mholik added an entry about lose weight : I had been at 137.5 for a few days, holding strong… and then, yesterday I trained for backpacking and today I’m up by 1.5 lbs. BUT I ’m not panicked because…. I have heard after intense exercise sometimes you gain a little because of water, your muscles are storing water and glucosomething (??) and so on. So I’m NOT gonna panic about it, because I know I did well yesterday. I backpacked for 5 hours up a mountain through the snow, with about 20-25 lbs. of weight in my pack. That works out to something like 1500-2000 calories burned or something like that, not to mention I’m getting stronger for the big trip in 3 weeks. Even if the weight gain was real, I’m so happy about making it through that hike!