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All right. So here's what my Weight History doesn't say.
I went from 75 kg to 71 kg in like 9 days. On the 28th (Day 9) I recorded my weight at 70.5, because I did actually touch 70.5. Soon after that, however, my weight stabilized at 71. And by stabilized, I mean it would vary anywhere from 70.75 to 72.5 during the day. However, in the mornings, when I woke up and weighed, it was usually around 71. The daily fluctuations were so incredible, I didn't know what to pick as my weight. Also, I didn't want to record a gain that made absolutely no sense. So I just ignored my scale. That doesn't mean I stopped weighing...I still weighed like 1 to 3 times a day...but I stopped caring. Honestly. It didn't really affect me. I weighed lower than I had in a long while, so I was and am still content with marvelling at the changes brought about by these last 4-4.5 kgs lost. Oh, another thing: I can't tell if I lost inches. A lot of posts on the forum talk about losing inches while not losing weight...and I really feel like that's what was happening. I can't tell because my clothes were definitely feeling a lot looser but I couldn't tell if it was due to those 4 kgs lost on the scale or some weight loss still to come. Either way, I was content with revelling in it. That's not to say I wasn't frustrated from time to time, though. Things stayed like that for a couple of weeks. Can you imagine, after just 9 days on Induction, a complete standstill. I had this one day when I was just UPSET. Like, irrationally upset. That's the one time I came close to cheating. I was even rationalising it with some made up theory about it being a shock to my system to get it moving again. I don't even think that is actually true. Also, I looked at my list of mini goals...and they were roughly matched with the time when I thought I'd reach it...and I was so upset that at the rate I was going, I wouldn't be anywhere near goal by the time December arrived with all its social commitments. So those were what reflected my annoyance...but apart from that, I managed to just keep my head down and ignore the larger picture and just keep at it. I'm so thankful for whatever helped me do that because it definitely isn't a reaction I expect from myself. Anyway, I then cut out all my cream - which automatically led to less Splenda and cocoa. I'd been experimenting with ice cream when my weight stopped moving. I also stopped having MIMs...not because I thought it'll serve any particular purpose but because I was just sick of it.
2-3 days ago, my weight moved down at a painstaking pace to 70. The fluctuations were all over the place but it seemed to be touching 70 consistently during those morning weigh ins. I still didn't record it. The 70.5 weigh in earlier had not lasted. I wanted to make sure. And more than anything, I JUST WANTED TO GET BELOW 70!
This morning, however, when I stepped on the scale, it showed 69 kgs. SIXTY-NINE! FINALLY! I've been stepping on the scale at regular intervals, just to check that it's real. When I got home in the afternoon, it even showed 68.5 but that's because I hadn't eaten since dinner last night. In fact, I haven't been eating enough for a couple of days now. I know it's not the healthiest thing to do and I've felt the pain of indigestion so I do know better, but I've been a bit busy. I'm so relieved to finally clearly get below 70. I don't remember too much of my weight as it increased, so I can't tell when I was last 69..but I know it can't have been in the last year and a half AT LEAST. If not much much longer. (Probably much much longer.) So I'm finally weighing in. I'm putting it at 96.75 to allow for fluctuations upwards. By the end of the day, it'll probably end up being that. Oh, also, I didn't mention but TOM arrived a week ago (Wednesday), so that might have helped. And I'm going to try my best to do nothing to mess this up. Cream can wait, it's not worth it right now. I'm grateful for this drop. And I will now try my best for it to continue.
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153.2 lb
Lost so far: 14.3 lb.
Still to go: 9.9 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 0.8 lb a week
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