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				Weight Loss Trend Help
			 
 I have been trying to lose weight for a few months now.  I went up to 195 by the time I was done writing my thesis, and I wanted to go down.  To do so, I've been running every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for increasing distances and speeds.  I started at 5 mph for 3 miles with 3 walk breaks, and am up to 5.7 mph for 5.25 miles with 2 short walking breaks.  I also lift weights on Tuesday, Thursday, and either Saturday or Sunday.  I have cut my soda intake to a third, so about a can or less a day.  I have also changed my lunch diet from pizza to Subway-type food.  Other than that, I didn't change anything.
 In about three and a half months, I've dropped about 13 pounds.  I have a few questions-
 
 - Is that a small or high amount?
 - In the last two weeks, things have leveled off.  I only lost 0.05 pounds last week, and things don't seem to be going down this week.  I was 185 for about 6 years steady, but I currently want to go down to less than that.  I have a chart to show the daily and weekly weights if you want to see it.  I'm not crazy, but I am an engineer, so of course I wanted accurate data.
 - Is it possible that the colder weather we've been having here the last few weeks is what's slowing down my weight loss?
 - I'm 6' tall on the dime.  What's a good weight to be?
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