Describe your Whoosh Fairy visits

I dropped down to 187, went up to 189/188 and stayed there for a week and a half...now today I'm 186.

This is why I barely weigh myself. I figure as long as I'm diligent with my logging and maintaining my training schedule, then I'm losing weight. No need to obsess over the scale.

I really need this thread right now!
I just wrote this status on my newsfeed this morning:

"Despite the fact that I feel better and my body looks better, I am getting irritated by the scale! I lost 9.5lbs in one month. That's amazingly good! I realize this is actually normal; that it generally happens at the beginning of your weight loss journey but I'm not gonna lie, the fact that I've only lost 1.3lbs since then (about 2.5 weeks) is very discouraging. Especially since I have lowered my calories and upped my exercise! So I sat down w/ my data and realized that despite the rapid slow down of loss, my overall average is still over 1.5lbs loss a week! That's good news seeing as I had only asked MFP to assist me w/ losing 0.5lbs a week. Some times it takes a sitting back and looking at the WHOLE picture to see how far you've come! So I will keep moving forward and have faith that I will see something more soon. I encourage you to do the same! Have a wonderful day my friends! "

Coincidence? I think not!

Keep the stories (and Hot Whoosh Fairy photos) coming!

bpetrosky wrote: »

I guess mine came over the weekend, about 2 lbs off since Saturday. I set up a hidden camera and caught a picture of mine. Somehow not so sparkly. :-/

I like mine better.

Bought myself new jeans (29" woooohooo) and they were SUPER tight (sitting was not soooo comfy haha). I put them back in the closet and then decided to put them on 2 days later and it fit way better and the squishy fat at my hips seemed to be gone ...miracles

cazbit wrote: »

The whoosh fairy visited me last night, four pounds down, yay!!!!!!

Yay!!! Congrats!! Now will you PLEASE give him my address?!?!?!?

MamaBirdBoss wrote: »

Every woman will gain some bloat before her period and lose it during. I'm down 4.6lbs this week. Most of that, sadly, is water.

My goal for PMS times is generally just not to gain. If I manage not to gain, I'll drop a ton during and right after my period. It evens out.

That's not true.

The whoosh fairy has never, ever visited me...but I don't bloat either.

2.6 lbs down overnight. Got off the scale, shoved it around on the floor, got back on. Read 2.8. I put in the 2.6. LOL.

I've been at this about six months and I've lost a little more than 30 pounds so far. For me I spend about 10-15 days averaging around a weight, then I whoosh down about 2-3 lbs and stay there for another 10-15 days. I actually track the stalls and whooshes and make predictions on when my next whoosh will be and how far it will take me. I'm very consistent about what I eat week to week (e.g. I have hibachi chicken on Tuesday for lunch and pizza for dinner on Wednesdays) and how much I exercise. Interestingly enough, my weight loss is fairly predictable. Last week I whooshed down 3 lbs from Sunday to Monday and I've stayed there since. That means I've got about 5-10 more days before my next expected woosh.

MamaBirdBoss wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

For me it's the week after the end of my period. I lost 3-5 pounds in 5 days every time... then stopped losing until the next period.

Even now that I've been maintaining for a year, I gain a couple pounds when I ovulate (I have massive ovarian cysts, that might account for it), then lose them again the week after my period. But when I skip a period, I keep the extra couple pounds.

Your cysts aren't going to be that big! You'd get torsion injuries on your ovaries if they were, like someone on too much Clomid.

My cysts were 1-6 pounds when they were removed.

Keith3481 wrote: »

Breaking a veeeeery long hiatus, Keith, to tell you that your use of a Minitab multi stage control chart to log your weight loss has thrilled my nerdy soul. Rock on.