After gaining a whopping 4.6 pounds last month, this month I am happy to report a loss of an even greater 6.0 pounds even!
Now, it’s true there were extenuating circumstances, namely the evening of May 20, when I got a stomach bug that caused me to violently eject everything from my stomach. I dropped 4.9 pounds overnight as a result.
But I ended up gaining back only 0.1 pounds over the next 11 days, which is not how these situations typically go. What was different this time?
- It took multiple days for my appetite to come back
- I resisted buying a lot of heavily processed snacks, for fear of heaving them
- The above reinforced my reduced snacking for the month
- I ran as regularly this month as I could, before and after The Heaving
Basically, I behaved.
Now, extrapolating from even a month is tricky. My body fat percentage is allegedly only down 0.1%–pretty much the same–despite losing six pounds. But my muscle mass is up 0.5% from the running and whatever, and muscle is heavier than fat. So…I dunno!
The important thing is all the bad stats are down, the good stats are up, and I’m heading in the right direction. After suddenly being way up for the year to date, I am now up a mere 0.2 pounds, an amount I shed just last night.
Here’s to June being all slim ‘n sexy.
Stats:
January 1, 2025: 166.8 pounds
Current: 167.0 pounds
Year to date: Up 0.2 pounds
May1: 173.0 pounds
May 31: 167.0 pounds (down 6.0 pounds)
Body fat:
May 1: 26.1%
May 31: 26.0% (down 0.1%)
Skeletal muscle mass:
May 1: 29.9 kg
May 31: 30.4 kg (up 0.5 kg)
BMI:
May 1: 24.8
May 31: 23.9 (down 0.9)
Historical: January 1, 2022: 182.8 pounds