I’ve been maintaining around 172 for about seven months. Last weekend was my brother’s birthday: cake, a late dinner, and two restaurant meals I didn’t overthink. Monday’s scale read 175.2, and my brain immediately started narrating a whole slide.
Instead of changing anything drastic, I went back to my normal week: morning walk, protein at breakfast, same lunch, dinner at home four nights. By Friday I was at 173.4, and by this morning 172.6. It wasn’t a crisis; it was a normal swing plus one heavy weekend.
I’m keeping the long view and not turning a two-pound blip into a new project. How do you handle the first number that makes your stomach drop?