Yesterday I had to eat out for work. We were going to a Thai place. I researched appropriate foods, but approached the meal with trepidation because it was a buffet and I wasn't sure what all would be available. And buffet. And I was hungry. I ended up with about half a cup of fried rice, probably a cup of mixed veggies with some sort of slightly spicy sauce, and a veggie summer roll with about a tablespoon of sweet and sour sauce. I did my best to enter in equivalents into My Fitness Pal, but I had zero confidence in the outcome.
Then this morning I woke up with the typical "I ate out and therefore consumed too much sodium yesterday" thirst, despite the 4 bottles of water I drank yesterday. That never (ever) bodes well on the scale. Never. That always (ALWAYS) means a gain, if only a temporary gain.
So you can see why I approached my scale with dread.
Which is why you will understand my complete shock when I saw a loss. Not just a loss, but a loss past what I was before I started the birth control.
People often ask me why I weigh every day. Industry standard seems to be once a week, or even once a month. I tried once a week when I first started, years ago, but that does NOT work for me, not even a little bit. I know now from weighing daily that I can experience fluctuations on a daily basis of up to 3 pounds. The horror of stepping on the scale for a weekly or monthly weigh in to find yourself heavier when you've been dieting and exercising is incredibly damaging to my fragile mojo. I do much better with the every day weigh in because I can look for trends and not stress out so hardcore on any given number.
The irony here is that usually, USUALLY I find that 3 days at a weight means that I am that weight. So when I started the pill and got a 151.6, I didn't panic. On the second day, I was a little peeved, but still not panicking. On the third day, well, you saw it. Resignation and sadness.
Today I weighed 150 even. Per my own rules, I'd normally not dare to post about it for several days. And it wouldn't be beyond normal for it to fluctuate back up. But it was really really (REALLY REALLY) important to me because even if it isn't where my body settles, it shows that it CAN go down while on the pill. And I needed that. I needed to know that I wasn't completely screwing over all the hard work I've been putting in.
And so, onward through the fog!
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