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02-11-2010, 09:57 AM
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Token rooster
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,508
Height: 6'2
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the "whoosh" and next mini-goal
So my weight has been hovering around 236-7 for the last week or so. I got on the scale this morning thinking it would be in that general range. Instead, the number 233.8 was flashing. How can that be?! I never even seen a weight in the 234s or the 235s before this morning. Anyway, I know it will go back up for a while as it always does after hitting new territory, but it was a big shock. For the daily weighers, do you sometimes get overnight drops like that?
Even though I don't consider the weight real just yet, I'm now getting really close to my final mini-goal. In 10.4 pounds, I will literally be half the man I used to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1DdO3SISg
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02-11-2010, 09:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Iowa
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Oh, Matt, that's awesome! Half a person is a pretty amazing accomplishment!
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02-11-2010, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,141
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SUPER! AWESOME! FANTASTIC!
You are an inspiration... and yes, to answer your question... I am a daily weigher and I have seen a drop of like 2-3 pounds over night before. Though, it doesn't happen often enough for my liking. LOL.
Congrats! Keep up the awesome worrk...
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02-11-2010, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Congrats! Your accomplishments are nothing short of amazing, seriously.
I weigh daily and I have seen drops of 2 to 3 pounds in a day before. Sometimes they'll stick and sometimes they creep back up by a pound the next day.
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02-11-2010, 10:24 AM
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Loving life!!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
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That is completely awesome Matt 
I did see numbers like that happen over night & there is just no explaining it lol
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02-11-2010, 10:26 AM
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Positive Focus
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,047
S/C/G: 225/ticker/125
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Yeah, I have seen that. If it comes after a plateau when I KNOW I am doing everything right, it's generally here to stay. If it comes after a day or two where I haven't eaten as much as I should, then it generally goes away pretty quickly. Your body is much larger than mine (literally lean body mass is larger) and would probably have more dramatic fluctuations. Are you normally a daily weigher? I don't "take" the loss until I see the fraction at least .6 or less. The .8's have a way of torturing me!
Even if you see a new number and it "goes away" quickly, I see that as a loss! Your body has a new "empty" weight so to speak. It won't be long before it's normal and even high! YAY!
You may be approaching half the size you were, but I highly doubt you are half the man! 
Last edited by BeachBreeze2010; 02-11-2010 at 10:27 AM.
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02-11-2010, 10:50 AM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Oh Matt, that is SO wonderful!!! I am ecstatic for you.
Yes. I too have seen 2 - 3 lbs lost overnight. No rhyme. No reason. Feels kinda nice! And once I had hit a new low, even if it should bounce back up slightly, if I stayed on plan it would quickly go back down and it really IS a new low.
Last edited by rockinrobin; 02-11-2010 at 01:18 PM.
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02-11-2010, 10:54 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeachBreeze2010
You may be approaching half the size you were, but I highly doubt you are half the man! |
So true!! Half the size but twice the man, given the strength it takes to make this journey.
And woot on the new number!! I haven't had the pleasure of an overnight drop like that, but I'm sure it feels great!
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02-11-2010, 11:49 AM
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Never want to go back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
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That's wonderful! Yup, they are rare but when I've been hovering for a while at one weight, it can drop quite a bit all at once. Can't wait for you to pass your mini-goal! 
(Great song, BTW)
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02-11-2010, 11:54 AM
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Focused on the Future
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 990
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That is great! Congrats to you!
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02-11-2010, 12:00 PM
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Really maintaining now!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 479
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Congratulations! And, yes, as another daily weigher, I've seen big overnight drops like that before. Usually at least some percentage of them sticks immediately, and any bouncebacks generally go away pretty quickly.
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02-11-2010, 12:02 PM
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Calorie counter
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,679
Height: 5'4.5"
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I'm brand new to daily weighing, so no I haven't, but I lost 8 lbs in a week once and it stuck!
Matt, you've done such wonderful things! I'm so happy for you!
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02-11-2010, 12:50 PM
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NEVER EVER going back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,747
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Oh Matt. I am so fleepin excited for you!!!!!
I have often see 2-3 lb drops overnight and they almost always stick after a really small rebound.
I can't wait to see you get to goal!
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02-11-2010, 01:27 PM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 95
Height: 5'10"
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That's awesome, Matt!! Way to go, you'll be to your next goal in no time! I can't stand those fluxuations, that's why I don't weigh daily! But, whatever works for you!! Congratulations!!
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