"Healthy" one day, Anorexic the next?

I was wondering the other day why it is that a person’s weight can fluctuate so much or not at all. In PE last week we did our weight, BMI, Fat percentage, etc. It was really odd. The little machine thing we used said that for my height (6’ 3”) and my age (17) that my target weight is 185 lbs. I was 182. That’s normal not odd at all you may be saying, I was only 3 lbs off. However, we did it a couple weeks ago, my height and everything being the same, and I weighed in at 169 lbs. It just blew my mind. So I weighed my self again today, just not on the fancy school’s machine, and I was 174 lbs.

A large portion of a person’s overall health is determined by their diet. What they eat and how they eat it may create changes in their body. Just not as rapid and dramatic as mine. A sickness can also amount to rapid weight fluctuation and should be closely monitored. Another explanation would be a person’s heritage. Much of your stature and health traits are passed through genetic code. You could have your Grandmother’s metabolism or any number of things. There are so many things that add to a person’s state of health.

Then you have the other side of the spectrum, people whose weight hardly ever shifts, even with a changed diet. This is probably due to the way food break down occurs in the stomach, since this process is different in everyone.

However, there is a different explanation to this phenomenon. One that affects lots of people everywhere, it’s what causes my weight fluctuation. I new this was the case before I even stepped on the scale that first time. It is the affect of drugs. Not illegal drugs! Prescription drugs that will suppress and at other times enhance your appetite. You must be very careful if you take a medicine that influences your appetite at all. Don’t forget to eat! It’s almost like being Dory, from Finding Nemo, because she is constantly, yet comically forgetting crucial things.