Oh my gosh serious issues this month and I can't figure out what is up.
September I lost 5 lbs. I got really sick the last week of Sept. and just let that week go, but didn't gain or lose.
I was down another 2 lbs. this month until last Thursday when all of a sudden I started gaining like crazy. As of Thursday I had gained 2 lbs. Still under on my MFP goals, drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day and ran 8 miles this weekend only to gain another 2 lbs even though I was still under on my calories/micronutrients. I had my "monthly visitor" last week, so I had attributed it to that until I just kept gaining and gaining and now I'm 2 days off of it and still gaining.
Basically, this week I'm doing a "reset". I'm going to do some minor ketosis to try to reset my metabolism and see if that's the issue.
Wish me luck! As of now, I'm only 2 lbs. down from where I was at the beginning of September because of this madness.

I was down 8 pounds in September and was heading in the right direction for another 8 pounds this month, and then I went out of town for a week for work. I thought I was doing OK, but was shocked when I got home and weighed in 6 pounds heavier than I was when I left! Oy!

I'm hoping that by the end of this week I'm back down to the weight I was before I left, giving me a 2 pound loss in October. That would put me at 8 pounds over my end of October goal weight. I have about 15 pounds to lose to meet my Thanksgiving goal weight. I'd have to lose about 3.3 pounds a week here on out to get there and I don't really think that's do-able. Oh well, I'd rather lose it slowly and miss a goal date than crash diet, make goal, and put it all back on a week later. I'm still in good shape for making my January 1st goal, though so I'll keep my eye on that one. I'm modifying my goal to losing 9 pounds by Thanksgiving. That's much more achievable!