I pretty much started my new “diet” the day after my birthday, not wanting to spoil my birthday steak dinner plans. So today is day 11 of my serious attempt to modify my diet. Here are some observations…
Yesterday morning I weighed myself on my bathroom scale with my pajamas on and weighed exactly 200 lbs.
This morning I weighed myself on that same scale with the same pajamas on and weighed 197.5 lbs.
That seems weird. I weighed myself more than once each day and got the same readings. I don’t recall doing anything unusual yesterday, but 2.5 pounds in one day? That’s sorta scary. Oh, I did cut my hair before weighing myself this morning, but I don’t have two ounces of hair on my whole body (unless you count my eyebrows, in which case I probably have about a pound of hair).
Five things I have learned:
- Walking through a grocery store while on a strict diet is not fun.
- I can eat fast food, I just have to order the smallest grilled item on their menu, preferably some sort of wrap. And no fries.
- Drinking water actually really is a huge help in keeping your appetite under control.
- It is surprising how much more filling your meals are if you take the time to chew the way your mother tried to teach you to chew.
- In spite of the bathroom scale telling me I’ve lost something like seven pounds, my pants fit exactly the same as they always did.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackCongrats on the 7 pounds, you are off to a great start. During my last effort at weight loss (lost 20 pounds, since gained back) I found that once you get in a groove, it will seem easier and you’ll really take off.
On the 2.5 pounds in one day — your weight actually will fluctuate within a few pounds day-to-day due to hydration level and other, uh, factors. Weighing at the end of each week, or keeping a running average, seems a more accurate measure to me.
Really like reading these posts, motivates me to make changes as well.
Great, so you’re telling me tomorrow I could be back up to 199 pounds… or even back to 200… wonderful…
Today I’m shoveling snow as my exercise. Already cleared the driveway twice and the snow is still falling in great quantities.
Shoveling is so backbreaking. I always seem to wear out because of pain in a few key areas rather getting tired, so to speak…
We are getting snow here in the lowlands, but a lot of it has melted. I’m sure well have some lovely ice tomorrow, though!
I prefer not to weigh myself too often when I’m in the weight-loss mode. I like to keep my focus on the lifestyle changes, caloric intake, etc. knowing if I do that consistently the weight loss will take care of itself. A weekly weigh-in, at most, is what I’d recommend. When I lost 30 pounds many, many years ago I rarely weighed myself at all…
I hadn’t even weighed myself for the first nine days. I just wanted to see if I got below 200 today. I’ll probably weigh myself about once a week.
Your weight will vary greatly depending on stuff like the last time you, er, did your duty, when you last drank a lot of water, how much you sweat while asleep, etc.
I always weigh myself in the middle (or late middle) of the day after working out, so water changes are minimized.
I know all that… but 2.5 POUNDS?
I was a little surprised by that.
How tall are you?
first week or so is a lot of water weight loss. The high saline content of junk food, etc holds a ton in.
The typical mistake that a lot of people do when they try to undergo a lifestyle change is mistaking dieting to mean eat less food. The opposite is what is necessary. (And a huge PIA).
You just eat the healthier type of foods and try to put your carbs no later than lunch (your starches).
I try my best to eat breakfast at 6, snack at 9, lunch at 12, snack at 3, dinner at 6, snack at 9.
This could mean. Breakfast 2 eggs and 2 pieces of bacon, snack an atkins bar, lunch: 8 ounces of steak and 2 cups of salad, snack an apple and banana, dinner 10 ounces of steak, 1 cup of brocolli and a cup of chicken broth. snack: maybe a no-sugar yogurt.
It’s a lot of food and hard to get it all down sometimes – but you’ll lose weight.
btw – here is a great website
http://fatsecret.com/
If you have an android phone (maybe iPhone too not sure) you can barcode scan (with the barcode scan app) in foods and populate the fields with what you eat each day.
And see what it all looks like over time, record your weigh-in’s, see the breakdown of carbs/protein/fats in what you eat, record your fitness for the day (including desk work). and see what other people have done and do.
I downloaded a diabetes diet app, but I haven’t been keeping it updated. Too lazy I guess.
I was 198 this morning, and I didn’t eat much yesterday and got more exercise than most days due to snow shoveling. So I am gonna have to assume there was some fluke of dehydration/excretion going on which caused the sudden one-day loss of weight. Still, 198 is great progress, so I ain’t complaining, and it’s very nice to be below the 200 line again. Been a while. Now to just wait for the jeans to start falling off my fat ass…
I think it’s pretty common to drop two or three from one day to the next. Cosmic, as you know, I lost 80+ pounds. Well, I actually lost several hundred pounds in my years of yo-yoing.
But, I mean 80+ pounds for good back in my late 20s. It is much easier at that age, for sure. But, I’d see no movement on the scale for days sometimes, and then BANG…two, three, or four overnight.
You’re doing good. Real good. I’m proud for you. Happy New Year!
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