The week my scale lost its memory and I finally got my hair back.
Last week of school, the new apartment, a luteal phase doing the most, and what 185.5 actually means after a week like this.
185.5
That’s where we landed on Saturday morning. And honestly, considering everything my body was carrying this week, I’m not mad at it.
We started Sunday at 185.7. Spent most of the week floating between 185 and 187. Thursday hit me with a 187.1 and I stood there for a second, did the thing where you stare at it like it’s going to change, and then just kept getting ready for school. Because I knew exactly what was happening and why.
That’s the difference between now and two years ago. I know my body now. And this week my body was loud.
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What Was Actually Going On
Day 19 of my cycle on Monday. Luteal phase in full swing. Cravings cranked up, stomach off, GLP-1 feeling like it wasn’t even there. I was snacking all day and still felt hungry. Sound familiar?
This is the part I really want you to hear if you had a hard week on the scale.
Your luteal phase is a biological event that changes your appetite, your water retention, your mood, and the way your body responds to everything. The scale is going to pick that up. Every single time.
I actually talk about this is DEEP detail in my deep dive here:
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I knew my period was coming between day 23 and 26. I knew the scale was going to do something. It did. And by Saturday it came back down. Same as it almost always does once the inflammation clears and my body stops holding onto everything like a little stressed fist.
The Teaching Moment: Know Your Phase Before You Judge Your Number
If you are in your luteal phase and the scale is up and you feel like you’re doing everything right and nothing is working, you are probably not doing anything wrong.
What changed everything for me was actually expecting it. I had a plan going into this week. I skipped my personal training session on Monday not because I quit but because I know day 19 Nyk does not need to be pushed past her limit by someone else. I went to the apartment gym instead. Did my own push day at my own pace. The next day I did 20 minutes on the treadmill and three minutes on the Stairmaster, which is now officially my baseline and I am not embarrassed about it.
I moved my body in a way that felt sustainable instead of punishing. That is not giving up. That is actually the smarter play.
If you are not tracking your cycle alongside your weight yet, even loosely, I genuinely think it will change how you relate to that number. It changed everything for me.
The Week in Real Life
My daughter has made grilled cheese for dinner every night this week because we have an electric stove now and I finally let her do it herself. She’s been coming to the gym with me, her choice. She did 10 minutes on the Stairmaster. I did three. I am choosing to be proud of her and humbled simultaneously.
We had a kickball game against our sixth graders on Thursday. Tie-dye shirts. Last week of school next week. And on top of all of that we are still moving things out of the old house and adjusting to a new space and new neighbors at 4:30 in the morning.
Stress is a physical event. Cortisol shows up on the scale. That is not an excuse. It is just true.
The Scale Lost Its Mind (And All My Data)
My scale does not connect to the WiFi in the new apartment. Apartment WiFi is apparently too chaotic for it. Which means I lost an entire week of daily weigh-ins that I can never get back, and I am still annoyed about it.
From now on I have to open the app and connect via Bluetooth every single morning before I step on, which defeats the whole reason I loved this scale. But lesson learned. If you move, check your scale WiFi situation before you assume it’s syncing. Ask me how I know.
The Hair Thing (And Why It Actually Matters Here)
I put in weft extensions this week and I want to talk about it because it is not just a hair update.
I had been avoiding filming. Pulling my hair up, skipping B roll, not feeling like myself on camera. That is a real problem when showing up is part of how I stay connected to this community. Confidence is not separate from this journey. It is woven into it.
I found a way to do it myself for under $100 instead of the $400 salon appointments I used to get. The learning curve was real. I put one row in upside down. I had a moment of anxiety in the middle of the night because having things pulled tight on my scalp triggers something in my nervous system that makes me feel trapped, so I took two of them out at 2am and redid them looser in the morning.
I say that because I think a lot of us have those weird body-anxiety things we never say out loud because they sound strange. They are not strange. Your nervous system is just doing its job. And being able to control how tight they are means I can actually keep them in, which means I feel like myself again, which means I want to show up and film.
That is worth $100 and a learning curve.
Before You Spiral on Your Number This Week
Ask yourself two things.
Where are you in your cycle?
And what else is your body carrying right now?
Not as excuses. As actual information. The number on the scale is one data point and it is not even close to the whole story.
185.5. I’ll take it. See you next week.
xo Nyk
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