Fourteenth Weigh-In: Overkill

I know I'm very late in posting this, especially considering it's good news. We have out-of-town guests and I'm distracted by the fun we're having. Sue me! (Please don't.)

You'll recall that last week I put out a contract on the five pounds I gained. Well, the weight assassin went to work. He even put in a little overtime. I'm down eight-and-a-half pounds! I attribute it to two things: daily weigh-ins and consistent exercise.
Getting on a scale every day can be a scary thing. You'll be down a pound one day and up two the next day. It can be an emotional roller coaster. To keep things in perspective I applied a trending formula used by stock analysts for decades.

It turns this . . .

. . . into this.

The blue dots are my daily weights. They're all over the place! The red line is the trend. This is a good trend as it's heading down. As long as I keep my daily weights below the trend line they will "pull the trend line down." (That's good.) If a daily weight comes in above the trend line, it will "pull the trend line up." (That's bad.)

I walked for at least an hour six days last week.  Technically I speed walk as I'm going more than 3.7 miles per hour, but I don't like the idea of being associated with those heel-toe-heel-toe weirdos.  I walk fast.  Period.  I skip Sundays.  The body needs to rest.  Two days last week I set a personal best distance which led to a personal best total weekly distance.  Here is something I never thought I'd write.  I'm actually enjoying the exercise.  My ipod is loaded with about sixty hours of audio-book goodness and that makes the time fly by.

All in all, I have to say that I'm happy with my progress.  I know I've got to keep working.  I can't coast.  (Keep the blue dots down!)  The work is manageable.  At times, it's enjoyable.