Experience with the "whoosh"?

missblondi2u

brb_2013 wrote: »

chachachingona wrote: »

Oh my gosh. Just did this. I wasn't losing weight for almost 2 weeks and then I jumped on the scale after waking up and was down 4 pounds. I kept moving the scale around the room because I thought that maybe the floor was uneven. Lol.. Awesome. I'll never think of a plateau the same way again.

This is a great point, with all these stories showing the same sort of phenomenon we really ought to dispose of the plateau concept as we think about it. Maybe a true plateau is months, not weeks. Since if we just keep plugging along on our plans, the whoosh will come. We just have to have patience.

Truer words were never spoken. I'm trying to exercise some patience after shooting up a whopping 5 pounds seemingly overnight after starting strength training exercises and getting back into running after a long break. I KNOW I didn't eat enough to gain actual weight, and I KNOW the whoosh is coming, but man it's hard!

brb_2013

missblondi2u wrote: »

brb_2013 wrote: »

chachachingona wrote: »

Oh my gosh. Just did this. I wasn't losing weight for almost 2 weeks and then I jumped on the scale after waking up and was down 4 pounds. I kept moving the scale around the room because I thought that maybe the floor was uneven. Lol.. Awesome. I'll never think of a plateau the same way again.

This is a great point, with all these stories showing the same sort of phenomenon we really ought to dispose of the plateau concept as we think about it. Maybe a true plateau is months, not weeks. Since if we just keep plugging along on our plans, the whoosh will come. We just have to have patience.

Truer words were never spoken. I'm trying to exercise some patience after shooting up a whopping 5 pounds seemingly overnight after starting strength training exercises and getting back into running after a long break. I KNOW I didn't eat enough to gain actual weight, and I KNOW the whoosh is coming, but man it's hard!

It is so hard. I'm really only just getting started with a deficit again but the lack of instant gratification is absolutely the mose difficult part of weight loss. I'm trying my best not to weigh in much, definitely no more than once per week, but ideally monthly so I don't have to stress over whooshes. We can do it!

whatshequilts

It's funny as I was going to start a post on this. How come my weight loss is so slow and then about every 2-3 weeks I loose 4-5 lbs in a day or two. It had my PT baffled. She is now educating herself on the "whoosh"

It's easy to track if your weighing and charting every day, I was able to see on my chart it happens about every 3 weeks

waitress2

So glad I discovered this thread. I read every single reply in this thread - so helpful! Really providing me motivation right now. Even a week long stall has caused me to quit weightloss efforts many times in the past so understanding this uneven weight loss phenomenon called "woosh" is helping me stick through my current plateau. I have noticed that though my weight has been surprisingly steady for the past 5 days, over the past two days I've lost almost 1 1/2 inches on my waist. Same on my hips. What I've learned from this thread is how important it is to have multiple ways of measuring progress so as to not get discouraged. After reading this thread I looked back at a spreadsheet I kept from a couple of years ago where I had joined a weight loss contest at work and what I saw was also a very staggered pattern of weight loss with plateaus and even some weeks of regains. At the time I thought I was doing really bad at the contest but at the end, I had lost a respectable amount of pounds and won the money from the weight loss pool.

CattOfTheGarage

Weight fluctuations happen, due to water retention. They make your weight loss look like "stalls" and "whooshes" instead of a steady decline. That's an established fact. The reasons behind this are complicated and varied and it often seems random.

This elaborate story about fat cells storing water has never convinced me and I just don't see how it helps. I think we'd all be better off detaching ourselves emotionally from the bathroom scale. It's a fickle friend and there are better places to get affirmation.

gamerbabe14

Resurrecting this because I expect a whoosh tomorrow. Been peeing all damn day.

MaddMaestro

I'm not sure I understand.. is a woosh a sudden lose of weight? Not sure if I've had that??

cwolfman13

I haven't had massive whooshes...but I can go two or three weeks where the scale just bounces around and then I'll lose 2 or 3 Lbs and bounce around at that weight...lose two or three Lbs, etc...

Daddy78230

I peed like crazy yesterday. I just had a sudden drop of weight over night - 5 pounds. I just ignored it. Thought it was another fluke. I went to the gym to lift weights and made impressive gains in everything.

aeloine

bump

Iamnotasenior

I've been experiencing this for months now. The first time, I went 10 days without any movement on the scale even though I was following the exact same program as before. Then, suddenly, a 2 pound loss in one day. I've seen the same pattern since then and I either lose my pound for the week towards the end of the week (thursday or friday) or I may go two weeks with no loss and then lose 2 pounds. I have noticed a loss in inches so it gets frustrating when the scale doesn't move, but eventually, the "whoosh" always happens.

JeromeBarry1

Sorry. Necro.