My last weigh in of the year has settled out at about 26 pounds lost total. I am very proud of this, because this was done by simply changing my habits permanently. This was not a diet as much as it was learning to eat normally.
My latest experiment with exercise is exercising at least one hour a day during my Christmas vacation. You can see the picture here, which shows SparkPeople’s calculation of calories burned. Granted, their calculations are really screwed up in absolute terms, but the relative results are ok.
My energy output has increased, but not enough to be statistically significant. The results are probably saying that the exercise did help me not gain over the holiday, but it’s a “no-loss” situation rather than a noticeable loss. There will be a chance to find out more this week, since I have another week off, no big meals planned, and plenty of time to do fun exercise.
