Does anyone else feel weirdly sad right before a loss? I think I am noticing a trend in myself. I was having a mini-existential crisis last night and I thought that it was strange. I woke up to a new low this morning. I think I remember it happening when I lost weight before.
If this happens to anyone else, have you figured out how to solve it?? I couldn’t find much on google. I love losing weight, I do not love a sad evening!!
Sorry you experienced that, but can’t say it’s something I’ve noticed.
I’ve seen it discussed that fat cells bond with a fair few hormones (particularly in females), and when they are released so are the hormones. Not sure if it would happen rapidly enough to detectably ruin ones evening or not, but it’s the only explanation I can posit!
I came here to post about this myself. When I was writing, this post came up in the similar posts area.
I have noticed when I have visible weight loss in the course of a couple of days, I get unaccountably angry and sad. It’s really different than other times I’m angry or sad. I get really irritable and get in stupid arguements that I never would otherwise. I have learned that I just need to back away from humanity for a day or so when that happens.
My gut feeling is that it is because I was so unhappy while gaining the weight that it is making me angry when it comes up. I was choking down my rage when I gained the weight. I’m wondering if there is some sort of hormone or something that is released in the weight loss process that makes me feel this way. I’m not sure if that is possible.
This isn’t something that happens all the time, but it’s when I get the big “whoosh” in weight loss. I just lost a lot of weight around my waist, to the point where it feels like I am a different person. I’m very angry and sad today. I know that tomorrow I will probably feel back to normal, and then next week I’ll lose another bunch of weight and feel angry again.
I couldn’t find any information about this online, just a lot of articles about people being depressed after weight loss because it didn’t magically solve their problems. The weight loss did solve a lot of my problems though, and I’m really happy about it. Just not when it’s happening. It seems like it’s physiological, not psychological.
wow that is interesting and something I have not experienced or read about on forums, at least I never caught posts about that and never noticed anyone else saying it 
I know fat cells release stored toxins and ‘probably more’ and all that can effect our hormone balance etc…so yea maybe some do get this effect but I have to say I never felt this way tho.
very interesting topic tho!!
Feeling down could mean so many things, but I think that if you’re losing weight, you may just have a certain vitamin/mineral deficiency. It could be hormonal, but your mental health should be improving as you lose weight and your hormonal levels get into balance.
Bottom line, make sure your food contains a high variety of minerals/vitamins and perhaps up your exercise routine.