Day 91: Hydrate!

I guess the scale was more accurate yesterday than I thought. It stuck to 195.5 lbs this morning.

I really think one of the things that was holding me back the past couple of weeks was lack of water intake. Now, I know diet bloggers tend to harp on drinking enough water, and I know this isn’t an original idea. But truly – I stopped paying attention to it as much as I paid attention to the rest of my diet and my weight loss slowed down. Now I’m back in action and as of right now I’ve lost 4 lbs since last Wednesday (6 days).

I really hope tomorrow’s weigh-in goes well. I mean, I know that I will have lost, so I’m not worried about that. I guess I’ve just gotten used to seeing these super-low numbers and I’ll be kind of disappointed if tomorrow I get on the scale and it says 197 lbs again. I know that’s 2.5 lbs in a week and nothing to scoff at, but it feels like I’m moving past that now. It’s just so unpredictable… I hate that my weight fluctuates so much from day to day.

I know fluctuation is normal and I keep telling myself that. But still… I’m on a diet! I’m eating fewer calories than I’m burning, and I’m eating low-carb, so: what’s the problem? Why is it that if I eat one non-diet meal I gain? Why is it that one week on vacation (with lots of healthy snacks and no overeating) sets me back 5 lbs? Honestly, this makes me really afraid that I’m going to get to my goal weight, go on maintenance, and balloon up from eating normally. I’m afraid I won’t be able to prevent gaining if I’m not losing.

Ah well. I have a ways to go before I have to worry about that. It presently annoys me because I want an amazing weigh-in tomorrow, but I’m going to let the big worry just kind of sit there in the recesses of my mind until I absolutely have to deal with it.