Progress report (was: My South Beach Diet Experiment)

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> I think posting your progress

> is a great idea. ... We all need

> to share the experiences and

> effects that making changes in our

> lifestyle has. You never know who

> may benefit from the smallest

> amount of information supplied.

OK, so I can throw in my 10 cents worth

too then!

I started 6 weeks ago to lose weight

for the third time as I have explained

in my previous posts on this subject.

I calculate all my food and its caloric

value and work out the average

proportions. Averaged over the last 10

days it is (target is in brackets):

22e% protein (25%)

30e% fat (25%)

48e% carbohydrate (50%)

0e% alcohol (0%)

(e = energy)

I calculated 1800kcal/day for the first

two weeks as a baseline and then reduced

my intake to 1500kcal/day +/- 220 for

the following 6 weeks.

The weekly weight results are:

Start:

May 22nd: 91.6kg (202lbs), fat 26.7%, water 51.7%

May 28th: 91.7kg (202lbs), fat 27.3%, water 51.3%

Jun 4th: 91.3kg (201lbs), fat 26.9%, water 51.5%

Jun 11th: 89.8kg (198lbs), fat 26.9%, water 51.3%

Jun 18th: 89.5kg (197lbs), fat 26.6%, water 51.7%

Jun 25th: 88.7kg (195lbs), fat 26.5%, water 51.7%

Jul 2nd: 88.9kg (196lbs), fat 25.2%, water 53.4%

I weigh every morning and calculate

a sliding 3-day average for weight

and a sliding 6-day average for fat

and water. This removes the swings

resulting from the variation in my

water household and bowel contents.

Food is a 10-day average and varies

plus/minus 200kcals/day about that

average.

My waist measurement was 108cm (42.5 " )

at the start and is now 106cm (41.7 " )

after 6 weeks.