Week 10 - results

Total weight lost for week, 0.8 lbs. Total lost since start of diet, 18.6 lbs. I didn't quite make the 20 lbs that I'd hoped for, and again my weight loss does seem to have slowed, although it is still trending downwards.

Week 10 is a good time to review progress made and what the impact has been on how I feel. This is what I and people around me have noticed.

Collar size. Before starting the diet, my collar size was 16.5 inches. I do have a naturally thick-neck, but it has grown somewhat over the past few years. Collar size is now reduced to just about 15 inches. My face is also less rounded and there is some promise of starting to see some bone structure again.

My waist size has dropped from 34" to very nearly 30", virtually two jeans sizes. A couple more weeks and the 30" jeans I tried in the shops this weekend will fit just nicely. Good job my old jeans need replacing soon.

I do feel much better in myself. I have surprising amounts of energy for someone not eating any substantial amounts of carbohydrates, and I don't get hungry as quickly as I used to. I can eat at 6:30, travel and attend meetings, and not have any real problems eating until 1pm. I might feel hungry from around 11:30, but I'm not hitting what I called "sugar lows" where I could end up with headaches and all sorts of problems. Things are much improved.

This chart shows all progress made over the 10 weeks so far.

This does indeed show progress slowing over the past few weeks, but the trend is still downwards. For me, this is telling me to go back to the book and look for further ideas and inspiration to get the rate of loss increased further. The main levers I think I have are:

- improving the diet further - what can I cut out that isn't helping
- do more and better targeted exercise. As I approach a more ideal weight, I need to convert more from fat to lean muscle, and that will mean weight loss slows.
- looking at what I can do with supplements, if indeed I really want to go down the PAGG route.

E.