Saturday was my weigh-in day, I do it once per week. It’s something I plan to do from now on to be in control of my weight. But as I described yesterday, the result was very unsatisfying. It looked as though I hadn’t lost any weight in two weeks. (I have been ill, very low grade but affecting my digestion.)
I’ve been keeping my food intake under control. So I decided to weigh myself again when I woke up today, too. I’m not sure why I wanted to weigh-in again. I didn’t feel any different – actually worse, since I woke up with some body aches and had to take an Alleve. But I pulled out the scale and weighed myself anyway. And what did that prove?
My daily food intake and calorie count are:
Breakfast – 5 x pyrohi (75) plus butter
- 500 calories
Lunch – 2 x BLT wraps (200)
- 400 calories
Dinner – Ham (100); party food (700).
- 800 calories
Snacking – tea with half and half (80)
- 80 calories
Total for the day: 1780 calories (limit 1800)
OK, according to my data I lost four pounds between yesterday and today. Sound good?
Buzzzzzzt! No way! This actually supports my illness theory, that I am suffering from weight fluctuations due to water retention. Does this prove that I really weigh 278.4? That would be amazing. I haven’t weighed that since graduate school. But I can’t pat myself on the back yet – this only proves I don’t know what my weight really is. Moving around four pounds in one day just means I am still sick, even though I feel much better. So the drama will all be next week, when I am (hopefully) fully recovered. What will I really weigh???
I am happy, though. I might still be in control! So I might not have wasted the effort of the last two weeks, after all. It’s my birthday Tuesday April 30, and I would be very proud to think I was below 280. It might even be true. That might have to be good enough for now.
The week is young – one day past weighing. So far I kept on top of my food intake and it felt like everything was working together. That’s the way I like it. This evening around 9PM though, I walked into the kitchen and felt like I wanted to eat something. I try not to ignore those feelings, so I went for a few grapes. No, not wine! Just table grapes. It seems like that did the trick. I will keep controlling my intake and hope that my weight monitoring goes back to normal as I get better.
-The Doctor
You are teaching me a lot through your food and self-awareness journey. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?