If cico works ?

water loss

1) Weight loss isn't linear. If you hadn't seen a loss for a while (due to water retention, TOM, etc), you might have reached the point where you got the "whoosh."

2) Your net average over your goal was still a deficit.

3) This data doesn't show anything about your exercise habits for the week.

4) No way to know how accurate your logging actually was - I'd guess you didn't really eat 4300 calories in one day.

Because weight loss and gain isn't linear, your body doesn't have a static weight, and the number you see on the scale can be affected by a variety of things, including but not limited to a calorie deficit. CICO is a mathematical equation designed to explain fat loss and gain over time. It doesn't describe simple body weight changes.

The numbers on this chart don't make sense. If you were over your goal by 150 per day that would be about 1000 extra for the week, not 3405 extra as stated. If your goal is 1595, that's not where the line is on the chart, it's at about 1200.
To respond to your question, weight loss is not linear. You don't immediately gain or lose weight the day after you ate more or less, often not even the same week. There often seems to be a delay. You had a weird fluctuation for some unknown reason. You can't validate or invalidate CICO based on one week, which includes New Year's Eve. You have to look at the long haul. Next week, there's a good chance the scale will be up. Save this thread to remind yourself of the reasons why this happens, when it does!
CICO works because it is math, not a "diet plan." Math does not fail you.

You could publish your assertions in book form and send a copy to Oprah and see what happens.

connorlauren3638 wrote: »

1) You only have one day that you went way over...overall, you were still in a calorie deficit for the week.
2) Your target of 1,595 is a weight loss target...it isn't maintenance...it is a substantial deficit from maintenance...going over by 148 calories on average per day is nothing...still in a deficit.
3) Screen shot just shows total calories...it doesn't give any indication of activity, either general or exercise.
4) You're assuming a direct 1:1 linear relationship in regards to what you do today having a direct relationship with tomorrow. That's not how your body works. Weight management is the cumulative effect of what is happening over days, weeks, months, and years. What happens today or this week doesn't necessarily effect what happens tomorrow or next week. This is actually one of the problems I have with MFP's methodology...it tends to make people get wrapped up in the minutia of tit for tat...when in reality, that's just not the way it works.
5) High calorie days from time to time can reset hormones and reduce cortisol levels often resulting in a whoosh.
6) Personally, I can fluctuate that much pretty easily day to day...I was up almost 3 Lbs today from yesterday which is largely attributable to a heavy lifting session last night and retaining a bunch of fluid because of it. Actual weight loss and weight management in general is about trends and averages over time...see #4.

connorlauren3638 wrote: »

Too funny. That chart of your week seems to be giving us the finger!