So, when I started losing weight it was a gradual thing. The scale went down most days. After losing about 35 lbs, I'm doing this stall and whoosh thing, where the scale won't move for 2 weeks and then I'll drop like 3-6 pounds. I'm not doing anything different than I was when the loss was gradual, at least I'm pretty sure I'm not.
I don't mind the stall and whoosh necessarily, but it makes me worry that I've finally stalled out for good and can't lose anymore weight. This change is recent, so I'm not always sure about the pattern, which is uncomfortable for me.
Does anyone know if doing or not doing certain things will affect how someone loses weight? What are your experiences with it? Anyone else have their weight loss change on them like I have?
Oh, yeah, I've been stalling and whooshing for awhile. I hate it! I just broke a 3 week stall that just about drove me crazy. I changed my workout and ate 1700 calories for a day or two and that seemed to help (or it was just time to whoosh again).
I have lost 30+ pounds and I seem to be doing a stall whoosh too. And, like you before, it was consistent and gradual. It will be interesting to see more folks chime in.
I have lost 26lbs and am now stalling as well. So I just did a whole lot of research and figured I am not getting in enough calories everyday so have just changed my whole plan. Hoping to see better results next week!
Ooooh I thought I only had a freaked out body that stalled and whooshed constantly!!!! Drives me nuts too but I am learning about every 4th week I have a good woosh!
I am totally there myself. Drives. me. crazy! It was every 12 days or so that I'd see a drop, but now I'm going on 3 weeks. I'm hoping to see a loss again soon. Hopefully. Because I'd really like to lose the last 13 pounds, ya know?
I've done a little stalling and whooshing, as well. Very frustrating. I've read that one thing you can do to get out of a stall is to totally shake your entire routine up! For me, I could never add calories, but I have hypothalamic disease and thyroid disease, and I've read we're the exception to the 1200 cal. minimum rule, which has proven absolutely true in my case. I need less and can't lose weight on more, no matter what.
Anyway, what I've read is that if you change your diet up by, say, switching from low carb to super low fat, or switching from high animal protein to nearly vegetarian (etc), and then completely changing your workout routine, you'll probably see those pounds start to fall off again. But whatever you choose to do, you have to do it 100% and not cheat. The good news is, if you choose to eat one way for awhile, it doesn't have to be permanent. You can tweak your diet whenever necessary. Of course, the caveat is you want to eat healthily and in moderation regardless of where you are in your weight loss.
One other thing I thought I'd mention is, I've read that after a significant weight loss, we obviously require fewer calories to maintain our new, lower weight, so a calorie reduction does need to take place at some point, as well as maybe increasing exercise if you're still trying to lose (as opposed to maintaining).
One of the things they taught us at WW meetings is that sometimes it just takes your body a while to catch up with what you're doing.
The stall and whoosh, seemed to be pretty common at weekly meetings. Even though you may have your calories and your exercise just right to lose a pound a week, your body doesn't get that technical part. So it moseys along at it's own pace driving us insane in the meantime.
This is why I've said here recently that I wish people would say it's normal to lose an average of 4-8 pounds per MONTH rather than 1-2 pounds per WEEK. It's the same thing, but so many of us do not lose routinely every week....at all!
I too stall and whoosh. I lose big for two weeks (six pounds these past two weeks) and then I stall for two weeks.
I tend to stall all week and drop at the weekend, with a small nerve-wracking peak midweek around Wednesday.
I've never "whooshed" so to speak, jealous of 6-lbs whooshers!
Weirdly enough, sometimes (personal experience) it seems the best way to beat a plateau is to take one day and totally throw your body for a curveball - eat at radically different times, maybe even increase carbs/calories.
Almost everytime I lost in the past, I would go two days no loss, gain a pound the next day, then loose that pound plus another. It was very consistent. That was before my last two kids. Now my body doesn't know which way is up anymore
Weight Loss: Stall and Whoosh vs Gradual
So it moseys along at it's own pace driving us insane in the meantime. 
