Oops. All the numbers were a lie. Now what?
So I lost 60+ pounds the last year, from 210 to 143. At least that’s what my scale said. (F, 53, 5’9”) I’ve been maintaining for 2 months, counting calories, worrying about gaining it all back. I weigh every day, just to make sure I’m doing ok!
Had some run ins with chocolate, ahem, and weighed 5lb more a few days ago. Got really annoyed and stomped my foot on the scale. Not the calmest response, I know!
It’s an old scale, one of the ones with a dial that twirls, entirely mechanical. I had to zero it after I stomped it, and then it read +10lbs. Argh. Dire thought, what if that’s accurate?
Off to buy a new scale. Today I set it up, and the benighted thing tells me I weigh 163. Twenty pounds higher than the old scale told me 2 weeks ago! I have not gained that much—the measuring tape would tell me. Belly is just where it was then, waist and thighs maybe up half an inch.
What the? Obviously it’s just a number, but I was below goal weight. I was “ideal weight”, now I’m ... plump? At least it explains why other women at my (supposed) weight look slimmer than me, a size or two smaller. I thought I was having a bit of dysmorphia. Or not enough muscle, whatever.
Any advice on how to get over the numbers? Do I keep losing weight to achieve my ideal number again? The journey through the 150s took long enough the first time.
Also, does the vaccine cause water weight? I got mine yesterday, I feel all swollen.
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