Weight loss slows substantially just before every stone marker...

jmgj27
jmgj27 Posts: 531 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone else find this? For example:
18.12 - 18.4 (8lbs): 6 days
18.4 - 17.13 (5lbs): 10 days
17.13 - 17.4 (9lbs): 17 days
17.4 - 16.13 (5lbs): 18 days
16.13 - 16.4 (9lbs): 27 days
16.4 - 16.3 (where I'm at today: 7 days so far

I don't understand why this happens although it feels like it's psychological - except my body can't psychologically retain weight when I'm nearing another goal right???!!!

Anyone else find this and find it's extremely frustrating? It was exactly the same the last time I lost weight as well!

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Did you adjust your calorie goal?
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Correlation does not equal causality. I don't think you've got a dataset that proves very much more than weight loss is nonlinear and humans are impatient.
  • TheLongshot
    TheLongshot Posts: 34 Member
    Your body isn't concerned with arbitrary scale numbers, I'm guessing it's a psychosomatic response to coming close to your goal and it taking longer as a result #fauxpsychology
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I'm totally confused by your thread title and the content of your post. Isn't a stone 14 pounds? Not 8 or 5 or 9?

    Anyway, weight loss is nonlinear. Plus, if you haven't reduced your calorie goal along the way your weight loss will slow down since your calorie deficit will get smaller and smaller.
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    jmgj27 wrote: »
    Anyone else find this? For example:
    18.12 - 18.4 (8lbs): 6 days
    18.4 - 17.13 (5lbs): 10 days
    17.13 - 17.4 (9lbs): 17 days
    17.4 - 16.13 (5lbs): 18 days
    16.13 - 16.4 (9lbs): 27 days
    16.4 - 16.3 (where I'm at today: 7 days so far

    I don't understand why this happens although it feels like it's psychological - except my body can't psychologically retain weight when I'm nearing another goal right???!!!

    Anyone else find this and find it's extremely frustrating? It was exactly the same the last time I lost weight as well!

    It might be frustrating but you already know what to expect. Weight loss is not linear.
  • jmgj27
    jmgj27 Posts: 531 Member
    I know- it's just the specificity of the non-linear behaviour of the weight loss that bugs me I guess! It drops nicely down to around stone plus 4 then plays silly buggers for 3/4 weeks then carries on. J know what to expect it's just frustrating sometimes!

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