I seem to have a weird weight loss cycle. I will maintain my weight (no losses) for about 2-3 weeks, then drop 5-7 lbs at once.

Yesterday was my weigh in and I was 225 for the 3rd week in a row. Today I woke up light headed and couldn't figure it out. I thought I wasn't getting enough Protein or something so I kept eating (not over eating just trying to figure out why)... still not going away.

Finally, I weighed myself to find that I was 220- 5 lbs lost! (Maybe more since it is 1:45 and I weighed w/ clothing on and had already eaten Breakfast and lunch.)

Anyway, this is the third time this has happened. I am always light headed/dizzy and then find that I dropped a lot of weight overnight.

Does this happen to anyone else? Should I be concerned?

Edited November 11, 200817 yr by littlefroggy

I never loose any weight 2 weeks before my TOM. I always loose my weight the 2 weeks after.

Huh... that's interesting. I had my TOM last week. That could very likely be the culprit.

My losses come in spurts as well. Since I am closer to the end of my journey, I don't get 5 pounds at a time anymore, but I do get 2-3 pounds. I was stuck for 2 weeks, and got on the scale today and was down 2 pounds... Go figure!

Oh, and the TOM DOES make a HUGE difference. As soon as that water starts exiting, I see big number fluctuations in the scale. I have been lucky, and when TOM hits, I don't gain, but I don't lose. But as soon as it is over, I see a shift downward on the scale...

TOM made a huge difference for me as well. I have always lost in fits and starts throughout the banding journey. The only time time I lost regularly was the first several weeks. My weight loss graph shows plateau, dip, plateau, dip and repeats repeatedly throughout banding. The only difference now that I am pretty much at goal is that the changes are a lot slower and the losses smaller.

I always had a steady decline a week or sometimes more right after a new fill. Right now I have been holding steady for about of month . . . but I am half unfilled for being preggers and I went on a three week vacation in the middle east where I ate whatever I wanted. Even with all that, I don't seem to be gaining for which I am very grateful.

I'm so glad i'm not the only that loses this way. I never lose the 2 weeks before TOM. Then i'll drop 5-10 pounds over the next 2 weeks. I don't know why it happens this way, I can only assume i'm retaining water that is off setting the actual weight loss.

I lose in spurts, too. I am strange though, because I lose the week before TOM, then lose nothing for the following 3 weeks. I have heard that metabolism increases before, which makes sense since that week before I am always HUNGRY!! I usually lose about 4 pounds per month.

Yes, my weight does this as well! My weight is up and down ... up and down the same 3 lbs and then BAM, I'll drop 3-4 lbs over night and keep it off permanently. I had to get an unfill yesterday because I hadn't been able to eat correctly for the last 2 weeks. My body was stuck and going into starvation mode. I was able to eat a chicken salad last night and then I weighed this morning and I lost a few lbs... I think because my body finally got nourishment.

I too lose in stair steps. some steps being "wider" than others.... LOL

I have always lost in a stairstep fashion - both with and without the band. I think it has to do with your body's setpoint - it decides, I am going to weigh 210 pounds, and I don't care what you feed me, I really mean it this time... oh all right FINE we'll go to 205 but I really mean it this time! Oh, you're not going to eat that croissant? Well, I don't care, I like 205...

Typically for me I'll lose nothing for two or more weeks, then drop a pound or more every day for 5-7 days. Then the cycle begins again.

My losses are very irregular, and have been since the beginning of the journey 9 months ago. And as I am post-menopause, the TOM is not an issue. I lost quickly for the first 3 months, and a lot of weight each week, then it slowed to a trickle for 3 months with a weight loss of maybe 1 pound one week, then nothing, then 2. Then I hit a plateau from he** that lasted 6 weeks. And now, I am back to losing, but s l o w l y...oh so slowly.

I think it is the body adjusting at certain points to the 'new weight', and then after a bit (whether it is one week or 6) it starts again. As long as it is going down, I am (mostly) content - although I would like to lose more and faster, but I tell myself I didn't gain it in one year, why should i lose it in one?

CoolCrystal - love the new pic.

Your all not alone, I will lose 5lbs, but what I do is gain and lose the same 5lbs for about a month and then, Boom! It's gone forever. I will go to 165 then go between that and 170 for a month or so then all of a sudden I'm down to 165. Then I will hit 160 a few days and again go between 160 and 165. It's been my pattern through the whole process. That's why I give myself a 5lb cushion without panicing. My goal is 158, but I figure I will have to get to 153 to maintain it. Good Luck Everybody.

im the same weigh i was 228 on oct 21 then i went to 224 then back to 227 and i stayed that way for 3 weeks now last week i lost 4 pounds and kept it off im now 223