Weight loss from illness

Collinsky

Possibly and inane question, I realize, but:

I had a furious bout with a stomach virus, and I lost a few pounds (not surprising at all) -- obviously I focus on eating and rehydration, and don't count that as me "weigh in." However, I have my weekly weigh in coming up and was wondering if I should just give it a pass this week and let my body get back to equilibrium to see what, if any, "real" weight loss occurred with healthy eating and exercise before I got sick.

Or should I just record my weight as it is and accept that it may or may not be accurate? I'm okay with fluctuations, they don't throw me off.

What would you do?

chammich

I would record it anyways. I don't think it would hurt anything.

mallory3411

I would do the weigh in as usual. Maybe make a note in your tracker saying you were sick justin case you forget and wonder why there was a gain/huge loss. Also helps if you plateau and want to look through your diary for things to help.

Stacyanne324

I would record it and then try to hang onto it. The week after Christmas I had a nasty stomach but and the only good thing to come out of it was that I lost about 3 pounds. It totally kick started my motivation to get back on track from holiday overeating and I kept those pounds off and have been losing steadily again ever since.