat (actually they call it "overweight) - four of my co-workers have already achieved the slide into the less-fat category. Right now I'm not changing any of my current methods as I'm inclined to see where this goes.

I did take Saturday off from any exercise, although I was still careful to come out under my calorie goal.

My progress via graphs generated from MyFitnessPal:

This will be an interesting week. I've sprinted ahead, mostly due to having a bit of a lead on the others due to my consistent workouts prior to the current weight loss program. Now that people are getting used to dieting and exercising, I think there will be more movement between the members of the REALLoser program.

-- John