Week 1 results are in…

Seven days of data is a dubious base upon which to build any findings, but I’m pretty chuffed with the results of my first week as Treasurer of my own body.

Seven days into the new regime and I am 1.5 kilograms down.

Week 1 starting weight: 74.7 kilograms

Week 1 finishing weight: 73.2 kilograms

I have found it quite easy to keep to the 1500 calories a day food allowance. Actually, I ate a bit less, at an average of 1426 a day. I have also kept to my word in hitting my exercise target of 2000 calories burned a week.

Week 1 Calorie Chart

Day	Basal requirement	Food Intake	Food deficit	Exercise Burn
1	1800	1198	602	0
2	1800	1371	429	509
3	1800	1262	538	503
4	1800	1490	310	0
5	1800	1835	-35	584
6	1800	1590	210	500
7	1800	1237	563	0
Total	12600	9983	2617	2096

Calorie deficit needed to lose 1 kilogram of fat = 7,500

Weekly calorie deficit = Food calorie deficit + Exercise Burn

4713 = 2617 + 2096

Equation predicts I should have lost 628 grams fat. I lost 1.5 kilograms total weight.

I’m not too concerned that I am eating into muscle mass. Indeed, my body fat percentage dropped 2 percentage points in the week.

I suspect there’s a bit of a one off adjustment to a lower calorie diet. As I have been discreetly telling people, it may be that there is less food sitting in the “processing chamber” than before. Eew, but true.

Observations from the week:

-I was slightly head-achy in the afternoons on days 5 to 7, perhaps from not drinking enough water, but maybe from reduced added sugar in diet.

-Most of the weight loss happened in the first day or three.

-My clothes already fit better just from dropping 1.5 kgs.

-Exercising in the mid afternoon helps to stave off food cravings

-Exercising creates a lot of extra clothing to wash

-Counting calories out is way more fun than counting calories in

-I burn more calories when listening to pop music. This week’s soundtrack was the from the movie Rock of Ages. Tom Cruise, you are redeemed in my eyes. Turns out you can take the girl out of the 1980s, but you can’t take the 1980s glam rock out of the girl.

Is this image disturbing enough to put you off your lunch? Effective new weight loss strategy??

Until next week!