23 days down/8 days to go
Huh. Well there it is. 14-something. I haven’t logged a weight in the 140s since November 5. But that was an anomalous blip. The last time I spent some time in the 140s was September, and I haven’t seen 148 since the summer.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of set points–that each human body has a highly individualized optimal weight it was settle on if a whole foods diet is eaten intuitively and an appropriate amount of physical activity is engaged in. I think there are factors that might alter this set point. Decades of over or under eating, for example. Or yo-yo dieting that goes back to preadolescence in my case.
I don’t know what that is for my body. This could be it. Or, possibly, my frequent restaurant review visits, have me resting above whatever it is for me. But maybe not. There is a lot about weight that isn’t well understood. Like how some of the skinniest people I’ve ever known are also some of the most voracious consumers of high calorie junk food. I know it’s possible for me to be fit and healthy at this weight. But is it possible for me to be really happy with what I see in the mirror? I hope so, but most of the time, I can not imagine that being so.
Is this a blip, or the direct result of the fact that I ran over 20 miles this past week while drinking just one glass of wine? What am I supposed to weigh?