Weighed in the 2teens for the first time. 219.3 but expecting a bounce.

gigemtrev said:

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3/4- 216.5
3/11- 208.8
3/18- 204.8
3/25- 201.2
4/1- 197.4
4/8- 198.9

I had bronchitis ALL last week and am now just back to normal. I was unable to work out and my diet was not the best. I finally worked out again this morning and could catch my breath. My goal for 4/15 is to be at 195.4. Here's to getting back on track! I won't let a little bronchitis throw me off!

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I am a lurker on this thread but love seeing this time of progress! Keep it up!

I've been having a little frustration lately, but maybe I shouldn't be.

Let me know what you think.

I've dropped 20-25 lbs since the year started. But I've been pretty flat since mid March. BF% (which I haven't tracked as closely) has dropped from 25ish% to 17-19% range.

I've been training for specific events. Event #1 was at the end of March. Event #2 is at the end of June. Event #2 requires more strength so starting April I've added weight training for the first time 8ish years. I continue the same cardio exercises I've been doing all year.

Over the past two weeks I've seen my weight creep up by 3-5 lbs with no change in bf%. Actually bf% is hanging out in the 19% range.

Diet is pretty much constant over that period.

Could I attribute that gain to muscle? I would've thought the bf% would have dropped if that was the case? And it doesn't seem like I'd be gaining that much so quickly.

BF % is measure with a tanita scale.

Thanks

Did you add in the weights about the time the weight gain started? It might not be pure muscle, but water weight associated with starting a new routine. I wouldn't worry about it too much if you know your food is good.

Every day, right after waking up but after I pee. Generally that is my lowest weight any given day.

jopatura said:

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Did you add in the weights about the time the weight gain started? It might not be pure muscle, but water weight associated with starting a new routine. I wouldn't worry about it too much if you know your food is good.

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Yes. I added weights two weeks ago.

Start : 233.4
January - 229.9 - 10 runs, 78.9 miles, 11:31 pace (5:07 marathon pace)
February - 224.8 - 14 runs, 77.6 miles, 11:25 pace (5:04)
March - 219.4 - 16 runs, 86.1 miles, 10:52 pace (4:50)

4/1 : 216.1 - 4 runs, 22.1 miles, 10:35 pace (4:42)
4/8 : 216.8 - 3 runs, 20.6 miles, 12:15 pace (5:26)
4/15 - 217.2 - no runs - rest for foot issues


Took the week off for rest, and I'm hoping my foot is back to full strength. First run tomorrow morning.

220.7 this morning. Ate like a butt yesterday and woke up feeling gross. Hoping to see 217's this week. Got to a low of 218.6 last week.

173 this morning. Haven't weighed that since high school. Every day I lose another pound is another day I say the same thing. :P I plan to keep losing until I stabilize at 169, then changing my eating to stay at maintenance.

Start : 233.4

January - 229.9 - 10 runs, 78.9 miles, 11:31 pace (5:07 marathon pace)
February - 224.8 - 14 runs, 77.6 miles, 11:25 pace (5:04)
March - 219.4 - 16 runs, 86.1 miles, 10:52 pace (4:50)

4/1 : 216.1 - 4 runs, 22.1 miles, 10:35 pace (4:42)
4/8 : 216.8 - 3 runs, 20.6 miles, 12:15 pace (5:26)
4/15 : 217.2 - no runs - rest for foot issues
4/22 : 213.0 - 4 runs - 23.3 miles, 11:50 pace (5:15)


Weight moving in the right direction overall, although Easter wasn't a great day in that regard. I am glad that the week off from running seemed to help my foot.

Start : 233.4

January - 229.9 - 10 runs, 78.9 miles, 11:31 pace (5:07 marathon pace)
February - 224.8 - 14 runs, 77.6 miles, 11:25 pace (5:04)
March - 219.4 - 16 runs, 86.1 miles, 10:52 pace (4:50)

4/1 : 216.1 - 4 runs, 22.1 miles, 10:35 pace (4:42)
4/8 : 216.8 - 3 runs, 20.6 miles, 12:15 pace (5:26)
4/15 : 217.2 - no runs - rest for foot issues
4/22 : 213.0 - 4 runs - 23.3 miles, 11:50 pace (5:15)
4/29 : 212.5 - 3 runs, 12 miles, 10:36 pace (4:42)

Got food poisoning over the weekend which meant no long run for me.... and I also dropped about 8 pounds in one night the hard way.

do you drink at all on the weekends?

I've noticed that my weight goes up around 3 or 4 pounds after a weekend if I've gone out.

Even though I'm off of beer and stick to vodka and whiskey if I'm going to drink, I think that must add some water weight temporarily (for me anyway). The reason is that I'll see a spike on Monday morning from my Friday low, but it will go back down to weekday levels by Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm pretty good about counting my calories so I know I'm not eating near enough to gain 4 lbs in a couple days.

Anyone else experience this?

I don't drink but usually we'll eat out or twice on the weekend. It'll be within my calories for the most part but sodium is a *****. Lowest weight is always Thursday/Friday.

Yeah, I could see sodium being an issue on the weekends as well.

216.5 this morning.

My short term goal is to be 211 by mid-June which is really possible. That would be about 30 pounds down and all the weight I gained back in 2018. I weighed 211.5 on 1/1/2018.

It's not unusual at all for my scale to show a 3-4 lb increase on Monday compared to Friday.

By Wednesday it's usually back to the Friday weight.

I'm not sure what causes it - it seems to happen even whether I drink or not on the weekend.

I plan on doing a completely dry June so I'll see what happens then.

see if you can spot the weekends!

It syncs with this smart scale. Called FitIndex:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DLCZ3WF/?th=1

yeah, I've been happy with it.

Very inexpensive and functions well.