Yesterday morning, I got up, as usual. I weighed myself, in my typical WI clothes (I sleep in t-shirts and cropped yoga pants, which is what I usually wear to WI). My scale showed I was DOWN .6, 178, which I was TOTALLY stoked about.
I knew I had a workshop to go to, so I put on some "teacher" clothes and headed out the door to WI before my workshop (WI keeps me on track, and I don't want to change my WI day).
It's about 10 minutes after WI 1 before I get to WW.
I go pee. I wait in line, I step on the scale, barefoot, as always.
I'm UP, 1.6 lbs, 180.2. I was shocked and appalled. I was mad that I bothered to WI. I went to my workshop and thought about it all day. I texted my "IRL" WW buddies...How could this be?!?!
At 2:30 pm, I arrive home. At this point, I have now eaten breakfast and lunch. I know that any "real" weight is not going to be possible. So I put on my yoga pants, and go find my dad's scale (which is NOT my pre-WI, WI scale)...
Yoga pants & t-shirt, I weigh 180 after breakfast, lunch, 2 cups of coffee, and a ton of water.
I then grab my folded teacher clothes. 182. I repeat this about 4 times. No teacher clothes, 180. Holding teacher clothes, 182. No teacher clothes, 180. Holding teacher clothes, 182.
TWO POUNDS OF CLOTHES?!?! SERIOUSLY?!?! I mean, yes, I am relieved, this means I did, in fact, still lose weight, but it also means that NEVER again will I ever go to WI in clothes I don't typically WI in.
I made a note of the lose Weight Record right next to where it says "180.2."
I wrote "Home WI 178."
Online, I put 178 into my tracker.
I hope this means that next week, I will have a big loss at real WI. I just can't BELIEVE that a pair of khakis and a short-sleeved cowl neck sweater weigh TWO lbs!
Rest assured that I will NEVER, EVER WI in non-WI clothes again. In the future, I will just wear them there and change after if I have some sort of event to attend.
And yes, putting the 178 in on the online tracker is PROBABLY cheating myself, but my WLJ is SO much a mental and emotional game, it's hard NOT to do this.
I just HAD to share this story, I think it's VERY important for us to know....
I generally gain around 2 lbs from my clothes, so I understand!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, I have found drinking even 1 oz of liquid will also raise my weight by at least 1 lb. I don't know what sort of weird bio math is happening there, but it's always held true for me!