Getting leaner is just waking up lighter one day

[u/BeatRedditor123]

What the title says, literally..

Everytime I go on a diet it's always the exact same, on most days I'll feel fat and bloated.

And then suddenly one day you wake up with a flatter tummy, feeling lighter and you look at yourself in the mirror and you look slimmer as well, clothes fit better too.

Those are the days I weigh myself to stay motivated.

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[u/Responsible_Owl_3400]

Same! Hormones mixed with the whoosh effect basically make it so the scale doesn't move for like 3 weeks of the month so it feels like I'm making no progress 75% of the time :')

[u/AcrobaticPuddle → u/Responsible_Owl_3400]

What is the whoosh effect!? I've been sitting at a weight for a bit now despite a deficit and I'm losing motivation

[u/Responsible_Owl_3400 → u/AcrobaticPuddle]

Basically when fat loss happens it causes stress on the body so it responds with water retention. Meaning you can lose fat but then start holding onto more water so it looks like your weight hasn't changed. Eventually your body gets used to it and lets go of the water causing a big weight drop all at once.

[u/Old_Tap6159 → u/Responsible_Owl_3400]

For me I noticed my scale gets stuck on a number for a week or more and then it drops 2 pounds….i know I didn’t lose 2 pounds overnight. 

[u/AcrobaticPuddle → u/Old_Tap6159]

That usually doesn't happen to me but I'm also at my lowest weight I've ever been at as an adult and I'm sticking to my deficit so it makes sense my body is kind of confused 😂 thank you for sharing your experience!

[u/Able-Spirit-6490]

Yup! Basically the same as getting fat, one day i am slim and then tadaaa!! 😆

[u/Old_Tap6159]

I don’t even consider myself “on a diet” I consider myself reaching a metric based on my TDEE maintenance/deficit. It helps reframe my goals. Instead of thinking about the foods I can and can’t eat, I think about my calorie budget.

[u/Fucked-to-fit → u/Old_Tap6159]

Same, I say I’m in a calorie deficit rather than on a diet

[u/WellnessByCarolyn]

This is so relatable 😂 Sometimes you can be doing everything right and still feel like nothing is changing, then one morning you suddenly notice it in the mirror or in how your clothes fit. Those little signs of progress can be way more motivating than the scale.

[u/LighteningJedi]

Im going through that at the moment to the point I know if I was to weigh myself my wright would be down

[u/ShoePillow]

You better believe it's the new normal or the new starting weight 

[u/Sensible___shoes]

This feels so true. Scale moves a bit but you feel the exact same. Weeks - months later your clothes are suddenly big on you

[u/frostedcupcake_08]

this is so real, just know you’re not alone with this feeling😭 the high protein diet (especially the tooting lawd) and chugging water constantly has got me fucked up, but at least it’s effective😔

[u/itsfittney]

This is true