Losing Weight After An Off Weekend

bringingsexyback2007
bringingsexyback2007 Posts: 79 Member
edited July 2017 in Health and Weight Loss
I've lost 90lbs since January 1st of this year by creating a healthy lifestyle of eating healthy and exercising. I've had a little bit of a set back the past 3 days. I've pretty much ate what I wanted, without going too crazy. I went over calorie by about 300 calories the past 3 days in a row. I woke up today, preparing for the worst when I weighed in and was shocked to see I had dropped 4.5 pounds since Thursday (4 days ago) which was when my eating went off track. I also wasn't exercising during this time. I'm back on track today, but am very curious to know if anyone knows why this happens? TIA!

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  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    edited July 2017
    Weightloss isn't linear. There are ups, downs, retention, time, underestimation, overestimation, all kinds of factors. Just be happy for a loss in the long run.

    Edit; Post 666. Yaasssss.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Take it!
  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    Random water weight fluctuation. Consider it a counterbalance to all those days when you were under calories and the scale went up.
  • taziarj
    taziarj Posts: 243 Member
    300 over maintenance or 300 over your daily goal? Your daily goal is already a deficit, so even if you are over your daily goal you may still be under maintenance and still in a deficit.

    You have discovered the "whoosh effect". You can read more about how it works at the link below.

    http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect/
  • bringingsexyback2007
    bringingsexyback2007 Posts: 79 Member
    taziarj wrote: »
    300 over maintenance or 300 over your daily goal? Your daily goal is already a deficit, so even if you are over your daily goal you may still be under maintenance and still in a deficit.

    You have discovered the "whoosh effect". You can read more about how it works at the link below.

    http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect/

    It was 300 over my daily goal. Thank you for the info. Loving this whoosh effect!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Congrats! Just don't post tomorrow asking why you're hi please 2 lbs after the unexpected loss. Lol. This is what is meant that weight loss is not linear!
  • taziarj
    taziarj Posts: 243 Member
    edited July 2017
    bringingsexyback2007 wrote: »

    It was 300 over my daily goal. Thank you for the info. Loving this whoosh effect!

    Depending on what your daily goal is based off of (lose 1lb, 1.5lb, 2lb a week), you may still be in as much as a 700 calorie deficit each of those days you went over. Ultimately, the answer is as others pointed out, weight loss isn't linear. Though I find it much more linear when I only weigh in once a week vs every day.
  • Love4fitnesslove4food2
    Love4fitnesslove4food2 Posts: 711 Member
    Your body likely released training associated water retention and/or your cortisol levels went down due to getting a bit more food and that triggered a loss of water weight.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    ^^ Yes, that. ^^

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