Explanation for sudden weight loss

Stephanos

I have been going to the gym for last to three months. I go, on average, three to four times a week. I do intensive cardio and some weights during each session which have given me quite good results. The excellent info on this forum has also been part of my success. G'em is a source of infinite knowledge.

I have weighed myself fairly regularly over the last few weeks and have not dropped any weight. I put this down to the fact that I upped my protein intake and that my muscle mass is increasing. I weighed myself this evening and appear to have lost nearly half a stone. For three months my weight fluctuated by a kilogram at max. Is there any explanation as to why I may have had a sudden weight loss? Or is that the scales may have recently been repaired?

Would love any info!

EdgarAllenPoo

Maybe you have the trots. I lost eight pounds in one night on the $#!T fast plan. I don't know how/why it happened. You may just have lost a lot of fluid.

Gillo

Depending on the circumstances of when you weighed yourself you can get a fairly big variance, this may have had an effect on you.

I can't remember where I heard it but it's normally recommended that you weigh yourself first thing in the morngin after going to the toilet, ie; out of bed, do your business in the toilet and then weigh yourself.

Smellyirishman

Were you wearing your standard Weighing attire?
Was it the same scales you always use? (and where are the scales, gym/home?)
Did you weigh yourself at the same time of day?
Have you been sick at all over the past while?
Exactly how long had it been since you last weighed yourself?
Did you check again since to confirm?


It could be a multitude of things really, from misaligned scales to illness/parasites, or even geniuine weight lose!

Stephanos

Smellyirishman wrote:

Were you wearing your standard Weighing attire?
Was it the same scales you always use? (and where are the scales, gym/home?)
Did you weigh yourself at the same time of day?
Have you been sick at all over the past while?
Exactly how long had it been since you last weighed yourself?
Did you check again since to confirm?


It could be a multitude of things really, from misaligned scales to illness/parasites, or even geniuine weight lose!

I was wearing the same attire.
It was roughly the same time of day.
I have a sore throat at the moment but that is about it.
It would have been roughly two weeks since I weighed myself last.
I will check again this evening.

And no I hardly have the trots. I and would everyone else would have noticed.

justsomebloke

i wouldn't be to worried about it, it happens every so often to me, especially if i have in some way changed my diet or workout. For a few weeks after my weight stays the same and then within the space of a week i can drop upto 4lbs or so. That said if it is a half a stone in a week i would be a bit worried and maybe up the eating levels a bit.

Stephanos

jsb wrote:

i wouldn't be to worried about it, it happens every so often to me, especially if i have in some way changed my diet or workout. For a few weeks after my weight stays the same and then within the space of a week i can drop upto 4lbs or so. That said if it is a half a stone in a week i would be a bit worried and maybe up the eating levels a bit.

I will take a look again in a week's time and see what the story was.

It is just strange that I lost weight so quickly because even if I was to eat exremely healthy I wouldn't lose an ounce.

Thanks for the advice!

0utshined

I've experienced this too. For a few weeks my weight will stay around the same mark and then I'll drop weight almost overnight. For me it's generally been due to changes in exercise.

The first time I noticed it I'd been out the night before and when I thought back I realised I'd been moving about and dancing all night long. The second time was when I started doing deadlifts, I weighed about 4 pounds lighter the next day and felt sore for another few days after that.

As a once off thing I wouldn't be overly concerned but if you're finding it happens week on week for no reason you can see you should see a doctor to discuss it.

Stephanos

0utshined wrote:

As a once off thing I wouldn't be overly concerned but if you're finding it happens week on week for no reason you can see you should see a doctor to discuss it.

Thanks I will do. I have been doing the same gym routine for a while now. That is why there was such a shock when I realised. Cheers for the advice.