Is the Whoosh effect even real?

I’ve been doing keto for the past couple months trying to lose some fat and weight. I’ve recently stalled on weight loss a bit staying the same for the last couple weeks.

In some other posts people say there’s a whoosh effect where you lose fat and the fat cells fill with water but eventually will shed the water in the cells as well and you’ll lose some weight.

Is this actually a thing? Are there any studies that show this actually is what’s happening to explain weight loss that slows and speeds up?

If anyone knows any studies that explain this can you link them in the comments?

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Unable to celebrate weight loss

I (26,F 5’3) have lost 45lbs since January (6months) I started at 230lbs now 185lbs. I still have a long way to go till I reach my goal of 130lbs but im still pretty happy about how far ive come since it’s been a journey of putting myself first (Im a mom of two toddlers/gained the weight through pregnancy). But everyone around me seems kinda annoyed when its brought up it’s kinda like yeah you lost some weight but you aren’t skinny yet kinda thing. It’s really affecting me and I want to get out of feeling like my weight should stop me from feeling proud of myself. How can I celebrate my weighloss and continue to feel proud of myself through this journey while still feeling like the fat person in the room/ getting rude comments from people. What has worked for you?

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Brain fog / Nihilism due to prolonged dieting?

Been dieting since Jan/Feb, at first just started by walking ~ 1 hr per day, lifting 3-4x per week, and doing OMAD without counting calories really. I've lost ~66 lbs total, in the past month or so my weight loss slowed down so I decided to count calories and brought myself down to OMAD with ~1250 - 1500 calories, I also now probably lift 5x per week and do 1.5-2 hours walking daily. I've recently gotten some of the worst brain fog/nihilism/cynicism in recent memory. Nothing is interesting, everything seems pretty pointless, idk what is going on but I can barely focus at work. Anyone experience something similar before? I guess I have to try upping the calories but I do have higher calorie days here and there and it doesn't seem to go away from that.

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Surprised how much weight loss is shown in the face

I (m 49) Have managed to lose around 13 kg over around 6 months, though as I have been seriously working out the whole time body comp means I may have added muscle.

Anyway, I’m happy with myself for what I have done as getting to within around 5 or so kg’s of my goal.

I have fielded several compliments now about looking slim but to be honest have been surprised by comments on how my face looks different or slimmer.

I never really considered myself to have a fat face but do notice now that my cheekbones are more pronounced.

I suppose people look you in the face do it’s what they notice?

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Prescribed Metermine (phentermine) 15mg capsule

Hi everyone,

I’ve (24F) struggled with my weight since 2021 when I got diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance.

I’m 5’11 and 110kg (242lbs) as to before my diagnosis I was fit healthy and weighed about 80kg (176lbs)

First on metformin 1500mg a day did nothing. Then started ozempic. It was great I lost a good amount of weight and got to 95kg (209lbs) but there has been a shortage of it in Australia for about a year now so I switched to saxenda 3mg daily and it did absolutely nothing and I gained all the weight back as of the other day at the GP I was back at 110kg (242lbs).

All while on these medications I changed my lifestyle too, diet and exercise. I’ve come to a stand still and I feel disgusting and lost at what I can do.

My health insurance has a website of online doctors and nurse practitioners which have some specialists in weight loss and weight management. Sceptical, I booked an online consult and they prescribed me Metermine 15mg capsule to take once daily in the morning after explaining my medical history.

I’m a bit hesitant to take it as I heard about it a few years ago and it kind of scared me with all the potential side effects. She said I could still take it with my saxenda but I saw online that some drug interactions could include hypo’s.

Seeing if anyone is in a similar boat and if I should give it a try or not bother to fill the script.

Thank you for your time.

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It's not only about you!!!

I (19F) have lost 50 lbs from 5'3" 160 to 110lbs (I have relatively small bone structure) by doing nothing really different.

I struggled with my weight a lot during my junior and senior years of high school and I gained about 25 pounds per year in those two years. I've always had a delicate relationship with my dad and we both had to be really careful around each other, which was pretty exhausting. My mom also had a pretty horrible relationship with her body, to the point where whenever we met someone the first thing my mom would say to me would be "she looks fat/thin/athletic/anorexic etc." It came to the point where I couldn't have a conversation without someone's looks being brought up, which applied to me as well. In addition, there was this unspoken rule in my house about wasting food, and I always felt so much pressure to eat three meals a day, even if I wasn't hungry, or else I felt judged and ungrateful.

After going across the country for college and just being a regular college student, I naturally lost 10 lbs the first month. I was really motivated and started tracking my weight afterwards, without really changing anything because just walking around and biking to classes and window shopping with my friends seemed to be working. Over the course of 5 months, I lost 50 lbs, and I've maintained it since January! However, I came home for the summer and just being surrounded by my parents and all the stress of being home again has made me gain 5 pounds in about 1 month, but I'm confident it'll go away once summer's over.

Anyway, the point of this post is just to say that if you think you've tried really hard, maybe there's other stuff in your environment to think about instead of just calories and exercise. I now know that a lot of my weight was just my body's reaction to stress. I know most people don't have the opportunity to move across the country and basically just start a new life at college, but I'm sure changing little things (or big ones) in your environment also makes a huge difference!

This forum's been a comfort zone for me, and good luck to all of you guys on your weight loss journeys!

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Starting again

I (18F, 5’2, SW 165, LW 135, CW 155) started dieting last year around this time and I was really successful, I got down to 135 and decided I was happy with my weight so I would eat at around my maintenance.

Then I’m February I had a really bad depressive episode, it was the first time I went into an episode while not living with my family and my roommates didn’t really care/notice me enough to help me. Long story short I cut everyone out of my life and avoided the kitchen like the plague, from February to late April I lived almost exclusively off of UberEats and in the process ruined both my weight loss progress and the little amount of savings I had.

During May and June I tried to get back on the right track but it’s difficult now, when I started the first time it was so easy for me, I was excited about it I easily lost the weight.

Does anyone have any tips on how to regain my motivation? Additionally does anyone have any tips for not letting my emotions affect my appetite?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

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