![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerThursday morning was my first weigh-in in a week. I'm tracking my weight since starting Ozempic medication April 11. Daily weigh-ins are my intent. But with traveling to Ohio this past week I ddn't have a rek. As of Thursday morning last week right before we left I'd done pretty well, weight-wise. In my first 4 days on the pill I lost 6 pounds! And now comes the reality check a week later, after a week of travel.
I gained 2.5 pounds. That was as of my weigh-in Thursday morning. Understanding that weight can fluctuate over the course of a few days, especially since I tend to retain weight while flying, I figured I'd take my Friday morning weight as more representative. Result? Lower, but I'm still 1 pound up from a week ago.
Could I pack my scale to take with me when traveling? Sure! "Pack a scale in the suitcase" is not completely nuts. I mean, it depends on the size and weight of the scale. The new scale I bought two weeks ago is actually very svelte. Even if I pack it in the box it came in (for safer travel) it's still smaller than most boxed board games.
There was at least one trip, years ago, when we did pack our scale. Hawk was trying really hard to lose weight at that time and needed the daily weigh-ins for the reasons mentioned above.
That trip we also packed our blender. Hawk used it to make diet-friendly smoothies. We were traveling by car on that trip, so packing the bathroom scale and kitchen blender wasn't crazy. And packing a blender was arguably less... outré... than buying a blender on vacation only to throw it away after a few days. Though that was a financially reasonable decision... and it gave us a trip to one of the last remaining real K-Mart stores, where I bought a nice Virgin Islands shirt I still own and enjoy wearing.
...Which is all a long way of saying maybe next trip I will pack the bathroom scale.
I gained 2.5 pounds. That was as of my weigh-in Thursday morning. Understanding that weight can fluctuate over the course of a few days, especially since I tend to retain weight while flying, I figured I'd take my Friday morning weight as more representative. Result? Lower, but I'm still 1 pound up from a week ago.
Next Trip, Pack the Scale?
Checking my weight daily serves two purposes. First, it's a measurement of progress. Second, it's an indicator of when I should correct course. Weight bouncing up? I'll think about times the previous day when I could have made choices to consume fewer calories and I'll keep that in mind to make such tradeoffs the day ahead.Could I pack my scale to take with me when traveling? Sure! "Pack a scale in the suitcase" is not completely nuts. I mean, it depends on the size and weight of the scale. The new scale I bought two weeks ago is actually very svelte. Even if I pack it in the box it came in (for safer travel) it's still smaller than most boxed board games.
There was at least one trip, years ago, when we did pack our scale. Hawk was trying really hard to lose weight at that time and needed the daily weigh-ins for the reasons mentioned above.
That trip we also packed our blender. Hawk used it to make diet-friendly smoothies. We were traveling by car on that trip, so packing the bathroom scale and kitchen blender wasn't crazy. And packing a blender was arguably less... outré... than buying a blender on vacation only to throw it away after a few days. Though that was a financially reasonable decision... and it gave us a trip to one of the last remaining real K-Mart stores, where I bought a nice Virgin Islands shirt I still own and enjoy wearing.
...Which is all a long way of saying maybe next trip I will pack the bathroom scale.
