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simbrooks:
I'm sure this isn't going to be the case, but I just wanted to mention something in regards to the water weight thing.
Back in my wrestling days in high school, there was a very common practice that I then realized later was extremely disturbing.
Those not familiar with wrestling, there are weight classes, and you have to weigh in before each meet or tournament to make sure you are under the maximum weight required for that class. A common practice was to try and 'drop' weight classes, with the theory being that you would have the strength from the higher weight class, but be able to wrestle in a lower weight class.
The dieting done to achieve this weight loss was absolutely disturbing. Since wrestling season was in the winter, I would remove all the sheets from my bed, and sleep with the windows open. We thought that the calories we burned while shivering during the night was a good way to loose weight.
Another common practice that almost everyone would do is to empty as much water out of your system as possible. On your way to meets, everyone would have a spit cup and hard candy. The hard candy was meant to promote salivation, which you then spit into the cup to speed up the dehydration process.
To give you an idea of the scale. I started the season at 145 lbs. I wrestled in the 105 weight class. A couple times I managed to dehydrate myself enough on the bus ride that I managed to get into the 98 lb weight class. In other words, over the course of an hour/ hour and a half, I managed to 'spit out' 7 lbs of water.
You had about an hour after weigh-ins before the actual meet. So this is when you would binge to rehydrate yourself and get the weight back on to give you a weight advantage.
Sound like an eating disorder? You better believe it. But it's men, so it's not discussed. Who knows how much more radical it is now, 17 years later. But it took me almost 4 years to get myself back to a healthy weight.
So this is just a warning to be careful about noticing the difference in weight based on water consumption. You can 'appear' to lose weight by drinking less water, and this is -not- something you want to get into your mind as a good thing.
I don't mean to imply in anyway that you were going in that direction, but who knows what people might interprete from the two lb loss you cite.
best of luck!
waiting to get dispatched. Now usually if I'm on my side of town at this time I end up being done for the day. So I'm thinking cool I'll stop by the gym to see if I can start my session at 6pm. Well dang it if the freaking pager doesn't go off, and I'm sent on a run that's about 50 miles from the house at rush hour. I was not a happy camper. 
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