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Day 22: What was your lowest weight? How/why did you gain?

My lowest weight is where I am right now, which I am waiting until day 30 to see again (rather, to reveal on this blog, for the 7 faithful readers who care).

As for how and why? I ate too much and didn’t move. Plain and simple. I cared about food more than my body. And it showed.

Many people focus too much on the number on the scale, though. It’s such a small fraction of what is happening to your body. I have had weeks where my weight did not budge, but I lost inches off my body.

If you are not seeing the scale move, I have some tips for you.

• Change up your routine, big time. Do something you normally don’t: a hike, swimming, eat something you banned from your diet, go to a new class at gym. Shock your body into new movement.
• Measure yourself. You will be surprised how fast inches come off.
• Keep at it. Don’t throw in the towel, sometimes it just takes your body a while to register what’s going on. It will catch up if you stick with proper exercise and diet.
• Do NOT weigh-in daily. Check weekly, it’s much more accurate in reading what is happening to your body. Bodies fluctuate upwards of 5 pounds each day, between water retention, muscle use, hydration/dehydration and how much you have eaten/expelled(pooped).
• Throw your scale the fuck away. Seriously. Get rid of it and you’ll stop obsessing. Use a friend’s or one at the gym.

Remember this: your weight does not define you as a person. You’ll still be you, 5, 10, 20, 100lbs lighter. If you’re not happy now, you won’t be then, either.