[christine123]

I have an interesting phenomena happen while I am losing weight. I seem to look thinner immediately after I've started dropping a few pounds, and then I seem to look super fat for a few days before a whoosh, and then I feel and look a bit thinner again. Does this happen to others? Any idea why? My stomach looks like it's protruding today and I feel like I look fatter than I did last wk in the same mirror, though my clothes are looser and I have lost on the scale. It really bothers me! Anyone else go through this?

[ahyessophie]

Sounds like maybe you're bloated? Or your eyes are playing tricks on you!

[xxkaleidoscopic]

Is it possible that you're just bloated from eating? This may be especially true if you're consuming a lot of sodium on and off. Carbs may also bloat you.