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Down 6.2 pounds! Guess it must have been the two chocolate (nay, double chocolate) cupcakes I had yesterday

• -21.8 since starting Biggest Loser Blog Edition
• -28.6 since starting blog
• -45.6 from highest weight

Of course, my first reaction was — the scale is broken! But I’d been losing steadily throughout the week, so I don’t think the scale is broken.

Then, my second reaction was — I have some horrible illness! (Don’t they always ask about unexplained weight loss?)

Then, my third reaction was — my hard-earned muscle is melting to fat! (I know, that’s not physiologically correct, but…) Having been so sick, I’m sure I have lost some muscle, but I haven’t been a couch potato either, so this doesn’t explain it all.

I haven’t consciously restricted food or exercised a lot, but I think it comes down to just haven’t had much appetite and I haven’t turned to food in sickness and work stress. I also did have like 3 nights of good sleep, which is hard to come by ’round here.

Maybe my cortisol levels have dropped way down just because I’m doing this intuitive eating thing and I know I don’t have to diet any more

I don’t advocate the sick-and-stress diet, but I do advocate the handle-stress-in-better-ways way of life.

(Angie, it’s a good thing I don’t have your phone number because I would have just called you and woken your butt up this morning at an ungodly hour to shout my loss in your ear )