OK, here's the problem:
I started my diet/exercise plan on 1/25 at 284.4 lbs. My last weigh in (2/7) was 288.8. I'm doing everything right, including tracking my calories (1800/day).
Ordinarily, you'd chalk this kind of action up to a plateau, right? But 1) it's only been two months and I'd have had to start "plateauing" from Day 1 and 2) the scale is acting really weird!
So, it seems to like the number 287. I weigh-in every morning (officially on Fridays) and that number comes up more than any other. But, here's the kicker--no matter what time of day I weigh, no matter what I am wearing, no matter ANYTHING, it's 287!!
Last week, when it was stuck on 287, I weighed two dumbbells. The 15-lb weighed in at 15.0; the 12-lb one came in at 12.0. So it would appear to be correct. But the 287 thing has been driving me crazy. It just doesn't seem right! So I did an experiment yesterday...
Morning right after I woke up (287); after I got dressed (287); after a full 8 hour workday, complete with 2 meals and 2 snacks and at least 48 oz. of water and visibly swollen ankles (287); right after dinner (287); right before bed at 11pm (287). Then again first thing this morning (287) and fully dressed for work, including shoes (287). WHAT GIVES??
How is this even possible??