Friday, March 14, 2008

The Unexplainable

There are going to be times on your weight loss journey that you simply look at the scale and go “HUH??”

Today was one of those days for me.  Now seriously, I weighed myself on Wednesday to make sure I was on the right track and I was down almost 2 pounds from last week.  I have stayed within the point range for the week, and even managed to save most of my weekly points for Wednesday night when I was going to go out with my girlfriend.  I knew we were going to be drinking so I wanted to make sure I had enough so that I could have a good time.  So in total, for dinner and drinks I had about 48 points left to spend.  I spent 49.  Not bad I don’t think… one point over (I KNEW I shouldn’t have had that chocolate martini!).

Thursday I woke up and as expected I weighed much more than I did Wednesday. I felt bloated and horrible and really I didn’t even want to see the number but I looked anyhow and saw that since Wednesday morning to Thursday morning I gained a whopping 10 pounds.  That actually is very normal for me to gain and lose up to about 8 pounds in a day because of the way my body retains water.  I wasn’t too concerned thinking that after I walked and spent a day eating regular again I would lose much of that “weight”.  Not so much. 

I weighed in this morning at exactly 7 pounds heavier than what I was last week.  WHAT??  Those 7 pounds can’t stay on forever can they? I couldn’t have seriously gained 7 pounds in one night from points that I had saved up.  I just couldn’t.  Hence the title - The Unexplainable. 

So, what kind of weight is this?  Is it real weight? Phantom weight? Water weight? Or just plain “beer weight”? 

Well I don’t know, but I’m telling you this - I’m reweighing myself on Monday to see what the hell happened!!!!

So, what about you all this week?  How have you been doing?  It is Friday and all!  So, let’s see those weight losses!!!!!