4lbs in a week :/ know it's not all fat, is it water?
meghanduprey
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So I stopped eating back my fitbit and workout calories and my scale is saying I have gone from 180 to 176 (#YAY), but I know it's most likely not possible that I've burned 14,000 calories in a week through my workouts and eating 1400 calories a day. I mean, I workout hard but sheesh. I'm not delusional. Water weight? I didn't notice a big change in my sodium intake.
I'm sure it will even out and I won't lose any this upcoming week and I AM excited, just curious what happened because unless you've got A LOT to lose (I've got about 30lbs) I would think 4lbs in a week was a lot. And I know it's not normal or a sustainable rate of weightloss so I don't need lectures, please. Like I said, I don't believe it's all fat, I've seen pictures of what 1lb of fat looks like, there's no way I lost 4 of those!
I'm sure it will even out and I won't lose any this upcoming week and I AM excited, just curious what happened because unless you've got A LOT to lose (I've got about 30lbs) I would think 4lbs in a week was a lot. And I know it's not normal or a sustainable rate of weightloss so I don't need lectures, please. Like I said, I don't believe it's all fat, I've seen pictures of what 1lb of fat looks like, there's no way I lost 4 of those!
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Most likely, it's water.0
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that's what i figured. even without a large change in sodium intake? how does that work? any idea?0
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Since you essentially reduced calories, you probably reduced carbs, which generally leads to some additional glycogen depletion, and a reduce of food in your GI tract. It will normalize.0
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It's not ALL water. Some if it will be fat. (maybe 2 lbs?) So be encouraged about that.0
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It can be anything unless you get a bod pod measurements. I was lucky to have access to bod pod every week a year ago. The fat loss was all over the place, half pound on some weeks and as much as 3-4 lbs on other weeks. If you still believe all that calorie estimations, I have a bridge to sell.0
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What is the amount of the deficit from not eating back your exercise calories? As stated above, glycogen depletion and reduced food weight is more than likely the main reason, along with the time you weigh yourself. But if you had a significant deficit over the week, it could be some fat loss as well, since our bodies are constantly burning and storing fat anyway.0
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dieselbyte wrote: »What is the amount of the deficit from not eating back your exercise calories? As stated above, glycogen depletion and reduced food weight is more than likely the main reason, along with the time you weigh yourself. But if you had a significant deficit over the week, it could be some fat loss as well, since our bodies are constantly burning and storing fat anyway.
About 700-900 calories a day... Well, as per what MFP was telling me... It was saying I was burning about 450 from my bodystep classes and then an additional 300 or so from walking 3-4miles per day. I didn't usually eat them all back, I typically averaged around 1900-2000 calories give or take. So I've probably gone down by about 600-700 based on that and more accurate counting.0 -
Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
Me thinks there is an underlying issue here that has been discussed before?0 -
It doesn't matter where the 4 pounds came from. Take it as a special gift that won't happen often. Water weight bloats you, so you're probably a bit slimmer. Enjoy!0
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dieselbyte wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
Me thinks there is an underlying issue here that has been discussed before?
Yup. She should have been losing on what she was eating and wasn't. She has tested "somewhat low" previously on thyroid tests. Her logging was okay, but not bad enough to stall her completely.
She was going to see if she could lose at all. Most hypothyroid people can, but they have to cut their deficit really low. AND she was going to get in to see her doctor to be retested.
She was also going to clean up the few little things in her logging she wasn't weighing. They were just tiny things like not weighing pb2.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
He didn't say anything other than sending me the results:
Specimen Collection Date: Apr 09, 2015@12:45
Test name Result units Ref. range Site Code
FREE T4 0.84 ng/dL 0.76 - 1.46 [637]
TSH 3.56 uIU/mL 0.36 - 3.74 [637]0 -
Sometimes I see a low reading like that. It will usually go back up over the next day or two, and eventually really drop off within the following weeks.0
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meghanduprey wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
He didn't say anything other than sending me the results:
Specimen Collection Date: Apr 09, 2015@12:45
Test name Result units Ref. range Site Code
FREE T4 0.84 ng/dL 0.76 - 1.46 [637]
TSH 3.56 uIU/mL 0.36 - 3.74 [637]
What a pooper he is. Did you talk to him about any of this?
Do you have any symptoms like feeling cold, fatigued, dry skin, brittle nails?
That's a fairly high TSH for in the range of normal. I'd feel like total crap at that level.
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Meghan, is there any way with your insurance that you could go directly to an endocrinologist?0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »meghanduprey wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
He didn't say anything other than sending me the results:
Specimen Collection Date: Apr 09, 2015@12:45
Test name Result units Ref. range Site Code
FREE T4 0.84 ng/dL 0.76 - 1.46 [637]
TSH 3.56 uIU/mL 0.36 - 3.74 [637]
What a pooper he is. Did you talk to him about any of this?
Do you have any symptoms like feeling cold, fatigued, dry skin, brittle nails?
That's a fairly high TSH for in the range of normal. I'd feel like total crap at that level.
He didn't say anything other than "Normal"
He's a *kitten*. VA doctors, free medical is great but sometimes you get what you pay for. I do feel cold most of the time, and my BP runs really low. Tired a lot as well. Nails never grow, skin is dry too. I never really thought about any of this except for the being cold part. Even in the summer I'll have the AC up on 78 and a blanket on. The other day my BP was around 96/68 (remember is was in the 90's over 68). The lady asked me if it was always that low, usually it's about 120/65 or around there.
He's a GP so as long as everything is within the "range" he's probably not going to do anything about it.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, is there any way with your insurance that you could go directly to an endocrinologist?
Don't I need a referral?0 -
meghanduprey wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »meghanduprey wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Meghan, glad the scale moved! Have you got a doctor's appointment about your thyroid?
He didn't say anything other than sending me the results:
Specimen Collection Date: Apr 09, 2015@12:45
Test name Result units Ref. range Site Code
FREE T4 0.84 ng/dL 0.76 - 1.46 [637]
TSH 3.56 uIU/mL 0.36 - 3.74 [637]
What a pooper he is. Did you talk to him about any of this?
Do you have any symptoms like feeling cold, fatigued, dry skin, brittle nails?
That's a fairly high TSH for in the range of normal. I'd feel like total crap at that level.
He didn't say anything other than "Normal"
He's a *kitten*. VA doctors, free medical is great but sometimes you get what you pay for. I do feel cold most of the time, and my BP runs really low. Tired a lot as well. Nails never grow, skin is dry too. I never really thought about any of this except for the being cold part. Even in the summer I'll have the AC up on 78 and a blanket on. The other day my BP was around 96/68 (remember is was in the 90's over 68). The lady asked me if it was always that low, usually it's about 120/65 or around there.
He's a GP so as long as everything is within the "range" he's probably not going to do anything about it.
I am so sorry, that really sucks for you, because it does sound like you need to be on a low dose of thyroid medicine. Those are all symptoms of thyroid disease.
The good news is you can still lose weight, you just need to go this extra mile. Just keep on top of maybe pushing your body too far, okay? Pay attention and don't do that!
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