Describe your Whoosh Fairy visits

vinerie
vinerie Posts: 234 Member
edited June 2015 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have temporarily stalled. I'm frustrated and annoyed as I've spent a ton of mental and physical energy on losing weight.

Anyhow, I know I am doing this right. But I've stalled nonetheless.

Then I remembered the magical whoosh fairy. Weight loss is not linear. I took a look back at my weight loss chart and noticed I once lost 4.4 pounds in four days about a month ago. If that's not a whoosh, I don't know what is.

I thought it might help me and others in my situation to hear about various "whooshes." So take a look at your weight log (those that weigh in regularly) and describe your whooshes as I patiently wait for my next one!!

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  • stutba
    stutba Posts: 152 Member
    Held at 158lbs for 2+ weeks, this morning down to 155lbs. That's a woosh from yesterday. I weigh almost daily.
  • CountessKitteh
    CountessKitteh Posts: 1,505 Member
    I seesawed up and down with the same pound of water weight for 6 weeks. Then I lost two pounds from Friday to Sunday this past weekend.

    I swear there's no logic, only magic. :)
  • courtniekrebs
    courtniekrebs Posts: 79 Member
    I know I shouldn't have but I weighed my self right after having surgery and saw a number that made me cry... then this morning it was down. 4 lbs. Made me realize there will be fluctuations and to breathe and not stress out
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    A week after my period starts - whoosh!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I was down 3 pounds overnight when I weighed this morning, which took me lower than I was for all of May. Make sure your logging is as accurate as possible in the meantime while you wait.
  • tekkiechikk
    tekkiechikk Posts: 375 Member
    lol I whoosh about every third or fourth week... before then I'm usually less than a pound a week (despite staying near or slightly under calories) then WHOOSH! 3 or 4 pounds gone in a week. I wish that fairy would make more frequent visits.
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    I was 190 yesterday and today I am 185.4. Thinking scale might be going crazy. I guess I will weigh tomorrow and see if it's still around the same?
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    I held around 202-203 for about a month before I saw that fabled 199 and below. I don't get a lot of wooshes, but that was the most memorable because I have been over 200lbs for almost 8 years.
  • SoulOfRusalka
    SoulOfRusalka Posts: 1,201 Member
    Whoosh doesn't even look like a word anymore. Hehe. Whooooooossshhh.
  • BeesmaMFP
    BeesmaMFP Posts: 1,096 Member
    This past week, I lost 4.4 pounds in 2 days. It's rare I lose more than 1.5 in an entire week. :)
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    I'm hoping for a big drop in the next week or so.

    But absolutely do not google whoosh fairy, especially image search. Cannot be unseen.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,927 Member
    I think I had a visit from the dark whoosh fairy not too long ago. Ate terrible hotel food during a short business visit. Short after the second hotel dinner I saw on the hotel room scale that my weight went up, and stayed there for neary 2 weeks, until the dark fairy was finally chased away by the light one. Normally, water weight gain from traveling only lasts for 1-2 days after the return flight, thus this was new for me.
  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    I found I had lost 4 and a half pounds on this morning's weekly weigh in. I have been averaging 2. I don't know how it happened, but I will take what the gods send and be grateful☺
  • TheGaudyMagpie
    TheGaudyMagpie Posts: 282 Member
    I've been logging for 80 days and fluctuating between the same five pounds. I've been doing resistance training and told myself that the scale was not going to be my friend but I was still concerned. Whoosh, those five pounds were gone in two days this week and they've stayed off. I'm still going up slightly after a workout, but I'm staying around that lower mark. I fit into size smaller jeans and shirts this week. My belt is almost three inches smaller too. At 6 lbs total lost, I'm right at the average of .5/week I should be for the amount I need to lose. It just waited to go all at once.
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Every woman will gain some bloat before her period and lose it during. I'm down 4.6lbs this week. Most of that, sadly, is water.

    My goal for PMS times is generally just not to gain. If I manage not to gain, I'll drop a ton during and right after my period. :) It evens out.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited June 2015
    For me it's the week after the end of my period. I lost 3-5 pounds in 5 days every time... then stopped losing until the next period.

    Even now that I've been maintaining for a year, I gain a couple pounds when I ovulate (I have massive ovarian cysts, that might account for it), then lose them again the week after my period. But when I skip a period, I keep the extra couple pounds.
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    Lol, I have a mental image of op waking up like its Christmas morning and creeping to the scale to see if the swoosh fairy has been!
  • cld111
    cld111 Posts: 300 Member
    I went from 135 yesterday to 133.7 today. Doesn't seem like a lot, but that's a big whoosh for me since I have just a little to lose. And since I ate 2500 calories yesterday. :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Karen_libert wrote: »
    Lol, I have a mental image of op waking up like its Christmas morning and creeping to the scale to see if the swoosh fairy has been!

    I can always tell, because I spend a day having to pee every 10 minutes. It totally sucks. I went to Six Flags with another family once that day and had to stop at every single restroom. So annoying. But yeah, always nice to weigh myself the next morning.
  • Melvicmurphy
    Melvicmurphy Posts: 43 Member
    Like others it's tom for me, Just towards the end 3 or 4 pounds whooosh away then it's back to 1 pound or nothing for the rest of the month!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I'm pretty sure this last night, absorbed any whoosh that would be forthcoming!
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  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    For me it's the week after the end of my period. I lost 3-5 pounds in 5 days every time... then stopped losing until the next period.

    Even now that I've been maintaining for a year, I gain a couple pounds when I ovulate (I have massive ovarian cysts, that might account for it), then lose them again the week after my period. But when I skip a period, I keep the extra couple pounds.

    Your cysts aren't going to be that big! You'd get torsion injuries on your ovaries if they were, like someone on too much Clomid.
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    I keep thinking that the scale is being mean to me, and I can't trust it and it will go back up tomorrow. I wonder if my 5 lb drop overnight is still there? Hmm...okay off to check...
  • Addiewe
    Addiewe Posts: 65 Member
    I held steady for two weeks then had a 3 lb drop over the next few days. I almost gave up and I am so glad I didnt!
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    I get the whoosh every 2-3 weeks, ranging from 1-5 lbs, typically 3-4 lbs. The drop happens over the course of several days. It's been this way for about a year. The longer the plateau (so-to-speak), the bigger the whoosh.

    And agreeing with @Francl27 , suddenly having to pee A LOT and a lot more often is a good sign a whoosh is right around the corner.
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    K, I'm back up to 188.2 so whoosh fairy disappeared...still don't trust my scale.
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  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    Does it count if I whoosh up?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I get this. Usually my fat gets melty looking, then I'll drop to a strange low number, then back up a pound and even out. It can take me weeks and weeks to lose anything on the scale.
  • cazbit
    cazbit Posts: 122 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    I'm hoping for a big drop in the next week or so.

    But absolutely do not google whoosh fairy, especially image search. Cannot be unseen.

    Sheer curiosity makes me want to google that instantly, however I'm scared

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