The "whoosh"

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  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    Last week I gained 1.5lbs (ovulation week); this week I have lost 4.5lbs in 5 days. Not sure its a "whoosh", more a hormonal issue that i can predict using HappyScale. Still irritating as *kitten* though.
  • Mini_Medic
    Mini_Medic Posts: 343 Member
    Some it is probably the fat cells retaining water to replace the lost fat until the overhydration from exercising goes away, glycogen replenishment yada yada. Truly I feel like the whooshes come into play with people who unconsciously or intentionally calorie cycle. I can dehydrate myself and force my weight down during ovulation and my cycle to account for the fluid retention due to hormones, or I can leave it be. If I'm in a steady closely monitored calorie deficit I can lost extremely consistently .1 a day, .5 a week or whatever my calories are set to. However I don't force dehydration so what seems like a whoosh to me is just getting rid of bloating after my cycle and my true loss coming though to show itself once the water weight mask comes off. Also since I cycle calories and eat more for PMS lol and eat more on exercise days my gut may just be fuller with food than another day where I simply ate less volume, and had I weighed I would've seen a lower low.
  • maisiba
    maisiba Posts: 66 Member
    I did not experience this for the first 10 months where I lost every week with very few exceptions (of course sometimes more and sometimes less but consistently) but now it happened to me twice in the last 8 weeks so it seems to be real for some people because my eating/lifestyle has not changed.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    maisiba wrote: »
    I did not experience this for the first 10 months where I lost every week with very few exceptions (of course sometimes more and sometimes less but consistently) but now it happened to me twice in the last 8 weeks so it seems to be real for some people because my eating/lifestyle has not changed.

    Or it could just be your immune system fending off some virus. You wouldn't even have to have otherwise noticeable symptoms for your body to retain a little extra water for a while.
  • maisiba
    maisiba Posts: 66 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Or it could just be your immune system fending off some virus. You wouldn't even have to have otherwise noticeable symptoms for your body to retain a little extra water for a while.

    Idk. Once would make sense for that, perhaps even twice but if the last week is any indication, I've just started my next "cycle" of not losing for a 2-3 weeks and then dropping more than a standard 1-week loss. It might not be long enough yet to be 100% sure but it looks like an emerging pattern to me right now.
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    The other underrated factor is that your scale may be genuinely messing with you. Mine claimed I had gained 5lb this morning, and it stuck to this through 3 retries. I was suspicious, so I picked it up and shook it, then tried again. This time I had only gained 2lb (within my usual fluctuation). Digital scales can be temperamental beasts. Whatever method it is that they use to zero themselves produces some very weird effects when it goes wrong.
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    edited March 2017
    Well, I'm male so I don't get hormonal cycles, but I've been losing weight in clusters of 2-3 lbs at a time. I'll go for a couple of weeks hovering around a set weight, then it comes off over a couple of days. I have no idea why.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    maisiba wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Or it could just be your immune system fending off some virus. You wouldn't even have to have otherwise noticeable symptoms for your body to retain a little extra water for a while.

    Idk. Once would make sense for that, perhaps even twice but if the last week is any indication, I've just started my next "cycle" of not losing for a 2-3 weeks and then dropping more than a standard 1-week loss. It might not be long enough yet to be 100% sure but it looks like an emerging pattern to me right now.

    The point is that there are more things than what you eat that can cause your system to retain or release things at various rates.
  • malioumba
    malioumba Posts: 132 Member
    For those who do experience the "whooshes", does your body feel/look 'lumpy and squishy' AFTER the apparent 'whoosh'?
  • EttaMaeMartin
    EttaMaeMartin Posts: 303 Member
    It is so real. I have been so meticulous in my logging and working out daily. did not notice any changes, then yesterday put on jeans that are usually very tight and were loosr. i got so many compliments on how i look different. i just smiled and said thank-you. what a nice feeling to have your work pay off, especially when you are borderline OCD about logging!
  • Sara1791
    Sara1791 Posts: 760 Member
    CattOfTheGarage wrote: »
    The other underrated factor is that your scale may be genuinely messing with you. Mine claimed I had gained 5lb this morning, and it stuck to this through 3 retries. I was suspicious, so I picked it up and shook it, then tried again. This time I had only gained 2lb (within my usual fluctuation). Digital scales can be temperamental beasts. Whatever method it is that they use to zero themselves produces some very weird effects when it goes wrong.

    I've occasionally been violent with my scale too. Usually I just shake my fist at it though. ;)
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    malioumba wrote: »
    For those who do experience the "whooshes", does your body feel/look 'lumpy and squishy' AFTER the apparent 'whoosh'?

    Not usually. For me, the "lumpiness" (which I'd actually call "wrinkliness") happens before the whoosh - then everything smooths out a bit.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited March 2017
    malioumba wrote: »
    For those who do experience the "whooshes", does your body feel/look 'lumpy and squishy' AFTER the apparent 'whoosh'?

    No it feels squishy before and then its almost like my skin tightens up and smooths out. Which is great because i look hell before a whoosh its amazing how puffy 4-5 pounds of water can make you xD And its not at all just spread over my entire body. Its uneven and lumpy...Or wrinkled like @SusanMFindlay said.. My stomach feels like the ridges of a raisin sometimes XD
  • lokihen
    lokihen Posts: 382 Member
    Does anyone else woosh on measurements? I check mine once a month and was discouraged to have increased by half an inch all over at the end of February. Measured again today and the extra is gone plus a little more; except my calves which I'm just going to pretend is muscle. Lol
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    SusanMFindlay wrote: »
    malioumba wrote: »
    For those who do experience the "whooshes", does your body feel/look 'lumpy and squishy' AFTER the apparent 'whoosh'?

    Not usually. For me, the "lumpiness" (which I'd actually call "wrinkliness") happens before the whoosh - then everything smooths out a bit.

    I'm so lumpy! Really hope I get a whoosh soon.
  • niyra17
    niyra17 Posts: 51 Member
    Gosh i never know anything like this though it does happen to me too, very upsetting as i am doing everything right, now the last 3 weeks not lost but one of the weeks did gain a pound, really very disappointing , now waiting for Monday to weigh again and see what happens , i guess its not just me then ..hope im going through this..
    I do go to the gym as i cant due to ill health, i try and walk abit but get tired so its all over the place for me its been so hard for most of my adult life, i wish one i can see the scales show the weight i wish for.. good luck to you all..
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