Yesterday, I was down one pound for the month, then overnight I miraculously gained 1.4 pounds, putting me 0.4 pounds over. Such are the vagaries of the body.
But despite a not-great month, my weight and related stats were basically unchanged.
Toward the end of the month I stopped logging my food in MyFitnessPal, ending a 4,767-day streak. I switched to Cronometer but only kept with it for four days.
I am currently not tracking my food at all, except in my head. I may go back to formally tracking it, in particular to see if I’m hitting some key goals–not weight loss specifically. One of the things Cronometer does is it clearly lists the nutrients from your food against your daily goal for each right by what you’ve had to eat for the day and this revealed a significant protein deficit. I was only getting about half of the protein I needed.
Since seeing this, I’ve begun to place priority on getting more protein, because right now there’s a good chance that when I’m losing weight, it’s probably pretty evenly split between fat and muscle.
After a few weeks I’ll probably track my food again part-time and see how things look.
And I promise, no donuts!
Stats:
January 1, 2026: 169.4 pounds
Current: 170.4 pounds
Year to date: Up one pound
February 1: 170.4 pounds
February 28: 170.8 pounds (up 0.4 pounds)
Body fat:
February 1: 26%
February 28: 26% (up 0.3%)
Skeletal muscle mass:
February 1: 31.0 kg
February 28: 30.0 kg (down 0.1 kg)
BMI:
February 1: 24.4
February 28: 24.5 (up 0.1)
Historical: January 1, 2022: 182.8 pounds
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