April 13, 2005
other stuff
While the stuff I posted about below is occupieing a lot of my brain-cycles right now, I figured I should post somthing about fitness today. I guess I didn't update yesterday that the scale still hasn't budged... in fact over the weekend it looked like I'd gone up a solid 2 lbs... that is gone again, and since my menses is due any day I'm hoping that the proverbial whoosh fairy will grant me a small loss on the scale once my cycle has begun anew.
A lot of women bitch openly about their menstrual cycle, and I will admit that it is often a hassle to deal with so frequently... what other high-order mamal is fertile EVERY SINGLE MONTH of the year? None*, that's what... so yeah... just the effort it takes to prevent pregnancy every single month is a hassle... add bleeding for a week (which really wouldn't be so bad if we could take that week and go off to the spa with other menstruating women and be pampered like the goddesses we are) and you've got about 10 days every month where you're not actively dealing with one or the other. Its a hassle. I don't blame ya for bitching... I do it too.
But truly... right now I'm pretty thankful for my cycle... and the fact that I know my fertility is intact. I'm pretty lucky that way. In any case, I won't be bitching about my menses this month, just hoping its causing some delayed reactions from the scale.
*this is an anecdotal answer and I am aware that its probably wholly inaccurate, but at least among primates we are the most frequently fertile of the entire order.
Posted by Lexy at April 13, 2005 11:44 AM
I'm with you about the brain cycles comment.
I agree that the day to day fluctuations on the scale can be frustrating. Under typical circumstances I think that anything over a pound of weight loss/gain in a weekend is not likely to be a "real" loss or gain. It's most likely water. It's tremendously difficult to gain or lose two pounds in real weight. Over 7,200 calories have to be eaten or burned in two or three days. It can happen but it's not easy.
As a frame of reference, you'd have to eat the caloric equivalent of about 33 single pop-tarts in a weekend to gain a "real" 2 lbs. Or, if you weighed 170 lbs. like me, you'd have to run about 56 miles over the weekend to lose a "real" 2 lbs.
Like I said, it can happen. It just isn't likely.
I can easily fluctuate 4-5 lbs. over the course of a day, much less the weekend, depending on a variety of factors. I try not to let it bug me but it does get to me at times. It's especially trying for me right now because I'm so close to my original goal weight. I think I'm only 5 or 6 lbs. away now but then at times it looks like 10. Augh!
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