Making the Commitment: Complexity of a weigh-in
I didn’t write about last week’s weigh-in because getting sick made me not want to think about much of anything. For the record, it was pretty much the same — 189. The thing is, getting sick has totally messed things up, or has it helped put me on track?
On Saturday morning I weighed nearly 3 pounds less than the day before — 186.6. OK, fluid loss was certainly the reason for that. I was drained. I was on empty.
This week’s weigh-in is even less — 185.8. There are a number of things this could be.
- I’ve actually lost weight. Living this month as a pescetarian has opened my eyes to so much. I have been eating better and eating less. Perhaps it’s taken my body three weeks to understand what’s going on.
- My body is still empty. Without going into details, getting sick cleaned me out. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
- I haven’t gotten rehydrated still. I’ve been trying to drink more water to replenish what was lost a week ago.
- A combination of all the above.
The real answer will come a week from now in my final weigh-in of February. I’m hoping that I can get out of this month with some kind of loss and then keep that going into March. I haven’t decided yet whether I’ll continue my mostly meatless eating or not. I don’t miss it. I haven’t had any cravings for a burger or chicken or steak. I may find myself limiting those things to once a month or certain occasions. Otherwise, my life seems fine without it.
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It can take a while for things to even out when you're sick like that. A few months ago I had a bad stomach bug for about 2 days, and afterwards I was a good 5 pounds lighter. It took probably a week before I evened back out as I rehydrated and all that.
Wow, February flew by. You really haven't posted much about the meatless month either. Hope there's a recap coming.
I haven't written much about it because, surprisingly, there hasn't been too much to say about it. As a burger lover and Chick-fil-A frequenter I didn't think it would be so easy, but it has.