Day 21 - wow water retention!

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So if we ever need lessons that ovulation creates temporary water retention-related gains, I think I'm a great test case. Eating entirely on plan, with a fairly normal amount of rest, a full gallon of water to drink, and an average to low activity day, I retained enough water to have me 'gain' nearly a pound, bringing my morning total to 188.8, despite not a single day over 600 calories in just shy of a month.

I'm ovulating today, and though I don't feel bloated clearly some tissues are holding onto water and my digestive system has slowed a bit, temporarily. This is where documenting how your body responds to various stimuli can help make diagnosing problems a bit easier, and certainly create less mental panic as to 'why this isn't working?!'. It is, but my body isn't a machine run by gears, and it doesn't create perfectly uniform outputs on the basis of one regulated input (calories and the nutrients they are comprised of). No indeed, our bodies are far more complex and function a bit more mysteriously than we give them credit for.

I imagine tomorrow will see a fairly big loss, or perhaps one more day of stalls/gains, before I head into the literal phase of my cycle and this all regulates down again. In the meantime, this calls for no more action than my continued adherence to my plan and waiting it out. And that, I can do!

taryl | General | 9 January, 6:19pm

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11/7/11: 199.6

10/19/11: 199.2

9/27/11: 197.4

9/20/11: 197.6

9/13/11: 194.6

8/30/11: 196.6

8/16/11: 194.2

8/9/11: 196.0

8/2/11: 196.6

7/12/11: 190.6

6/27/11: 192.6

6/13/11: 194.0

6/7/11: 194.2

5/30/11: 195.4

5/24/11: 195.2

5/17/11: 197.4

5/9/11: 196.8

5/2/11: 197.6

4/18/11: 195.2

4/11/11: 198.8

4/4/11: 203.6

3/21/11: 201.4

3/14/11: 199.0

3/8/11: 199.6

ONEDERLAND! 3/3/10: 198.8

2/28/11: 202.0

2/21/11: 201.2

2/14/11: 200.8

1/31/11: 202.6

1/25/11: 201.8

1/18/11: 204.2

1/10/11: 205.0

1/3/11: 206.6

12/28/10: 207.4

12/20/10: 208.0

12/14/10: 206.6

12/6/10: 207.8

11/29/19: 211.4

11/22/10: 210.4

11/15/10: 211.4

11/8/10: 215.6

11/1/10: 216.8

10/25/10: 215.0

10/18/10: 212.2

10/10/10: Baby born!

10/4/10: 232.8 - DUE DATE!

9/27/10: 229.8

9/21/10: 231.0

9/13/10: 228.4

9/6/10: 226.6

8/31/10: 226.6

8/23/10: 223.2

8/16/10: 223.4

8/10/10: 223.0

8/3/10: 224.2

7/25/10: 223.8

7/19/10: 221.8

7/12/10: 219.6

7/5/10: 219.8

6/29/10: 219.4

6/21/10: 218.8

6/14/10: 216.8

6/7/10: 218.0

5/30/10: 216.6

5/25/10: 215.6

5/17/10: 215.2

5/9/10: 215.8

5/4/10: 215.8

4/25/10: 214.2

4/19/10: 213.6

3/28/10: 211.8

3/23/10: 212.2

3/15/10: 212.0

3/8/10: 211.6

3/1/10: 214.2

2/15/10: 213.8

2/8/10: 214.0

2/1/10: 214.8

PREGNANT!

1/18/10: 210.0

1/11/10: 211.6

1/4/10: 211.6

12/28/09: 213.0

12/21/09: 212.0

11/30/09: 208.8

11/23/09: 209.4

11/16/09: 211.6

11/9/09: 211.8

11/3/09: 214.8

10/26/09: 214.8

10/18/09: 214.6

10/11/09: 214.8

10/5/09: 218.4

9/28/09: 218.4

9/21/09: 219.8

9/14/09: 220.2

9/7/09: 223.2

8/31/09: 225.0

8/24/09: 225.4

8/17/09: 227.2

8/7/09: 227.6

8/2/09: 228.4

7/28/09: 229.0

7/19/09: 231.6

7/13/09: 233.6

7/6/09: 235.0

6/29/09: 232.4

6/22/09: 236.8

6/15/09: 238.0

6/6/09: 237.6

5/31/09: 240.4

5/24/09: 240.6

5/18/09: 243.6

5/3/09: 246.2

4/26/09: 246.2

4/19/09: 248.8

4/12/09: 251.2

4/5/09: 247.6

3/29/09: 251

3/22/09: 251

3/1/09: 252

Highest weight: 257-260

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