Hey all, I don't really know how to word all this, sorry for the the essay-esque length, i'm just trying to get in details that could explain how I am losing weight...
~Welcome to my mess~
So in 2019, my weight would fluctuate between 255 to 259 lbs. I would do long hikes on weekends (6hours a day) with a 50lbs pack and lose at max 3lbs right after (water weight i assume) on the same day.
Then jumping to January, I got down to 245lbs and would fluctuate between that and 250lbs. Near the end of that month I had managed to make the rowing team. At this time, I started dieting (lots of veggies and protein, no carbs/little sodium)as well as drinking only water and good amounts of it (1L a day). I also started working on getting 8 hours of sleep a night, compared to my usual 5-7hours. I am a student at a commuter college, and Im on a campus from 10am to 8 or 10pm just going to and from classes to the library where physical activity is just walking 8,000 steps a day. Rowing team workouts would just be a 3 mile run (i suck at cardio), lots of aerobic exercises and an hour and a half rowing on the water. Practice was on Saturdays and Sundays for 3 hours each day. My weight started staying between 244lbs to 247lbs.
Sometime around early-mid February, me and some teammates would work out at the gym doing a lot of weight and pulling exercises. Now, Im a big guy with strong legs and shoulders but weak arms so I started with lightish weights (bicep curps 20lbs, triceps 15lbs, deadlift 120lbs with bar). My guys broke me in so the first week I was crazy sore but within 2 weeks my body adjusted to the pain. We did workouts like this for about 1-2 hours Mondays to Thursdays. I would go on a rowing machine or elyptical for about 30 minutes a day on my own time. Weight dropped down to 238lbs and would jump up to a maximum of 243lbs.
On March 11th (Wed) I went to a buffet since relatives were in town. I avoided checking my weight out of shame/fear. On March 18, my weight had gone down to 233lbs, though that week I had only worked out on Friday due to midterms.
I havent worked out in the past week though I did jog 2 miles 2 fridays ago but that's it. Havent gone to the gym or had any rowing practices in the last 2-3weeks. Last 4 days I've just done 4 sets/20reps of tricep dips over the course of 4 hours that I'd be studying while outside on a bench out in the cold, windy weather (cold weather burns calories right?).
Anyways, I am down to 230lbs SURPRISINGLY. Considering I have not done any exercise, just been sedentary either at home or going to study outside on a bench. Since March 15th, I've been lenient on my diet, by having some rice and some junk food. This past week Ive only eaten my diet food 3 times (2 handfuls of baby spinach, 7 large pieces of asparagus, 1 large carrot). I dont eat snacks. I shower once a day and I only use cold water (cold water for 3 years straight). Ive been indulging in a lot of carbs, more than usual (2-3 chicken or pork baos/buns a day, rice, frozen burritos). I drink 2 cups of black coffee in the morning and sometimes half a liter of green tea throughout the day. I weight after my BMs in the morning, though sometimes dont have to BM. Bedtimes arent strict, though I stick to 8hrs of sleep. I usually stick to under 1400 calories of intake a day. Sometimes it's around 700. I never snacked until the past 2 days where i had junk food.
What freaks me out is, that I am losing all the weight I gain the next day when i wake up. Yesterday night, i got up to 232-233lbs. This morning, I am at 230.4lbs, same EXACT story for the last 3 days (2ish pound weight gain disappears the next morning). What the hell is going on??? How is this happening? What am I doimg right so I can keep it up?? Back then, my weight was sticking down to 255, 240, 245, 240 for weeks each. And then I've gotten down from 235 to 230 within a week and a half??? What am I doing right? I just want to keep on losing weight like this without getting stuck.
PS, I'm sticking to this diet which I am comfortable with, I have just been indulging in lots of junk/simple carbs this past week but it's omly temporary.
TL DR: Was living a healthy lifestyle of sleep, diet and fitness for about 2 months. Subtract fitness for the past 2 weeks. Diet been iffy last 2 weeks with junk and simple carbs+heavy sodium. Sedentary now. Been eating mainly junk throughout the day, with a diet food for dinner the past 2 evenings. Did not BM since yesterday after i weighed myself. Still losing the weight I gain after i wake up.
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