Inert Ramblings

Sometimes a stall in weight loss can be quite discouraging. Just like it’s important to watch your trend line instead of your weight, it’s also important to keep track of your body fat percentage! Since the human body is nothing more than a rubber bag, sometimes it gets a little clogged and the weight you see on the scale each morning doesn’t accurately reflect your actual body fat weight.

Such was the case after spending a weekend in the woods. Kelly and I were extremely active and eating out of the Atkins cooler all weekend yet, upon returning home, I weighed 0.7 pounds heavier this morning than I did on Thursday. Since we had been hiking around the woods all weekend, I was hoping to be quite a bit lighter.

Fortunately, I noticed that I weighed 230.0 pounds with a body fat percentage of 27.9%. Since my last weight was 229.3 pounds with a body fat percentage of 31.3% and I usually float around 31.5%, I knew that my rubber bag was still full from the odd food intake schedule. Since 27.9% of 230 pounds is 64.17 and 32% of 229.3 pounds is 71.77, I knew that there was around 5 pounds of junk still floating around in my system. Not an entirely accurate measure of weight, but still a good estimate to get a general idea and keep yourself motivated.

My theory was quickly proven when an early-afternoon trip to the bathroom revealed a monstrosity that I’d rather not go into in any detail but can only accurately describe as mammoth.