May Chart: Weight and Calories Consumed

This is a daily chart of my weight and calories consumed during the month of May, 2013.

Notice the plateaus!

Tu  Jan.  1     213 lbs.,    2000 calories consumed that day.

About 1900 calories was the daily average calorie consumption for January. 

For February, March, and April, I just totalled up the daily calories, which ranged from 1900 to 2800 calories per day.  I did not keep a daily chart, and I did not weigh myself more than twice a month.

There were a few days when I ate 3500 calories; and one day when I ate over 4500 calories.

The total weight loss for that 4 months was 11 lbs.

Th  May  2   Bought a digital scale for $24 and began weighing myself daily.  Consumed 1900 calsories that day.

Date Weight Calories Eaten
F    3, 202.2 lbs., 1700 cals.
Sa  4, 201.8, 2200 *First day to reach 201 pounds.
Su  5, 203.0, 2300 *Weight actually went UP a pound!
M   6, 202.4, 2300
Tu  7, 203.8, 1900
W   8, 203.4, 1800
Th   9, 202.2, 2200
F    10, 203.2, 1900
Sa 11, 201.2, 1900
Su 12, 200.8, 1900 *First day to weigh 200 lbs.
M  13, 201.4, 1900
Tu 14, 201.0, 1300
F  15,  201.2, 1400
Th 16, 199.4, 1400 *Lowest weight in a decade! First day at 199 lbs.
F,  17, 199.6, 1900
Sa, 18, 199.2, 1900
Su, 19, 199.2, 1800
M, 20, 199.6, 2100
Tu, 21, 200.2, 1800
W, 22, 199.4, 3000 * Overate this day!
Th, 23, 200.2, 2300
F,  24, 199.8, 2500
Sa, 25, 199.6, 2200
Su, 26, 199.4, 2000
M,  27, 199.6, 2400
Tu, 28, 198.0, 1300 *First day at 198 lbs.
W, 29,  197.6, 1000 *First day at 197 lbs.
Th, 30, 196.4, 1900 *First day at 196 lbs.
F, 31,   197.0,

So what does this May chart tell me?

It tells me that I stayed at 199 pounds or above that weight for almost 2 weeks!

When your weight does not drop even though you remain on a diet and continue eating less than you need, that same weight stagnation is called a weight plateau.

I also noticed that on days when I keep my calories to 1500 or less, my weight dropped much more quickly. Eating less equals weighing less!  Duh!