How well do you hold your water?

Wouldn't you know it? As soon as I did my detailed weight-loss analysis, I hit a plateau. This morning I reached 182.2. Not only was it a spike of nearly two pounds from Friday (more than my average delta of +0.5), but it was the first time since I started this diet program that my weight increased week-to-week. I suspect the culprit was dehydration as I felt parched most of the week and felt that I wasn't drinking enough water. This can slow down your fat metabolism and ironically increase your water-weight retention because your body is trying to stock up on reserves. This leads to dehydration because that reserve water is not being used for everyday cell function.

Usually before the Saturday run I drink plenty of water before I head out the door, then sip some more while driving to the high school. Because of this, I typically go to the bathroom just before the run, then again at about 1½ miles in. It's a rather short span between bathroom breaks, but assures me that my personal water tank is "topped off." Regardless of the length of the run, however, I won't usually need to go again. This tells me I'm properly filled up with water and that I'm using it up roughly as fast as I'm drinking it. This morning however, I had to go a third time - meaning that my body today had gotten unaccustomed to getting such an influx of fluids. On a good note, it also was a sign that my body was flushing out its water-weight reserves. We'll see if this holds true on the scale tomorrow morning.

Today was a "rest" distance of eight miles. Time was 1:29:36 (11:12 pace).