Planned Weight: 172
Previous Week’s Weight: 175
Current Weight: 172.8
Weekly Loss 2.2 lbs

Estimated Caloric Deficit:7170
Actual Caloric Deficit: 4395

This week, I lost 2.2 pounds.  My assumption however, is that some of this was due to the reduction of salt in my body due to not eating salty junk food, and  therefore not carrying as much water weight.  Especially since my actual caloric deficit doesn’t indicate the loss of 2 lbs.  However, it could be my inaccurate estimation of how many calories I’m taking in and how many I’m burning.  I’ll have to see how the next week trends to be able to better gauge how my estimates relation to my weight loss.   Hopefully

This week’s caloric deficit was less than I had estimated mostly due to the weather.  The temperature in Chicago hovered in the negatives in the morning with significantly lower windchills.  This kept me from taking the train and losing the approximately 40 minutes of walking per day.  In addition, two days, I had to shovel snow in the morning and wasn’t able to work out.  While I did burn calories shoveling, it wasn’t as much as having run or done HIIT with the elliptical.  BTW, god do I hate the elliptical.  I can run for 2 hours (like today) but 15 minutes on the elliptical and I’m struggling.

Food-wise I did okay.  I probably snacked a little more when I was home vs. working at the office, but it was still definitely less than what it had been in the past.

Overall I’m happy with this week’s progress.  Waiting to see what next week brings.