has the "Wooosh" ever happened to you.

inyasha23

how many pounds did you lose.


if someone can explain how this works in more detail that would be great.

snowflakesav

this has no scientific basis and does not accurately reflect fat metabolism.

vivmom2014

I hope it's a myth, because it has *never* happened for me.

alyhuggan

I just lost 5 calories laughing at the diagram

Bshmerlie

yeah...don't we wish

Francl27

I lost most of my weight that way. Definitely not a myth. I'd stop losing anything 2 weeks before my period, then have a woosh the week after and I've lost 60 pounds that way... only the week after my period. The record is 6 pounds in 2 days, I think.. but it's been a while as I've been maintaining for a year.

Cassie_DE

Francl27 wrote: »

I lost most of my weight that way. Definitely not a myth. I'd stop losing anything 2 weeks before my period, then have a woosh the week after and I've lost 60 pounds that way... only the week after my period. The record is 6 pounds in 2 days, I think.. but it's been a while as I've been maintaining for a year.

I'm mostly losing that way. My weight is more likely to increase in the weeks before my period than anything. Then my period hits, and I either lose then or the week after.Typically drop 1 to 3 lbs.

DeguelloTex

I'm not vouching for the diagram, but most of the last 30 pounds I've lost has occurred in a much more stairstep fashion than it did before. My graph has been either flat or the weight has been pouring off. I've lost seven pounds in nine days after being flat or slightly gaining for two weeks.

atypicalsmith

That's how it usually happens with me. Don't lose anything for two weeks, then wham, three pounds lost. Long past TOM age . . .

Sabine_Stroehm

Francl27 wrote: »

I lost most of my weight that way. Definitely not a myth. I'd stop losing anything 2 weeks before my period, then have a woosh the week after and I've lost 60 pounds that way... only the week after my period. The record is 6 pounds in 2 days, I think.. but it's been a while as I've been maintaining for a year.

I lost in wooshes too.

zyxst

Not that I recall.

trigden1991

At the mid point of my cut I didn't lose a single pound for 3 weeks then one day weighed in and I was 6lbs down. weigh ins all depend on hydration and water retention

angelexperiment

A month ago I was at same weight for two weeks then I lost 5 lbs. Lost one more and have been same since but my nutrition has not been to good so trying to refocus!

atypicalsmith

angelexperiment wrote: »

A month ago I was at same weight for two weeks then I lost 5 lbs. Lost one more and have been same since but my nutrition has not been to good so trying to refocus!

Just believe in CICO and you'll win!!!

professionalHobbyist

Absolutely

I have been on a moderate carb reduction for a year and a half

I eat carbs in veggies and fruits. I was told not to worry about plateaus because some people, not all people, hold water temporarily while losing fat stores.

When the body is satisfied the change is permanent it releases the associated water.

Is it true? I have experienced a few large weight drops after a week of nothing,

Not sure that makes this theory a fact but I have experienced those plateau effect losses

Who cares really? If we stick with it we lose fat, either slow and steady or in plateau type drops.

Springfield1970

I'm a firm believer and advocate of the Woosh effect. I first experienced it while meticulously calorie counting during a cut and getting a plateau of a few weeks, then Bam! I was back exactly on track overnight. It has happened every time I've cut. It makes total sense to me, especially when Lyle MacDonald explains it. No, there's no proof, but whatever it is, it happens, one day I wake up and I'm completely on track. It's weird.

forme1415

This is the only way I lose weight. My weight will stay the same or close to the same for 10-14ish days and then all the sudden over the course of a couple days I will lose a ton of weight. My record is 12 pounds in four days, then of course I will lose nothing for another two weeks or so then again... whoooosh!

flinx1241

After a two-month long plateau, I'm down almost 4 lbs today from my previous lowest weight. That's pretty much the way I've lost from the beginning, but it's certainly nice to see it happen again after so long... (note: not all in on the "science" behind the OP's posted drawing, but my body certainly seems to lose weight via the whoosh, regardless of the reasons)...

atypicalsmith

flinx1241 wrote: »

After a two-month long plateau, I'm down almost 4 lbs today from my previous lowest weight. That's pretty much the way I've lost from the beginning, but it's certainly nice to see it happen again after so long... (note: not all in on the "science" behind the OP's posted drawing, but my body certainly seems to lose weight via the whoosh, regardless of the reasons)...

Yes!

Sued0nim

actually I agree that the picture is not accurate - but it's a fun graphic

and the whoosh absolutely does happen, possibly more so with women

In my personal experience after the first 6 or 8 weeks of lower calorie I switched to a higher intake (from 2lbs to 1lbs then to 0.5lbs) and seemed to have stalls for a week to 2 weeks with just fluctuations up and down of a couple of pounds then a drop and it would fluctuate the same couple of pounds then drop again 2-3 weeks later.

It was affected by sodium and exercise change-up - but I think the main thing was hormonal shifts around ovulation and periods ..

the overall trendline I can get through trendweight.com worked best for me as I tracked this .. you can get similar from happy scale and libra apps .. I'm sure there's more

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/

LiveLoveRunFar

Yep, happened yesterday! I can always tell when the next day will be a weight loss day!

CoachJen71

Yes, it has happened to me throughout my journey. I stall for a few weeks then drop a few pounds. My graph, like others, is stair steps, albeit uneven and irregular ones.

dmt4641

This is how I lose at least half of my weight. I lose nothing for a couple weeks, then boom 1.5 lbs (I am lean trying to get leaner so not 3-6 lbs at a time!). It usually happens after a day that I am much hungrier than usual and eat at maintenance or above with higher carbs just to not gnaw my arm off.

Saryia

YES this has happened to me! In fact this happens quite often. It might be more common in women due to hormonal reasons, since that time of the month can influence water retention. That's just speculation, however...

In my case, what usually happens is that I don't lose ANYTHING for 1-3 weeks, then WOOSH weight loss all at once.

vinerie

Definitely not a myth. I can now tell when I'm going to have a 'whoosh', which was in fact this morning. 3.6 pounds down from yesterday morning. Did I lose 3.6 pounds of fat overnight? Of course not. But my body finally let go of the H2O it was holding on to in place of burned fat. Weight loss is not linear.

Here is a nice post about the well-documented whoosh effect.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/

abatonfan

I noticed that my weight loss now tends to be in whoosh phases. My last one ended up being a five-pound overnight drop after fluctuating at 140-143 for three months.

PeachyCarol

I've had a weird whoosh pattern thing happening lately. Smallish stall, then a pattern of small daily losses for 3-4 consecutive days totalling about a pound a half. Lather, rinse, repeat.

sijomial

Me too.
Last time I dropped 4lbs it took 3 weeks to lose a pound and then 3 days to lose 3lbs.

At the beginning of my weight loss there was a change in appearance of my stomach fat before the 'whoosh' - much as described by Lyle McDonald.

leggup

This drawing is overly simplistic and misleading. First, what the heck kind of cell is that? No nucleus?

Here's a diagram of a white fat cell gaining fat:


I'm not going to talk about brown fat cells, since your diagram seems to be talking about only white cells. Although it has been speculated that the emptied fat cells temporarily store water before a large scale loss, I can only find speculation on body building sites, not medical journals. I feel like it would be very easy to test and replicate if it were the case. Also, your body has tens of BILLIONS of fat cells. The idea that they're all doing the same thing at the same time and that results in a sudden scale loss is absurd. Your cells are constantly adapting to the environment you provide (nutrients, UV rays, heat, cold, free radicals, pathogens). Cells in different parts of the body behave differently, as well.

It is also misleading that you could "shut down" a cell. The fat cell is not completely empty. It still contains a nucleus. You cells do turnover, over time, but fat cells are reproduced just like skin cells.

Saryia

leggup wrote: »

It is also misleading that you could "shut down" a cell. The fat cell is not completely empty. It still contains a nucleus. You cells do turnover, over time, but fat cells are reproduced just like skin cells.

There is a lot more going on in a cell than a nucleus, I'm not sure why you're so fixated on the diagram considering that yours is only slightly more realistic.

sgthaggard

"Woosh" as in a sudden loss of water weight? Sure.

As in what is shown in that diagram? No.