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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers toplay with
On a week to week, Friday morning to Friday morning basis I managed to eke
out a small weight loss this week - 0.4 kg = 0.9 lb. My total weight loss after 25 weeks is 21.6 kg = 47.5 lb. I've also had at least SOME weight loss every week for the past consecutive 9 weeks. Also, out of 25 total weeks I've done pretty good each week: 22 weeks - weight loss 1 week - no change (in August) 2 weeks - slight weight gain (in September) Rather than the usual stats this week I thought I would introduce a new one - a measure of my metabolic rate in Calories Per Pound (CPP) that my body appears to need to maintain its current weight. I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. What you need are (1) your weight W in pounds, (2) the number of calories you averaged per day over the last week C, and (3) your weight change over the past week L (for Loss). Assuming 3500 calories represents 1 lb of weight loss, your CPP would be: CPP = (L * 3500) / 7 + C) / W This is my own equation, so remember - you heard it hear first! It's interesting to check week-by-week how your CPP and C values might be related. This could tell you, for example, if there really is a "starvation mode" for you and where it kicks in. For the last 7 weeks, re-ordered by C values, my C (calories per day) and CPP (calories per pound) values we 1309 8.5 1411 12.6 1498 11.4 1514 12.2 1573 7.7 1600 10.4 1631 9.1 This is an average of 10.4, which is pretty much what I thought. It's hard to really say what these numbers mean for sure - after all it is just 7 data points - but assuming that calories tell the whole picture (and there are probably other factors at work too) it seems my best CPP weeks are clustered in the range of eating 1411 to 1514 calories per day on average and that below that maybe some sort of starvation mode starts in and above that some reverse thing happens? I don't know, but I'll continue to collect data and see. Or maybe go back over more weeks and calculate the data from my old notebooks to get more stats. It might be that the only relevant number is the average. My guess would be that that is all that matters. doug |
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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers to play with
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:55:59 +0900, Doug Lerner
wrote: On a week to week, Friday morning to Friday morning basis I managed to eke out a small weight loss this week - 0.4 kg = 0.9 lb. My total weight loss after 25 weeks is 21.6 kg = 47.5 lb. I've also had at least SOME weight loss every week for the past consecutive 9 weeks. Also, out of 25 total weeks I've done pretty good each week: 22 weeks - weight loss 1 week - no change (in August) 2 weeks - slight weight gain (in September) Rather than the usual stats this week I thought I would introduce a new one - a measure of my metabolic rate in Calories Per Pound (CPP) that my body appears to need to maintain its current weight. I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. What you need are (1) your weight W in pounds, (2) the number of calories you averaged per day over the last week C, and (3) your weight change over the past week L (for Loss). Assuming 3500 calories represents 1 lb of weight loss, your CPP would be: CPP = (L * 3500) / 7 + C) / W This is my own equation, so remember - you heard it hear first! It's interesting to check week-by-week how your CPP and C values might be related. This could tell you, for example, if there really is a "starvation mode" for you and where it kicks in. For the last 7 weeks, re-ordered by C values, my C (calories per day) and CPP (calories per pound) values we 1309 8.5 1411 12.6 1498 11.4 1514 12.2 1573 7.7 1600 10.4 1631 9.1 This is an average of 10.4, which is pretty much what I thought. It's hard to really say what these numbers mean for sure - after all it is just 7 data points - but assuming that calories tell the whole picture (and there are probably other factors at work too) it seems my best CPP weeks are clustered in the range of eating 1411 to 1514 calories per day on average and that below that maybe some sort of starvation mode starts in and above that some reverse thing happens? I don't know, but I'll continue to collect data and see. Or maybe go back over more weeks and calculate the data from my old notebooks to get more stats. It might be that the only relevant number is the average. My guess would be that that is all that matters. doug Well, since I'm in maintenance, I'm not sure that my data has much value. The whole L*3500/7 just goes to zero if my weight change (L) is zero. I don't really weigh weekly, but I'm averaging to zero change to a base weight of 132, with calorie intake averaging 1600. This givs a CPP of 1600/132=12.12. This clearly is highly correlated with exercise, however. If I stopped exericising I'm sure the number would drop significantly. (Also, as I'm sure you know, numbers like this are also related to age and gender.) Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 |
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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers toplay with
Doug Lerner wrote in message ... I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. I maintain at a little over 14 calories per pound. -- Matthew Slow and steady wins the race. |
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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers toplay with
Congratulations, Doug, on getting rid of another .9 this week and you
total is very impressive - congratulations again! Elaine Doug Lerner wrote: On a week to week, Friday morning to Friday morning basis I managed to eke out a small weight loss this week - 0.4 kg = 0.9 lb. My total weight loss after 25 weeks is 21.6 kg = 47.5 lb. I've also had at least SOME weight loss every week for the past consecutive 9 weeks. Also, out of 25 total weeks I've done pretty good each week: 22 weeks - weight loss 1 week - no change (in August) 2 weeks - slight weight gain (in September) Rather than the usual stats this week I thought I would introduce a new one - a measure of my metabolic rate in Calories Per Pound (CPP) that my body appears to need to maintain its current weight. I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. What you need are (1) your weight W in pounds, (2) the number of calories you averaged per day over the last week C, and (3) your weight change over the past week L (for Loss). Assuming 3500 calories represents 1 lb of weight loss, your CPP would be: CPP = (L * 3500) / 7 + C) / W This is my own equation, so remember - you heard it hear first! It's interesting to check week-by-week how your CPP and C values might be related. This could tell you, for example, if there really is a "starvation mode" for you and where it kicks in. For the last 7 weeks, re-ordered by C values, my C (calories per day) and CPP (calories per pound) values we 1309 8.5 1411 12.6 1498 11.4 1514 12.2 1573 7.7 1600 10.4 1631 9.1 This is an average of 10.4, which is pretty much what I thought. It's hard to really say what these numbers mean for sure - after all it is just 7 data points - but assuming that calories tell the whole picture (and there are probably other factors at work too) it seems my best CPP weeks are clustered in the range of eating 1411 to 1514 calories per day on average and that below that maybe some sort of starvation mode starts in and above that some reverse thing happens? I don't know, but I'll continue to collect data and see. Or maybe go back over more weeks and calculate the data from my old notebooks to get more stats. It might be that the only relevant number is the average. My guess would be that that is all that matters. doug |
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:17:38 +0900, Doug Lerner
wrote: On 11/26/05 12:17 AM, in article , "Matthew Venhaus" wrote: Doug Lerner wrote in message ... I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. I maintain at a little over 14 calories per pound. -- Matthew Slow and steady wins the race. That's much higher than the usual person, Matt. It must be very easy for you to keep weight off!!! doug Just for the record: Ahmed, who was until recently my Olympic weightlifting coach (he decided to get out of the training business for a while), maintains a weight of 205 at about 6500 calories per day -- over 30 per pound. He's quite careful about what he eats -- almost all protein and complex carbs -- just eats a heck of a lot. (He also uses some illegal supplements that I think make a difference, and does more strength training than most people -- and is way stronger.) Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 |
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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers toplay with
12.5 - 13 calories per pound for me to maintain, but I am super active and
tall for a woman. I also lift weights. This was easy for me because of my journals in diet power. -- Lesanne "Doug Lerner" wrote in message ... On 11/26/05 12:17 AM, in article , "Matthew Venhaus" wrote: Doug Lerner wrote in message ... I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. I maintain at a little over 14 calories per pound. -- Matthew Slow and steady wins the race. That's much higher than the usual person, Matt. It must be very easy for you to keep weight off!!! doug |
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Week 25 report - a small weight loss - and some new numbers toplay with
this is too much math for me
Lee Doug Lerner wrote in message ... On a week to week, Friday morning to Friday morning basis I managed to eke out a small weight loss this week - 0.4 kg = 0.9 lb. My total weight loss after 25 weeks is 21.6 kg = 47.5 lb. I've also had at least SOME weight loss every week for the past consecutive 9 weeks. Also, out of 25 total weeks I've done pretty good each week: 22 weeks - weight loss 1 week - no change (in August) 2 weeks - slight weight gain (in September) Rather than the usual stats this week I thought I would introduce a new one - a measure of my metabolic rate in Calories Per Pound (CPP) that my body appears to need to maintain its current weight. I am calculating it as follows, and would be curious what other peoples' CPPs are, if you have enough data to calculate it. What you need are (1) your weight W in pounds, (2) the number of calories you averaged per day over the last week C, and (3) your weight change over the past week L (for Loss). Assuming 3500 calories represents 1 lb of weight loss, your CPP would be: CPP = (L * 3500) / 7 + C) / W This is my own equation, so remember - you heard it hear first! It's interesting to check week-by-week how your CPP and C values might be related. This could tell you, for example, if there really is a "starvation mode" for you and where it kicks in. For the last 7 weeks, re-ordered by C values, my C (calories per day) and CPP (calories per pound) values we 1309 8.5 1411 12.6 1498 11.4 1514 12.2 1573 7.7 1600 10.4 1631 9.1 This is an average of 10.4, which is pretty much what I thought. It's hard to really say what these numbers mean for sure - after all it is just 7 data points - but assuming that calories tell the whole picture (and there are probably other factors at work too) it seems my best CPP weeks are clustered in the range of eating 1411 to 1514 calories per day on average and that below that maybe some sort of starvation mode starts in and above that some reverse thing happens? I don't know, but I'll continue to collect data and see. Or maybe go back over more weeks and calculate the data from my old notebooks to get more stats. It might be that the only relevant number is the average. My guess would be that that is all that matters. doug |
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