Any other see-saw losers out there?

Giantess
Giantess Posts: 213 Member
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I've noticed what might be an emerging pattern, and wanted to know if anyone else does this.

I lose weight at the beginning of the month, right after my period. So end of first week, I go down about two pounds.

Then weeks 2,3, and 4 I gain the weight almost all back.

Week 1 again, and I start to lose, so far sinking a few tenths of a pound below where I was at the beginning of the month.

I'm not really complaining about the cycle, since the overall trend has been downwards, albeit at glacially slow levels. (I've been at this for almost four months and have only lost 2lb a month).

Maybe I'm doing something fishy, or maybe that's just my body. After all, I'm a recovering yo-yo dieter who took seven weeks of hard work to even see a one pound decrease. Maybe my body has just not received the memo yet? :laugh:

Anyhow, would love to hear if you've had similar experiences.

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  • AdorablePanda
    AdorablePanda Posts: 125 Member
    Hi there! Yea...I see the 2-3 pound cycle, but like you, when I'm actually staying on course I am on a downward trend in general....so....I think it's normal...or at least I hope it is too. :-)
  • 03258
    03258 Posts: 60
    I think a lot of us yo-yo back and forth...sooo frustrating. And...I do think it could have to do with how we have abused our bodies. My metabolism is just shot!! LOL. All I can say is Good for you for the weight loss,even though it seems agonizingly slow. We can all do this!! :-)
  • puppywalker
    puppywalker Posts: 109 Member
    Yes, I have the same experience. I will gain sometimes 3 pounds during that week, then it will come off slowly plus a little, and then gain the 3 during that week again. My doctor has me on a water pill for mild blood pressure issues, so I will take an extra pill during that week and it has helped. Of course I have to remember to eat more bananas when I do that because of losing potassium with the extra water pill per day. But it really does help.
  • FairuzyAmanuzy
    FairuzyAmanuzy Posts: 221 Member
    sometimes I'm up a pound a day sometimes I'm down a pound a day....the only thing I could say is that you exercise ALOT, which is awesome...but leaves alot of your days having 1,000+ calorie defecits. Everyone is different, but you could always try eating more on the days you work out really hard. Your body might be holding onto the calories that you are eating, and the fat that you have. The "starvation mode" everyone always talks about. But the fact of the matter is, that eating well and exercising like you are, you should be losing weight more quickly. FRom your ticker it looks like you have about 100 pounds to lose. It could be a medical issue, like thyroid or something? You might want to talk to your doctor or some type of dietician. One last suggestion, you could always try switching up your diet, like try low carb diet, or no meat just to shock your body.
  • Giantess
    Giantess Posts: 213 Member
    Thanks for all the responses.

    Moderndanzr (love the name): I tend to leave those calories uneaten because I'm not sure about how accurate either my calories burned or my calories eaten are. Also, when I don't have access to the internet, I might have an extra snack at night totaling around 300-500 calories that I can't log. So knowing I (probably) have that 1k buffer is nice. I have toyed with the idea of eating all the recommended, but I'm not hungry enough, really. Still, might try.

    As for the low-carb thing, I definitely lose weight on it, but it comes right back the instant I have a single carb, making me think that it is mostly water weight I lost. I also find it makes it impossible for me to exercise, as I have zero energy on low-carb diets. Worse, I get severe cramps in my legs and feet and back that won't go away no matter how much potassium and calcium I try and supplement with.

    I guess I just got burned badly the one time I low-carb dieted. I made it three months, had great success, and felt HORRIBLE the whole time, as well as gaining it all back (all 30 lbs) in two weeks when I stopped. Heinous!

    I did check with my doctor and got blood work done, too. He says everything looks normal, and some people's bodies just don't lose easily. I have seen internal changes to my exercise stamina (I just began running a 5k distance 4x a week as my workout this week) and to my blood pressure and resting heart rate.

    Maybe the sugars can go, I dunno. I definitely have a lot of sugars in my diet, as I'm a junkie, and the number of calories allotted to me by my size and weight and exercise amount allow for them along with all my other food (and still leave me 1000k at the end of each day to boot!). I dunno.

    Hmm.

    I like the idea of shocking my body, as you say, I'm just unsure where to start.
  • FairuzyAmanuzy
    FairuzyAmanuzy Posts: 221 Member
    Wow! Well i'm definitely impressed that you have covered all your basis(been to doctor, leave yourself a buffer, tried different diets), you seem to know what you are doing. I'm really unsure about the accuracy of the MFP database too on exercise. It seems really high. I'm asking for a heart rate monitor for my birthday in october. Also I had the same experience with low carb diet. I felt like ****! All I can say is good luck and it sounds like other people are having similar experiences. It took us years to gain this weight, it makes sense that it would take a long time to lose it. I watched this documentary that I would recommend to you called fathead. It's kinda in response to supersize me, but it contains ALOT of really informative stuff about how our bodies process calories. He said fat people have "greedy" fat cells and you have to retrain them work properly. ANyways, good luck!
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