I Still Suck At Weighing In

well, it has been a week since my last weigh in.

i still suck at weighing in as i have the tendency to verify the precision of the scale by stepping on it multiple times within a given time frame. what can i say, it's part of the scientific side of me. (i should probably thank my 7th grade science teacher for teaching me about accuracy and precision... it's one of the few things i remember from middle school. so thanks!)

anyway, today's magic number is 187.8, which when compared to last week's weigh in number of 191.8, is a weight loss of 4 pounds. if i were on the tv show, "the biggest loser", that weight loss would be a percentage change of about 2.08%. as it turns out, i'd be above the "yellow line" if i were on the show this week.

i'm actually surprised by the weight loss because i feel i didn't really change my eating habits. according to my food log, i had averaged about 2500 calories a day, which i would say is a normal amount for maintaining my body. as i have not done any exercising other than the high intensity interval training, i would probably say that the workout is working. the only other possible confounding factor could be the fact that i am keeping a food journal and thus am realizing what and how much i am consuming.

speaking of which, thanks to my bff (kerry), i have actually decided to switch my food journal methodology. apparently, there is a site called fitday that offers an online weight loss and diet journal for free. so, rather than writing everything down on a piece of paper and inputting them later in a spreadsheet, i can simply track my food anytime online... much easier. so thanks kerry for the great idea.

anyway, i am nearing the end of week 2 for the high intensity interval training. i've still got 6 more weeks to go, so we'll see how the rest of the experiment goes.