I didn't really word that very well. I started weighing myself every day to monitor my hydration levels. What was alarming me, wasn't so much "am I losing fat" but what the... is going on with my hydration. It seems bizarre to me that you can lose that much water in one day, and how can that be good for you?

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Wahine, it's the weighing yourself every day. I know my body weight fluctuates two pounds either way. Of course when it's fluctuating down I'm kind of happy.

And do you really think you need to lose any weight? It sounds like you're wicked active and the low 140s may be right for you.

V.
You're right. I am very active and low 140s this time of the year is not a bad weight for me. Usually once I start my truly long bike rides, I'll drop another 3 to 5 lbs in a month or 2. I am hoping to be happily hanging out at 135 come race day. I think this is pretty reasonable, I still have some trouble spots that have the good ol cottage cheese look and when I was 25 or 26, I weighed 125ish lbs at 5'7" and 14% or 16% body fat, (I can't quite remember).

If I don't get down to 135, that's OK. I'm not going to be upset. But there are a lot of hills at IM Canada and my strength to weight ratio could use a little help. Notice that I am not part of the climbing club, because my climbing sucks.

The other option is to drink beer like a feind and hit 150 lbs. That would land me in the Athena category. What do you think? Just kidding. I love the Athena athletes and what they are doing. I don't think it would be very cool of me to purposefully gain weight just so that I could sneak in at the bottom end of the category.