whooshies?

[Donnam1983]

can someone pm me or explain to me here what the "whooshies" are that everyone is talking about??

[clogger]

A whooshie is when the scale goes down several pounds overnight. Basically, the weight whooshes off/out of you. You'll see people wanting a visit from the whooshie fairy which means they want that scale to MOVE, not a little, but 2 or 3 or more pounds.

I hope that makes sense.

[liv]

Sudden overnight weight loss of a significan amount. It falls off with a whoosh I suppose. I have heard that you need a fairy to make this happen Anyone seen that fairy around?

[clogger]

BTW, I'm hoping for a visit from the whooshie fairy! I haven't lost anything in the last week despite eating well, drinking lots of water, and exercising almost every day!

[liv]

Well it sounds like you've been a good girl Clogger. I think that fairy will come!

(Are you measuring - you've stepped up exercise so there may be some muscle coming and also a bit of water retention in the beginning - once the body is used to the fact that you ARE going to lift those weights everyday it will say - "this is normal no reason to hold on to water for panic" and you will whoosh. I think so.)

[Donnam1983]

I need a whooshie!!!!

[liv]

According to your sig you've dropped 12.5 pounds in a very short time, Donnam. That is pretty good

[Donnam1983]

I started originally on the 1st dieting just not atkins until 8th...
so yeah I am doing ok..

[Donnam1983]

I am too impatient

[rweeks]

Originally Posted by clogger

BTW, I'm hoping for a visit from the whooshie fairy! I haven't lost anything in the last week despite eating well, drinking lots of water, and exercising almost every day!

I don't know how often you change your exercise routine, but this helps me a lot. I had not lost in about 10 days, then I started doing free weight squats and the weight started melting off. I also changed my cardio as well. Coincidence?