The best news is I’m down for the month and also down for the year. Hooray!
The not-as-good news is I was close to being down a decent bit more, as three times during the month I hit 165.2 or 165.3 pounds, including just a few days ago. In these past few days, despite no drastic changes in eating, my body weight suddenly started swinging wildly up and down. But even though I gained 0.6 pounds this morning, it couldn’t erase the rest of the month’s weight loss, meaning I am still down 2.2 pounds for the month and 5.7 pounds for the year.
These are pretty small numbers and I remain, as of today, some 16+ pounds short of my goal, but at least I am moving in the right direction.
December complications:
- In the first week, I developed a bacteria infection, which kept me from running for four weeks. This is probably why I suffered the slight shrinkage of muscle mass. It did lead to a massive 3.1 pound overnight weight loss in that first week, and by the end of the month, I’d kept about two-thirds of it off, which is pretty good!
- That second run–yesterday–resulted in me tripping and hitting the sidewalk hard, so I’m unsure how soon I’ll be running again. We’ll see.
- The general lack of activity, associated stress, and discomfort did subdue my appetite for large periods, but once it improved, I came close to using food as comfort again. Bad!
In terms of stats, for the month, they have mostly improved. For the entire year of 2024:
- Body fat went from 25.2% to 25.3% (neutral)
- Muscle mass went from 30.5% to 29.7% (bad)
- BMI went from 24.7 to 23.8 (good)
A mixed bag.
2024 was a mixed bag, indeed. Here’s to 2025 being a nice lean bag.
Stats:
January 1, 2024: 172.3 pounds
Current: 166.6 pounds
Year to date: Down 5.7 pounds
December 1: 168.8 pounds
December 31: 166.6 pounds (down 2.2 pounds)
Body fat:
December 1: 25.9%
December 31: 25.3% (down 0.6%)
Skeletal muscle mass:
December 1: 30.0%
December 31: 29.7% (down 0.3%)
BMI:
December 1: 24.2
December 31: 23.8 (down 0.4%)
Historical: January 1, 2022: 182.8 pounds
