My weight loss over time, in a picture (well, graph): yo-yo to steady-as-she-goes
Well, I’m actually down a bit more today — and very close to the 50 pounds gone mark.
I keep track of my progress in a spreadsheet now because, along with my not-dieting, the number on the scale no longer (well, rarely) has meaning to me these days other than a progress metric — it’s not a judgement of my worth. It helps me be accountable, but also have perspective.
I thought the resulting graph was kind of interesting because it shows my old dieting way compared to my new non-dieting way:
For 15+ years, I yo-yo-ed wildly, sometimes down 80 and up 100 in a single year or two. This doesn’t capture all the years, but trust me, the pattern of those early years followed the jagged up and down of the left-most portion of the graph.
Since I quit dieting, look at the nice steady decline on the right — with really little effort to speak of. Well, I shouldn’t say little effort — I’ve been expending effort — I should say with little struggle, deprivation, resentment. It’s not fast and dramatic, the way I used to like to experience things. I’ve learned something about consistency and persistence.
It’s a much more peaceful way to live.
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Way to go on making sustainable, consistent progress!
Hey, guys — I had a few folks ask me for more details about the chart. The time period of the steady-as-she-goes portion is from May of 2008 through today, so about 8 months. Each band (from horizontal line to horizontal line) represents 50 pounds.
looks like some great progress—–that will stick this time
great progress.
and graph.
my computer skillz sucketh.
Having read this I believed it was rather enlightening.
I appreciate you taking the time and energy to put this
content together. I once again find myself spending way
too much time both reading and leaving comments. But so what, it was still worthwhile!