After the vacation

Since my last post 16 days ago, I went on a vacation to visit family. I tried to fast one day on the 8 day vacation, but after skipping breakfast gave up. The result was, inevitably, that I put on some weight. So yesterday, my first day back, I fasted again. This morning I weighed in at 169. So that means I am up 2 lbs from my last entry. However, after my last entry I fasted for another week and got down to 165 lbs. So, I am now up 4 pounds as a result of skipping three fast days. Of course, since it was vacation I not only skipped the fast days but I ate a fair bit more of high calorie foods. I hope that some of the weight gain was actually just food in process or water/glucose stored in the liver, which can be easily lost with a week of fasting. It is hard to imagine putting on 4 lbs of pure fat in just 8 days of rather normal eating. Hopefully by next Tuesday, my normal weigh-in day, I will be back down to 165, my pre-vacation weight.