Weight Update for Dec 8 + 30 Day Challenge Week 3 Picture

Okay, I'm going to give two sets of numbers from earlier today.  The first was taken after I got up:

weight: 209.4 lbs
fat percentage: 44.9%
hydration: 37.8%
muscle: 27.1%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2342

and the second one was right after my 15 minute workout:

weight: 208.2 lbs
fat percentage: 44.6%
hydration: 38.0%
muscle: 27.3%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2336

The only difference between the two was that I worked out and I had a few sips of water (which probably accounts for the slight increase in hydration).  Absolutely nothing else changed.

I wanted to show you this to demonstrate how much your weight can fluctuate over the course of the day.  These two measurements were taken only about a half an hour apart.  Realistically, even though I had a few sips of water during the workout, I lost some water weight due to sweating (and yeah, by the end of the Day 22 workout, I was definitely sweating a bit!)  Even though I don't remember what exactly happened on the 29th, there's a good chance that if I didn't misread the scales, I worked out then weighed myself afterwards, too.  I also know that my weight is going to fluctuate based on what I've been eating, and even what time of the month it is.

This is why I don't like to weigh myself a lot (I try to stick to once a week, or twice a week at maximum) - I'm trying to use my weight as a rough indicator of how I've been doing over the last week, not as the be-all-and-end-all measurement.  

Anyway, enough of that.  Here's my Week 3 picture (taken yesterday):

I'm not really noticing much physical difference from when I started the 30 Day Challenge, but that's okay (although my arms do feel a bit stronger than they were).  My whole goal was to get myself exercising on most days again, and that's been happening. :)