Lost 4 pounds - IN ONE DAY!!!

allenpriest
allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
edited February 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
Really it was JUST 8 HOURS!!!

See I weighed right before I went to bed and after sleeping through the night, then getting up and going to the can, I weighed again and I was 4 POUNDS LIGHTER!!!


What does it mean????


Nothing. Nada. Not a darn thing.


See I know weight loss is not linear and it is long term. Short term fluctuations happen and mean nothing.


So I guess I will scrap the book I was going to write - How to Sleep Your Way to A New You, An Idiot's Guide to Weight Loss.

And I'll keep logging what I eat, eating less and moving more. 25 months down and I figure only 18-24 months left to goal.

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  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
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  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    Congratulations on your loss! Like, the real one, 25 months is GREAT, your perseverance is showing ;)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    So you're saying sleep is your weight loss secret? And you're telling us this for free?

    I figure you could at least get a series of lucrative infomercial sales out of this thing.
  • stang02
    stang02 Posts: 75 Member
    I think a Kickstarter for your book is in order. It'll sell like low-carb hotcakes.
  • BoaRestrictor
    BoaRestrictor Posts: 194 Member
    Yeah I have started weighing myself daily. I lose 2lbs gain 3 lose 4 gain 2 ect. 1 step back 2 steps forward.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    So you're saying sleep is your weight loss secret? And you're telling us this for free?

    I figure you could at least get a series of lucrative infomercial sales out of this thing.

    Well, sleep and poop! ;)
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    CoffeeNCardio wrote: »
    Congratulations on your loss! Like, the real one, 25 months is GREAT, your perseverance is showing ;)

    I learned it is a marathon and not a sprint.

    That won't sell books though.

  • ARGriffy
    ARGriffy Posts: 1,002 Member
    allenpriest wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    So you're saying sleep is your weight loss secret? And you're telling us this for free?

    I figure you could at least get a series of lucrative infomercial sales out of this thing.

    Well, sleep and poop! ;)

    Ahh the old sleep and poop weight loss programme my old friend. So many actual programmes are based on this, that's what's funny! Any 'teatox' for example!
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    CoffeeNCardio wrote: »
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    LOL
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    allenpriest wrote: »
    How to Sleep Your Way to A New You, An Idiot's Guide to Weight Loss.

    I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  • krithsai
    krithsai Posts: 668 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    So you're saying sleep is your weight loss secret? And you're telling us this for free?

    I figure you could at least get a series of lucrative infomercial sales out of this thing.

    Ssshhh! One of us could steal the idea and get really rich!
  • angellll12
    angellll12 Posts: 296 Member
    Were those numbers you haven't seen yet since starting your weight loss? Or are they the same numbers you see when your weight fluctuates?
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    The title of this thread is somewhat misleading. I believed you. Now I am so disillusioned.

    I need a Baby Ruth bar. It looks like a poop. Does that count for anything??
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Mavrick_RN wrote: »
    The title of this thread is somewhat misleading. I believed you. Now I am so disillusioned.

    I need a Baby Ruth bar. It looks like a poop. Does that count for anything??

    It does in the Caddyshack.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    edited February 2016
    angellll12 wrote: »
    Were those numbers you haven't seen yet since starting your weight loss? Or are they the same numbers you see when your weight fluctuates?

    I've been in a pretty steady decline over time. Of course I started way north of 400 pounds. Sure it fluctuates over a few days at a time, but I don't pay that much attention.

    In fact the only reason I was weighing in the evening was that I got a new scale. I want to weigh in the morning when it is the lowest! :) (and when I can be most consistent in the time I weigh in)

  • angellll12
    angellll12 Posts: 296 Member
    allenpriest wrote: »
    angellll12 wrote: »
    Were those numbers you haven't seen yet since starting your weight loss? Or are they the same numbers you see when your weight fluctuates?

    I've been in a pretty steady decline over time. Of course I started way north of 400 pounds. Sure it fluctuates over a few days at a time, but I don't pay that much attention.

    In fact the only reason I was weighing in the evening was that I got a new scale. I want to weigh in the morning when it is the lowest! :) (and when I can be most consistent in the time I weigh in)

    So was that a yes to seeing those numbers before?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited February 2016
    Well yeah, lol. You're heavier at night.

    I've lost 2 pounds in 24 hours before though. And I lost 4 pounds in 2 days once. But I suffer from massive 'woosh' syndrome (yes it's a thing now) and I don't recommend it, having to pee every 10 minutes all day royally sucks.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    angellll12 wrote: »

    So was that a yes to seeing those numbers before?

    Well as I said I just got a new scale - so I am more concerned about relative changes on the scale.

    My night weight was above where I have recorded before. This morning was actually lower than where I think I was with the error in my old scale (which is why I replaced it).
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,217 Member
    Heh, don't you love that? I randomly weigh through the day sometimes, yesterday (if you take my wake up weight as 0) looked like this:

    6:45am - 0
    5:50pm - -0.8kg
    8:45pm (after dinner but also after Taekwondo) - -0.7kg
    6:45am this morning - -1.3kg

    This is a story of water retention, exercise, sweat and food.
  • briggsykim
    briggsykim Posts: 75 Member
    edited February 2016

    H4N4H wrote: »
    Yeah I have started weighing myself daily. I lose 2lbs gain 3 lose 4 gain 2 ect. 1 step back 2 steps forward.

    Me too kinda frustrating
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    More fascinating than frustrating, for me.
  • samchez0
    samchez0 Posts: 364 Member
    I would be so down with a sleep to weight loss plan. I assume it would just be my muscles wasting away but I like sleep so I might be ok with that.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,217 Member
    chandanista wrote: »
    More fascinating than frustrating, for me.

    I agree! I find it so interesting. I know what sodium does to me (weight up), what booze does to me (weight down), know that the volume of what I eat before bed matters less than what it was made up of, what happens at certain times of the month or in certain weather and finally, that unlike where I'd weigh weekly and maybe get disappointed in a result, by understanding my daily fluctuations a higher weight one day is very unlikely to be representative of a fat gain.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    samchez0 wrote: »
    I would be so down with a sleep to weight loss plan. I assume it would just be my muscles wasting away but I like sleep so I might be ok with that.

    It works for bears.... ;)

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