July/August Weight Management Challenge

[ny biker]

My weight for last week was 142.6. I had another week with extreme water retention (swollen, heavy legs) and was hoping it would be gone by now, but it's not, though it has eased up a bit. Either there's a confluence of factors causing this (hormones + long ride on a hot humid day + a few high-sodium meals) or there's something wrong with me. Hoping it's the former...

[Catrin]

132.8

[Becky]

127 this morning.

[tulip]

132.1
slow & steady progress

[goldfinch]

Friday the 17th and up to 107. On a trip and a different scale. Not happy.

[Sky King]

Haven't really been participating but am in a fitness challenge with 3 other friends. Intense 30 minute workouts, 3 x's a week plus my regular biking and hiking.
at end of week 3 I am down 4.2 pounds but more important - I have dropped 4% of body fat!!! 3 more weeks to go, hoping for at least 8 pounds and to lose 6% of body fat

[gnat23]

144.6.

-- gnat! (but it was 143 yesterday! wtf!)

[SadieKate]

144.6.

-- gnat! (but it was 143 yesterday! wtf!)

Ha! My weight fluctuates 4 lbs in a weekend! Electrolyte intake and softserve ice cream. But a ton of water and it comes back off.

[GLC1968]

I didn't weigh in after my kayak trip last week mostly because I forgot until it was already the middle of the week. On Sunday night when I got home though, I was up 5 whole pounds!!

It's gone now though. 147 again.

[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.