Checking in before the big Christmas holiday and thought I’d share some random stuff, just some random observations and experiences. So, let’s get started…
Water Weight
No, I’m not talking about weight gain from water retention due to increased sodium. Technically. This time, anyway. Though that is part of it. I’m talking literally how much water weighs, and how this relates to your body weight.
As part of my water retention regimen my doctor has me weighing myself once a day every day and recording the results. I had always been told that when on a weight loss program that you should weigh yourself no more than once a week, or else you become too obsessed with the numbers and start making bad choices and veer off-track.
But I’m not trying to lose weight, per se, I’m monitoring water retention in my body, which is most easily measured by body weight, and since water retention from sodium can fluctuate drastically from day to day, then a daily weight measurement is justified. Plus, to keep an accurate comparison you should weigh yourself at the same time and same circumstances every day. My choice is to weigh myself before I get into the shower. Naked, of course.
In my quest for ‘encouraging’ numbers, I became curious the difference between before and after peeing. Turns out there’s quite a notable difference… 1.0 to 1.8 lbs difference, in fact. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I got kind of excited. I could shave one to two lbs off my weight in an instant. The numbers looked now ever so slightly better. Obviously nothing had really changed, I was merely gaming the numbers, but at the same time I’m not cheating, either. I’m still weighing myself under the same circumstances every day.
Sometimes it’s the little things, the little “victories”, that serve as unexpected encouragement. LOL!
Interesting!!!