July 24 + 25 Weight Updates

So I had something really weird happen to me over the weekend. On Sunday (the 24th), I got up and weighed myself as normal. I was a bit bummed out by the weight, because I was a few pounds heavier than I expected:

weight: 215.4 lbs
fat percentage: 50.6%
hydration: 33.9%
muscle: 24.3%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2351

Right after weighing myself, I jumped in the shower, thinking nothing of it. But after jumping in the shower, I decided it was a good idea to weigh my cat too (I like to keep tabs on his weight just to make sure he doesn't have any crazy changes). But when I weighed him, my weight had changed! These were the new numbers:

weight: 213.6 lbs
fat percentage: 50.1%
hydration: 34.3%
muscle: 24.5%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2341

I have no idea what prompted the almost 2lb difference, but this was the weight I was more expecting.

So after that happened, I weighed myself the next day, just to see what my scale would tell me. Here's what I got:

weight: 213.0 lbs
fat percentage: 47.1%
hydration: 36.3%
muscle: 26.0%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2337

So that's more in line with the second weight measurement. I'll have to keep an eye on whether big unexpected changes happen like this though, as they may mean something is wrong with my scale!!!

Vertigo

 As I noted in my post with the last month + worth of weight updates, my weight yesterday was quite a bit below everything I'd seen for the last while.  Unfortunately, this wasn't due to my hard work and commitment to leading a healthier life (though I really wish it had been!)  Last week, I woke up with crazy vertigo, and the accompanying nausea. :(

My doctor determined that I have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), which is caused by the little crystals we have in our ear getting moved out of place (yes, I too couldn't believe that we have ear crystals).  Between doing the epley maneuver (this video was really helpful, and explains all about it and how it helps to move the crystals back into place), and getting a prescription for some meds that help with vertigo, I slowly started to feel better over the course of the week.  

Unfortunately, it's possible that I will get BPPV again in the future (my doctor said it could return in a year, maybe five years, or maybe not at all).  While I am not looking forward to it, if it does come back, at least I know what to do to treat it.

While this has not been a great week, I've started thinking of it as a kind of health reset.  I got a lot of rest, and have been eating really healthily (as I've been able to slowly add more foods back into my diet).  With my head healing, I'm slowly starting to add exercise back in, too.  Hopefully I am passed the worst of it!

A Whole Bunch of Weight Updates

 Whoops, I'm quite behind on these!

June 5

weight: 213.2 lbs
fat percentage: 49.8%
hydration: 34.5%
muscle: 24.7%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2339

June 19

weight: 212.6 lbs
fat percentage: 46.8%
hydration: 36.5%
muscle: 26.1%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2336

June 25

weight: 214.8 lbs
fat percentage: 49.0%
hydration: 35.0%
muscle: 25.0%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2349

June 26 (I wanted to see if I would see much change between the two days - I think I had eaten a lot on the 24th and was curious how much that might have influenced my weight).

weight: 214.0 lbs
fat percentage: 47.9%
hydration: 35.8%
muscle: 25.6%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2344

July 4

weight: 214.6 lbs
fat percentage: 48.3%
hydration: 35.5%
muscle: 25.4%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2348

and finally, today (July 17):

weight: 210.8 lbs
fat percentage: 46.3%
hydration: 36.9%
muscle: 26.4%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2325

I'm going to write a separate post to talk about why my weight today was so different from the last month (spoiler: I'm a bit of a wreck).