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this is the sober friends podcast. I was feeling bad this morning, Steve, because I've been getting on the scale every day to track my weight because I am trying to lose some weight. And from

yesterday to today, I gained three pounds pounds but I'm also looking at myself on

screen and I'm like oh my face looks better actually so maybe it's just whatever it was

yeah it's the scale the scale giveth and the scale taketh away and we went for ice cream

last night and everything and I felt less guilty than I normally

did because I'm counting my calories and I'm like I have the calories for this I can do this

yeah don't don't pay you know it's it's like it's like it's like the stock market right it

continues to go up but it doesn't mean it goes up every day, up and down,

up and down. And you watch the trajectory over it, trust me, as someone who's done this stuff

day in and day out, the point was like, I just, it would drive me nuts sometimes, right? Like,

I would be like, what the hell is going on? Yeah, it's something that you use it as a guide, but don't get too crazy about it.

A lot of that's just water weight, depending on what you ate, depending on things.

Like, you know, like you're just retaining a little bit more water and then...

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