The last week has been an interesting one. I've gone back to daily monitoring of my weight, with the proviso that I'm not interested in exact numbers, just that they are going down. This has been working out fine for me. I haven't been so worried if my weight has fluctuated, and just watching a downward pointing line has been quite refreshing.
I did notice one unusual ting over the weekend, though. My rather impressive weight loss line flattened out on Saturday morning. Not exactly unexpected, given that I'd indulged in some non-primal food the day or so before. The plateau continued through Monday, and by Tuesday I'd actually gained weight (not much, but still, that's just not right).
Now, as I said, the plateau on Saturday wasn't unexpected, due to more than a few pieces of bread eaten on Thursday and Friday, but I couldn't explain why it continued for so long, and indeed turned into weight gain. I looked over what I ate over the weekend, and couldn't fault anything. I'd been active, and so didn't think lack of exercise was to blame.
So, what was different over the weekend? Well, I hadn't hadn't had any green tea at all. I've taken to drinking green tea recently, in an attempt to increase my intake of anti-oxidants. As it turns out, I started tapering off drinking green tea on Friday (thanks to messing up a cup by mistakenly adding milk, whoops...). I also forgot to bring some more to work on Monday, and so was left with drinking black tea.
So, is it just a coincidence that my weight loss stopped while not drinking green tea, and started again when I went back to drinking it? It almost seems too good to be true, but at this stage, that's what it looks like. I think further experimentation is required. Perhaps I'll try leaving off the green tea one day later in the week, and see what the weight loss does.
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