Here's a fun fact (not!)

So you know, I've been panicking at these random times when I wake up one morning heavier than the last morning (like, sometimes by 2 lbs or so). I've thought it was me stalling, have dug my heels in deeper, working harder, etc. But still panicking a little in the back of my mind.

So that happened this morning, I woke up 1.8 lbs more than yesterday. I knew there was no good reason - I ate GREAT yesterday, no salt, no diet cokes, lots of light-weight (literally) healthy foods, low calories, etc. So I started thinking, "what the hell is causing this?"

And then it hit me. The culprit. What little over-the-counter drug do I take lots of, but not all that often? Yeap, you guessed it. Ibuprofin. I took a lot of it yesterday, like I tend to do when in pain, and what do you know: water retention! I googled it, and sure enough, this is pretty common.

So I'm happy to know what's been causing all these weird spikes when I have NOT been cheating. And now I'm doing everything I know to do (drinking tons of water, drinking green and herbal slimming teas, eating carrots and watermellon, etc.) to lose this water weight so it doesn't bite me at my weigh-in on Monday. Or at the beach this weekend! Whoo hoo!

So beware... the Ibuprofin!