Can anyone explain it?

JDWhite4

First and foremost, this site is amazing, I owe a lot of credit to you guys who are supportive and keep me on track. That being said I am in utter shock right now, I'll explain....

I was consistently losing 10 lbs a month my first couple months on MFP, then I plateaued right around 288-285 for about a month. I kept doing the same things I had always done, but the weight was going no where. Then I decided to up my calorie intake by 200 calories and between that and the holidays and missing work, my scheduled and workout routine has been thrown off.

I've worked out once in the past 14 days.

I hopped on the scale about 5 minutes ago just to see where I was (I figured after Thxgiving and desserts, etc. I'd put on a lb or two) and to my surprise I was down to 280!!!! I am in utter shock. I thought the scale was broken. I kept weighing myself and it kept showing the same number.

Can anyone explain how something like that would happen? I'm not mad about it, I'm happy actually, but I just want to gain a deeper understanding of my body.

Thanks in advance for the responses! Please share if you've had a similar experience please!

embersfallen

Sometimes your body can used to the same thing...this has happened to me as well....i've hit a few plateaus...last time i had to eat 2 days in a row NOT counting calories...which was crazy hard to do... i tried to still be a bit mindful of things, just not be so super stringent..and it worked... back to it after the 2 days, and then I started losing again.... happens with workout routines as well... do the same thing too much, with no changes, still good for the heart and all..but as to weight loss..it will stall...

cycle_queen

For me, water makes a huge difference. Sometimes, for whatever reason, it stays retained in my body.

Jill_newimprovedversion

you reached a plateau and then - without doing it consciously- you "zig zagged" your calories,
busting thru it.

You learned this early on- and chances are you'll hit another plateau along the way....
and next time you'll know how to press through it...

I liken it to rocking your car back and forth if you get *stuck* in the snow- forward/backward to get the momentum you need to pull forward again....
Bodies get stuck in a rut if they're doing the same things repetitively- you gotta shake it up or it gets lazy.

gsager

Congrats! All I can do is guess but I think maybe you were restricting your calories too much. When I did that and wasn't eating the calories that I burned from exercise I was losing weight at a much slower rate than I am since I upped my calorie intake to include my calories burned. Whatever did it, I'm so happy for you.

iKristine

To be in a plateau, you've not lost or gained despite the SAME effort consistantly for at least 1-2 months.

So having said that, I doubt you were in a plataeu to begin. However, weight loss is like the stairs. Its never a gently glide down it comes in chunks. It's good to sometimes shock your body by giving it a lil more. Nothing huge like 1k+ but just a little.

Not working out isn't necessarily a deal breaker. It just means your not at your height of possible metabolism. Sometime a work out break is good too!

Don't slack on working out though, in lew of this. Your body rewarded you, so reward it by keeping yourself fit more than today. And consider this like a speeding ticket, warning. You made bad choices, when you knew you shouldve good. And you got away anyways!

Lift_hard_eat_big

You had a refeed or diet break which rejuvenated your metabolism. That, or you excreted a lot of water, or had a large bowel movement, or both.

Acg67

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