22 Pound Lost in One Week!

MelissaMJG
MelissaMJG Posts: 6 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Haha, because I cut my hair. :) I hadn't had a hair cut in a year, and it was down to my waist and very thick. I got it cut shoulder length and thinned out. I'm now showing a 22 pound loss for the week (I weigh at the same time every Sunday). :-D

Who knew hair could weigh that much? I doubt I lost more than 2 actual pounds!
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  • 23susu23
    23susu23 Posts: 68 Member
    Wow! That is great. Hope you like the new look. My hair weighs nothing (unfortunately!)
  • rockmama72
    rockmama72 Posts: 815 Member
    Hahaha! That's awesome. New look, new you!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,260 Member
    Dang! I've already used up all of THAT fat free mass and it is not coming back fast enough to make a difference for my next weigh in :smiley:
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Wow!
    Pretty sure I could shave my head and it wouldn't make a difference on the scale.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Holy bejeebus, 22 pounds of hair?!!?!? O.O

    I have quite thick hair, and now I'm sort of curious. Next time I get a cut, I'll have to do a before and after analysis.
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I lost 25 pounds in one week. I don't recommend the "Stabbed in the liver and ice chips for a week" diet, though.
  • cbeet
    cbeet Posts: 14 Member
    Umm, you'll wanna check if your scale is properly calibrated. Hair rarely weighs more than a pound, and certainly your hair isn't 10x as thick as an average person's hair.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XduqBu1s44Y
  • dufus12
    dufus12 Posts: 393 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I lost 25 pounds in one week. I don't recommend the "Stabbed in the liver and ice chips for a week" diet, though.

    Don't be so negative - could be a best seller!

  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    I've been growing out my hair for 2 years and now am wondering if i should cut it! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
  • dufus12
    dufus12 Posts: 393 Member
    MelissaMJG wrote: »
    Haha, because I cut my hair. :) I hadn't had a hair cut in a year, and it was down to my waist and very thick. I got it cut shoulder length and thinned out. I'm now showing a 22 pound loss for the week (I weigh at the same time every Sunday). :-D

    Who knew hair could weigh that much? I doubt I lost more than 2 actual pounds!

    Did you get headaches????

  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Wow, ... how do you like your new haircut?
  • WeddedBliss1992
    WeddedBliss1992 Posts: 414 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    What???? 22 lbs? I hope you donated it or something.
    i hope you donated it, too. i just donated 13" of my hair :smile:
  • cosmo_momo
    cosmo_momo Posts: 173 Member
    Ummm no.
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  • cosmo_momo
    cosmo_momo Posts: 173 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    cosmo_momo wrote: »
    Ummm no.
    Huh?

    You really think OP's hair weighed 20+lbs?
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    I have a 20lb dumbell here, and not even if you had dreads and trapped a years worth of shed hair within them would I believe you had 20+ lbs of hair hanging from your head.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    My brother works in a salon. I've helped him out a few times and swept up and dumped bags or hair. A full bag of hair MAYBE weighed 5lbs. So I'm not buying the 22lbs loss because it was cut.

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    22 lb of hair?

    I have really long thick hair too ... often down to my hips. But I can assure you it is nowhere near 22 lb.

    Just recently, in fact, it was long enough for me to sit on, and I had it cut back to waist length ... so a good 8-10 inches off the bottom. I wondered if I might lose half a kilo or something, but nope. No change. It does, however, feel a bit lighter ... a little bit less neck strain.
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  • cosmo_momo
    cosmo_momo Posts: 173 Member
    General consensus OP: You need to check your scale. Maybe get some new batteries or something.
  • clhenderson2
    clhenderson2 Posts: 107 Member
    I knew this discussion was too good to be true. The thought of someone shedding 22lbs in one week is ludicrous! I just wasted 30 seconds of my life reading this
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    I just lost 22 seconds. <snork>
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    2.2 pounds perhaps?
  • iheartdinosaurs
    iheartdinosaurs Posts: 45 Member
    Yeah.... I cut off 18 inches of hair (waist to shoulder too) in December and mailed it to donate it, I would have noticed if the post office scale said anything much more than 2 pounds. I'm voting faulty batteries plus a bunch of water weight loss?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    2.2 pounds perhaps?

    decimals count :bigsmile:
  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    Maybe the OP was hoping everyone would shave their heads after reading this ;)
  • Whittedo
    Whittedo Posts: 352 Member
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  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    dufus12 wrote: »
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I lost 25 pounds in one week. I don't recommend the "Stabbed in the liver and ice chips for a week" diet, though.

    Don't be so negative - could be a best seller!
    The advertisements would be interesting!
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    celinemarie wrote: »
    Yeah.... I cut off 18 inches of hair (waist to shoulder too) in December and mailed it to donate it, I would have noticed if the post office scale said anything much more than 2 pounds. I'm voting faulty batteries plus a bunch of water weight loss?

    Me too...mine was 17" and had very little weight when I held it in my hand.

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