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Weight apparently began to plummet-how is this possible?

Perriwen
Perriwen Posts: 32 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
For about three weeks, I was noticing a gradual-ish weight drop after my diet change. Then, this weekend, it seemed to just start plummeting. If my scale's to be believed, I've lost four pounds since Friday, which I'm not sure if that can even be right. I know I have been eating VERY light this weekend as I consider foods I may be intolerant to, but four pounds or more in three days?

Heck, I weight myself this morning and tonight and the scale is trying to tell me I've lost two pounds in just in a matter of 12 hours.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Less food in your system, presumably less carb/sodium intake meaning less water weight. Enjoy the whoosh but remember most of it will come back when you return to your normal intake.
  • auzziecawth
    auzziecawth Posts: 244 Member
    edited August 2018
    Perhaps it’s the fat whoosh phenomenon lol. Something about how the fat cells retain water at first to stay expanded in the hopes they will get filled with fat then once they realize they won’t they let go of that water and shrink down. (Something along those lines in a more scientific, smarter worded way 😋😂)
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,246 Member
    Happens all the time. Don't pay much attention to it. Just water flushing out. And maybe poo.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You'll always be a different weight on different scales?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,152 Member
    Maybe a whoosh. Did you have to pee more often, especially at night? :D Then it's likely a whoosh.
  • Perriwen
    Perriwen Posts: 32 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    Maybe a whoosh. Did you have to pee more often, especially at night? :D Then it's likely a whoosh.

    I don't think so. But I know my scale is trying to tell me I lost over a pound in just two hours. XD
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    Perriwen wrote: »
    For about three weeks, I was noticing a gradual-ish weight drop after my diet change. Then, this weekend, it seemed to just start plummeting. If my scale's to be believed, I've lost four pounds since Friday, which I'm not sure if that can even be right. I know I have been eating VERY light this weekend as I consider foods I may be intolerant to, but four pounds or more in three days?

    Heck, I weight myself this morning and tonight and the scale is trying to tell me I've lost two pounds in just in a matter of 12 hours.

    Welcome to the wonderful world of weight fluctuations. It's mostly water retention, and water can swing the scale rapidly. There's a lot of other things that can affect what the scale says, including how much stuff you have in your stomach and digestive tract.

    Just try to weigh yourself at the same time (first thing in the morning is optimal) every time and trend long term. Short term fluctuations are normal, long term trends are what counts
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    auzziecawth wrote: »
    Perhaps it’s the fat whoosh phenomenon lol. Something about how the fat cells retain water at first to stay expanded in the hopes they will get filled with fat then once they realize they won’t they let go of that water and shrink down. (Something along those lines in a more scientific, smarter worded way 😋😂)
    You did pretty well!
  • tbright1965
    tbright1965 Posts: 852 Member
    One doesn't lose weight linearly. Here is my last 6 months. You will see periods of rapid and periods of gradual loss.

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  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    edited August 2018
    Perriwen wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    Maybe a whoosh. Did you have to pee more often, especially at night? :D Then it's likely a whoosh.

    I don't think so. But I know my scale is trying to tell me I lost over a pound in just two hours. XD

    I have lost 5lbs in 24 hours after some water retention was finally flushed. I have also lost .6lbs in 5 minutes when I weighed, urinated, and then out of curiosity weighed again.

    I don't know for sure but I am fairly confident my weight will be up today because I had sushi yesterday. I would guess 3 to 4lbs. By Thurs it will likely be down 5 or 6 with the excess water retention loss and fat loss I will experience between now and then.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    weight loss isn't linear.

    some weeks youll lose nothing, some weeks youll lose a lot.

    its the overall trend you want to look at.
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