The weight gain literally happened on the second-to-last day of the month, when I jumped 1.4 pounds overnight. For most of the month I trended down.
There wasn’t too much movement overall, though, so it seems my surgery and recovery had little impact on my weight. I only ran once, right near the end of the month, and walked intermittently, but as I discovered way back in 2008, exercise is not the way to lose weight. Not eating bags of cookies is.
On the plus side, my muscle mass is up slightly! Maybe I’ll spend July eating protein-rich cereals and turn into some kind of hulking bodybuilder type.
Stats:
January 1, 2026: 169.4 pounds
Current: 169.4 pounds
Year to date: Unchanged
June 1: 168.4 pounds
June 30: 169.4 pounds (up 1.0 pounds)
Body fat:
June 1: 26.7%
June 30: 26.3% (down 0.4%)
Skeletal muscle mass:
June 1: 29.7 kg
June 30: 29.9 kg (up 0.2 kg)
BMI:
June 1: 24.1
June 30: 24.3 (up 0.2)
Historical: January 1, 2022: 182.8 pounds