Scale Woes
I have a new scale that I love. (My old one was being... weird. And battery-changes didn't help.)
I've been on-track with what I eat, my new doc was happy with my bloodwork, all is going well in my world.
Daily weighing is a part of my discipline. I have a scientific/mathematical mindset, so I like lots of data-points on my graph -- it gives me a better view of the trend. (I weigh in the morning, naked, post-toilet, before-anything-else.)
So here's the the thing: My numbers are ticking me off right now.
First, I've cheated. Right after Thanksgiving, I knew I was traveling into a place where it would be hard to stick to plan, so I grabbed some of the Slimfast Keto bars, so that I would have something to eat when I needed it. I got 2 packages, one was "fat-bombs". That box had a LOT of them in it.
Now, I don't do well with the sugar alcohols. I know this. And... yeah, I've snuck one of those a few times, when I clearly hadn't had enough fat. (I have also purchased what i need to make my own fat-bombs... The ones I make don't cause me to stall.)
So, whenever I eat any of that crap (which is almost gone), I see a slight gain the next day. No big -- I know what's causing it. I'm in this for the long haul.
But that is combining with another problem: My darned knee. This weather has my knee acting up (ie: swelling and hurting).
Now, obviously, a swollen knee is going to look like a higher number on the scale. And obviously, that's not reflecting an increase in body-fat. I understand that, and I'm not upset by the way my numbers go up after my knee keeps me up half the night.
What I AM upset about is that between the two of them, I've got no idea of my actual progress at the moment.
In the past, I've measured along with my weighing, but nothing I'm using to track right now has the space for that, so I just haven't bothered. (Measuring is more invasive, and easier to "miss" anyway, so I'm not bothering just now.)
As of this morning, I'm 235.0, down from a high of 240 when I started (Nov. 20) and up from a low of 234.2 I don't really get that big early "whoosh" that a lot of folks do, so the first several weeks, I need to see those small changes, to keep that negative part of my brain from opening her ugly mouth. (You know that part -- the part that does its best to undermine you whenever you try to make positive change. We all have it. I conceptualize that voice as if it were an abusive ex, and treat it as such.)
So I'm definitely down. Part of me really wants to know how much. And I don't get to know, because my knee is acting up due to the weather.
I'm probably still not going to start measuring. Right now, that would make it "harder", and I need things to be easy. (Too much going on IRL to deal with one more source of stress, and if I forgot/wasn't able to get in measurements some morning, that would be a source of stress.
My trend is down. By over a pound/week.
Even WITH the various things causing bounces. (Seriously -- one day I woke up having gained 3 lbs.... That's not fat. That's my #~$% swollen knee.) I'm STILL trending down at pretty close to an ideal rate.
I just hate how scales work, I guess.
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