July/August Weight Management Challenge

[sookiesue]

I am glad to hear that other people have such huge weight fluctuations. I seem to 'gain' and 'lose' the same 4 pounds every week - sometimes 5 or 6! Yesterday I was 2.5 pounds heavier than I was this morning. I can really feel it in my clothes and how my body feels, too. So frustrating!

I can predict it sometimes, like sushi = 2 lbs up, even if I drink a TON of water with it. Food salt seems to cause a weight spike, but a huge workout doesn't, so I must hydrate well enough when I ride, but who knows? So weird.

[tulip]

Sushi definitely has that effect on my weight. I don't eat it much anymore because I'm very wary of grocery store sushi, and the only real sushi restaurants require a special trip because they are on the other side of town. I do like some good sushi, however.

My weight typically fluctuates by a pound or two at most during the week; it's pretty consistent since I bought a new digital scale. I've been making steady progress in the downward direction for the last five or six months. Nothing drastic, and slower than I would have liked, but noticeable nonetheless. I'll take it.

[Catrin]

133.2 this morning.

In the first week of my Paleo experiment I lost almost 3 pounds - probably just water loss from not consuming grains. I've regained .5 lb of that but since then my day-to-day weight has been rock solid stable. Exact same weight for 6 days in a row, no large fluctuations the morning after a heavy workout or good ride. I like that change, it was frustrating to see such large swings when I knew it was 99% likely that it was simply water retention. I ascribed it to the exercise though, not my diet. This seems to show that it was diet related. In the 3 years since I started tracking diet and weight I've not seen it be so stable over even the course of one week.

[Becky]

126.5. I'm on travel next week, so we'll see what happens then.

[thekarens]

149.0 Under 150 for the first time in many, many years.

[tulip]

133.2 this morning.

...since then my day-to-day weight has been rock solid stable. Exact same weight for 6 days in a row, no large fluctuations the morning after a heavy workout or good ride. I like that change, it was frustrating to see such large swings when I knew it was 99% likely that it was simply water retention. I ascribed it to the exercise though, not my diet. This seems to show that it was diet related. In the 3 years since I started tracking diet and weight I've not seen it be so stable over even the course of one week.

Catrin, I noticed that my weight has been very stable throughout the week since cutting out grains, too. Interesting!

I'm traveling so I'll have to catch up in a few days.

[gnat23]

Still fairly steady at 143.2

-- gnat!

[goldfinch]

107 today. Still two pounds over where I want to be and still trending up. I can watch it happen, why do I stall doing anything about it?

Carefully counting my too many calories. Going out with friends with dreaded pizza tonight. I'll be over again.

[ny biker]

I've been steady at 143 for awhile. And annoyed. There have only been a few days when I really overate. So I guess it's a portion issue. Also I'm having to eat breakfast earlier due to a schedule change at work, which has me eating lunch earlier, but dinner is still later (after gym/bike ride) so I'm probably snacking too much in the early evening.

Anyway, excuses excuses.