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Can you anticipate weight fluctuates based on feel?

Losingthedamnweight
Losingthedamnweight Posts: 537 Member
edited February 12 in Health and Weight Loss
Maybe this is all in my super imaginative head. Maybe is a placebo effect. Maybe it's confirmation bias. Maybe I say maybe too much and need to find a new favorite word to overuse? Banana pants

The days leading up to an annoying weight fluctuation that's most likely water weight, I feel puffy. My face feels fat and I could be wrong, but I feel like I'm involuntarily sticking my tummy out. Like in those infomercial before shots when those no good liars stick their stomach out (then back in and whoop! 20lbs lost. Thanks, "suck the money out of my bank account" diet!) I do that. And in general, I just feel squishy all over. Then surprise surprise, big number!

But on days like today, my face feels sucked in and my double chin is in hiding temporarily and my moobs are more b cup than c and I'll probably go home and see a smaller number.

Anybody else experience this? Or am I crazy? Or both?

...banana pants

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  • Tabitha_Faye
    Tabitha_Faye Posts: 131
    I do! Like, this morning, for instance... I went way over my sodium intake yesterday and I could feel it when I woke up. My wedding ring isn't as loose when I feel this way. Like you, I just feel... different. It's helpful, though. I know that when I step up on the scale that my weight could have fluctuated. It mentally prepares me. Haha.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    You are losingthedamnmind. Tomato pants!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    If you are a woman you can. Happens once a month, like clockwork. LOL!
  • lururu
    lururu Posts: 123 Member
    Yeah, when i feel like I could cheerfully stab anyone that looks at me the wrong way I can guarantee that a random and unfair weight gain is likely.

    Then when I feel goodwill towards mankind I can be fairly certain that the unjust, unwarranted and unwelcome extra will just disappear overnight :)

    Banana Trousers.....
  • FindingMyPerfection
    FindingMyPerfection Posts: 702 Member
    Yeah, when i feel like I could cheerfully stab anyone that looks at me the wrong way I can guarantee that a random and unfair weight gain is likely.

    Then when I feel goodwill towards mankind I can be fairly certain that the unjust, unwarranted and unwelcome extra will just disappear overnight :)

    Banana Trousers.....
    "Cheerfully stab anyone"

    I soo will start using this!
  • Barbonica
    Barbonica Posts: 337 Member
    Yep, no question that you can tell (if you pay attention to the data by weighing yourself regularly). I hate that bloated feeling! Turkey Tires!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Oh definitely.. The last time I saw a decrease I woke up feeling slim and was so happy when the scale confirmed it! And I always know when I'll be up - puffy face and fingers.

    edit because I suck at posting images...google banana pants - they actually exist!
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Banana pants are quite the rage these days.

    I'm terrible at gaging my feelings. This morning, I felt bloaty but hopped on the scale (I use the Libra app and do daily weigh ins for a cute graph that shows my weight trend) and I had gone down .6 lbs from yesterday? I'm sure some was dehydration, my throat is soreish but I guess my weight "feels" are off lol.
  • Stripeness
    Stripeness Posts: 511 Member
    Yeah, when i feel like I could cheerfully stab anyone that looks at me the wrong way I can guarantee that a random and unfair weight gain is likely.

    Then when I feel goodwill towards mankind I can be fairly certain that the unjust, unwarranted and unwelcome extra will just disappear overnight :)

    Banana Trousers.....

    This.

    (and don't anyone look at me wrong today)
  • edwardkim85
    edwardkim85 Posts: 438 Member
    I can tell I'm going to drop below a certain weight by feeling a certain way... but this is because i know exactly what goes in my body(kcal/macros) and I know there's no way but to go down.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    For you...
    bananapants.jpg
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