are people jealous of your weight loss?

jaymikhail69

How come anytime people lose a decen't amount of pounds it is always " Oh you only lost water. Oh you are probably starving yourself" Friend of mine lost 6 pounds in two weeks and got nothing but negative comments. You can't treat everyone the same cause everyone bodies are different, and though your body may go by the book, others might not..GEEZ.

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AllonsYtotheTardis

No one has ever had any disparaging comments to make on my weightloss.

thesupremeforce

Losing six pounds in two weeks probably was mostly water loss. That's less a "negative" comment and more an attempt to keep a person's expectations reasonable (so they don't freak out when they don't continue losing three pounds per week).

To answer your question, to this point no one has made any negative comments to me about weight loss, so if they are jealous, they're doing a good job of keeping that information to themselves (or at least away from me).

jaymikhail69

Losing six pounds in two weeks probably was mostly water loss. That's less a "negative" comment and more an attempt to keep a person's expectations reasonable (so they don't freak out when they don't continue losing three pounds per week).

To answer your question, to this point no one has made any negative comments to me about weight loss, so if they are jealous, they're doing a good job of keeping that information to themselves (or at least away from me).

But how do you know? You don't have any information on her diet or workout intensity. to me it seems like people are just walking around with preconceived notion that anything more than 2 pounds a week is water loss, which if that was the case alot of people wouldn't lose inches on their waist or hips or whatever. or would have died of dehydration.

crystalflame

Losing six pounds in two weeks probably was mostly water loss. That's less a "negative" comment and more an attempt to keep a person's expectations reasonable (so they don't freak out when they don't continue losing three pounds per week).

To answer your question, to this point no one has made any negative comments to me about weight loss, so if they are jealous, they're doing a good job of keeping that information to themselves (or at least away from me).

But how do you know? You don't have any information on her diet or workout intensity. to me it seems like people are just walking around with preconceived notion that anything more than 2 pounds a week is water loss, which if that was the case alot of people wouldn't lose inches on their waist or hips or whatever. or would have died of dehydration.

Losing water weight makes a significant difference in your body's appearance. When starting a new diet/workout regime, your body burns up glycogen stores and releases the water in them. This doesn't cause you to become massively dehydrated, but it does cause anywhere around your muscles to appear flatter or less puffy. As long as you're working out and in a deficit, you only see small fluctuations due to this - you never let your body fully build that glycogen back up - but many people get to their goal weight, go to maintenance, and go WTF WHY AM I SUDDENLY 5 LBS HEAVIER because they didn't realize their glycogen stores would get replenished and they'd start holding water again.

Water weight loss can be from dehydration, too - people starting new fitness regimes often DO dehydrate themselves unintentionally. Most people are mildly dehydrated to begin with from not drinking enough water, and now they're sweating a lot more. This certainly won't kill them, but it can make them feel less than awesome. This does make a difference in your appearance - some VS models admit to not eating or drinking ANYTHING 24 hours before a show so they'll dehydrate and not show any water bloat. (Not advocating this by any means... Just saying it's done because how hydrated you are affects your appearance and your waistline.)

It's not disparaging your friend to tell her it's water weight unless people are saying it in a nasty way. So many people start off on a weight loss mission having no idea how their bodies work or where the weight loss they see on the scale is really coming from. It's important to be educated so you can have reasonable expectations, avoid disappointment, and plan for what's ahead.

To directly answer your question, I've never had anything rude or mean said to me. I also make a point to not talk about it to people IRL very much.

BrainyBurro

Losing six pounds in two weeks probably was mostly water loss. That's less a "negative" comment and more an attempt to keep a person's expectations reasonable (so they don't freak out when they don't continue losing three pounds per week).

To answer your question, to this point no one has made any negative comments to me about weight loss, so if they are jealous, they're doing a good job of keeping that information to themselves (or at least away from me).

But how do you know? You don't have any information on her diet or workout intensity. to me it seems like people are just walking around with preconceived notion that anything more than 2 pounds a week is water loss, which if that was the case alot of people wouldn't lose inches on their waist or hips or whatever. or would have died of dehydration.

it's science.

when a person starts eating at a calorie deficit from TDEE for several days in a row, their body will turn to its glycogen stores first to make up that energy deficit. as those glycogen stores are depleted, the water stored with them will be shed. this is why every miracle diet claim you'll ever see advertised in women's magazines are always limited to the first 14-21 days. it's a dead giveaway that this water shedding mechanism is what the miracle diet proponent is basing their claims on.