Losing weight in "bursts"

rosiecbolton
rosiecbolton Posts: 85 Member
in Motivation and Support
I just wondered if this is normal. I go a week or two without losing weight and then all of a sudden I spend about 5 days losing weight rapidly. Then I plateau again and so on. Sometimes the plateaus are due to me eating a bit more, but a lot of the time I eat about the same every day. I think it is a bit weird. Does anyone else lose weight in bursts and why is my body doing this?

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  • KateK8LoseW8
    KateK8LoseW8 Posts: 824 Member
    It's normal.
  • Willoughby18
    Willoughby18 Posts: 13 Member
    My weight loss has been following the same kind of trend. The majority of my loss occurs on the days following my period (I don't gain during it either)!
  • lilbearzmom
    lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
    This is SO my pattern of weight loss. I see it as a stair-step pattern. I gain/lose the same 1-2 lbs for awhile (2-3 weeks) then I drop 5 lbs in a week. I don't ever see consistent losses week after week. You're not alone.
  • likerebecca
    likerebecca Posts: 57 Member
    I agree... it's weird.. During the week I fluctuate up within a pound, but come weigh in day, I always see a nice loss.. It all depends on your hydration, time of day, and god only knows the moon for all I can figure out! lol
  • harleygroomer
    harleygroomer Posts: 373 Member
    actually this is very normal. you will hit plateaus from time to time. BUT that being said my trainer makes me stop "losing" after every 20 lbs and I have to maintain that weigh for 2 weeks before I get back into the swing of things..At first I had a lot of bumps BUT now I am very successful at the maintain which is what my long term goal is.
  • b218w
    b218w Posts: 76 Member
    Same here.......
  • 366to266
    366to266 Posts: 473 Member
    It's normal.

    On the atkins board they call it the Whoosh Fairy.
  • elainemorris1982
    elainemorris1982 Posts: 104 Member
    same for me, will go 2-3 weeks without losing then I'l just drop 2-3 pounds, then stay the same again for 2-3 weeks. I stil lose inches thou on the weeks I stay the same, so that keeps me going :)
  • TheDarlingOne
    TheDarlingOne Posts: 255 Member
    Big reason why I switched to only 1x a month weigh-ins. My period has me eating like a mad fiend for a week - so there's my gain or stall. But then after I'm over I tend to level out - and possibly even lose.
    So i changed to 1x a month so I don't get pulled down by fluctuations - just whatever happens on the 1st I go "it is what it is" and move on to fix it - or dance a jig of glee as with today's weigh in lol.
    Totally normal!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    This happens to me. The past few months I've lost 4-6 lb a month and it ALWAYS follows the same pattern.

    I lose 1/4 to 1/2 lb each week and then the week leading up to my period I lose 2-3+ lb rapidly.

    I don't gain or lose during the period - but then right after it I go back to 1/4 to 1/2 lb loss each week.

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