It all happened so fast. And so fat.
The first half of the month, I was trending down–down! The right direction! Then on January 14 my weight jumped 1.7 pounds overnight, followed by another 0.4 pound gain the next night. This left me 1.6 pounds up for the month, and I never truly recovered. I came close, but on the 29th I had another 1.6 pound overnight increase that sunk me for good.
I can’t explain these sudden increases, they just happen because the body is weird. But what I can say, based on experience, is that these huge, sudden increases are never offset by huge, sudden decreases. When you mega-gain™ overnight, your body is basically putting you into Hard Mode, forcing you to put in that much more extra effort to get back on track.
And I did not. My weight loss train hit a bad switch and is now rumbling along a line through the Fatlands.
This time I am not going to make predictions, or come up with a clever plan. I’m just going to exercise regularly and eat sensibly. We’ll see what happens!
Bonus stats analysis, because I love stats:
- Body fat was up, but only by a modest 0.2%
- Muscle mass was also up slightly, which is actually impressive, considering how little I ran in January due to The Great Deep Freeze with Snow
- Body water is basically unchanged, which is normal
Conclusion: Despite the extra weight, my stats actually seem to suggest things are not as bad as they seem? Maybe?
Weight: January 1, 2024: 172.3 pounds Current: 174.9 pounds Year to date: Up 2.6 pounds January 1: 172.3 pounds January 31: 174.9 pounds (up 2.6 pounds) Body fat: January 1: 25.2% January 31: 25.4% (up 0.2%) Skeletal muscle mass: January 1: 30.5% January 31: 30.8% (up 0.3%) Body water: January 1: 54.6% January 31: 54.5% (down 0.1%) Historical: January 1, 2022: 182.8 pounds
