Mid to Upper Thirties
Is it wrong that I don't believe my scale?
Don't get on me about doing it... I was in a good place emotionally, and I was curious... so I stepped on the scale yesterday, a day ahead of my normal weigh-in. It was after church, so I'd already eaten breakfast. I weighed 139 lbs. I weighed 141.5 that evening after dinner. After exercising, I weighed 140.0 despite the fact that there was not a whole lot of sweating going on. And this morning, when, aside from DRINKING a cup of tea, the only thing that had transpired was a few hours of sleeping, I was back to 139 again.
The chemistry degree kicks in at this point, people. I'm thinking, Law of Conservation of Mass. You should weigh whatever you've eaten, minus anything that has "taken leave" of the body. If I'd eaten 2.5 lbs of food during the day, and I didn't, you know, get rid of any food (which I didn't) then where in the world did the 2.5 pounds go? It cannot possibly be all water, can it? Can it?
Anyway, I lost weight. And I am probably the only person on the planet who would find some aspect of that annoying, but I do.* Because it doesn't make sense.
I'm sorry. My brain works the way it works, and that's the kind of stuff I think about.
So I lost two pounds this week, 9.5 since beginning the challenge.
Check back with me next week and hopefully I will have a shiny new button announcing to the world that I've lost ten pounds.
*Don't worry. I'm thrilled about being in the 130's again. A big YAHOO! for that.
Don't get on me about doing it... I was in a good place emotionally, and I was curious... so I stepped on the scale yesterday, a day ahead of my normal weigh-in. It was after church, so I'd already eaten breakfast. I weighed 139 lbs. I weighed 141.5 that evening after dinner. After exercising, I weighed 140.0 despite the fact that there was not a whole lot of sweating going on. And this morning, when, aside from DRINKING a cup of tea, the only thing that had transpired was a few hours of sleeping, I was back to 139 again.
The chemistry degree kicks in at this point, people. I'm thinking, Law of Conservation of Mass. You should weigh whatever you've eaten, minus anything that has "taken leave" of the body. If I'd eaten 2.5 lbs of food during the day, and I didn't, you know, get rid of any food (which I didn't) then where in the world did the 2.5 pounds go? It cannot possibly be all water, can it? Can it?
Anyway, I lost weight. And I am probably the only person on the planet who would find some aspect of that annoying, but I do.* Because it doesn't make sense.
I'm sorry. My brain works the way it works, and that's the kind of stuff I think about.
So I lost two pounds this week, 9.5 since beginning the challenge.
Check back with me next week and hopefully I will have a shiny new button announcing to the world that I've lost ten pounds.
*Don't worry. I'm thrilled about being in the 130's again. A big YAHOO! for that.
Labels: Blog Carnivals, Weight Loss
posted by 
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13 Comments:
At first when I read this title I thought you were talking about my age.
BADABING!
And congratulations are in order - way to go!
I'm pretty sure I weighed 130 when I was in the, um , SEVENTH GRADE.
hee hee
Congrats but I'm just like you...if it doesn't make sense I'll worry myself to death trying to figure it out. Good or bad, I just want to know the REASON.
I'm right there with you, sister.
I echo your YAHOO!
Remember that you are expending energy every second of the day. That's why exercise helps us lose weight, right? To burn some of that matter we've taken in in the past? But what do I know; you're the chemist.
And STOP weighing yourself three times a day! That's a sure road to madness.
It really doesn't make sense, does it?
Either way, congrats on the 9.5 pounds! I look forward to giving you the shiny 10 pounder next week!!
Hey, sometimes I weigh before and after anything has taken leave just out of disgusting curiosity.
I need more to do.
Congratulations!!
As the day goes on I always weigh more, so I just weigh myself in the morning. I never try to step on the scale after that. Too depressing to see the numbers climb.
Oh my goodness! You'll drive yourself batty if you keep weighing yourself like that!
Congrats on the loss! Good luck this week!
I don't think it's as simple as volume in, volume out. Our metabolism can effect the rate of fat burning and the glycogen factor adds a few other mysteries. :-)
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Here's an interesting article on Why the Scale Lies
Haha! I'm an analytical person, too. :)
I don't get it, but I do the same thing....sometimes I step on the scale four times in TWO minutes!
YAHOO for You!!!
My scale takes me through the same emotional rollercoaster! I don't weigh myself but once or twice a week now, that way I'm not analyzing so much. Most of my weight loss hasn't made sense to me either, but nevertheless it is coming off and that is what really matters!
Congrats to you!! Keep up the great work!!!!
Congrats on losing two pounds, you are doing great.
OMG...hilarious as it is, I'm with Robin on that whole "constitution" issue!
Congrats!
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