Very interesting article to read!
Water Weight and The Whoosh Effect
kib
(karen)
#3
Iām wondering. If youāre doing keto āfat to satietyā what does a whoosh-triggering cheat meal look like? Stuffing yourself over satiety with fat, or eating carbs?
ava_ad0re
(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja )
#4
Itās more used to get as many calories in whilst still staying low carb.
When they say cheat meal I donāt think they mean get pancakes with bacon and caramalised banana and all the toppings.
Itās supposed to be a responsible attitude towards eating a heavy calorie laden meal.
OldDoug
(Doug)
#5
Kate, good mention there, and it makes sense about the āsquishy fatā and water retention and release. 
The one thing Iād take issue with is: āIt will probably surprise you to learn that almost ALL scale movements are the result of fat burn that happened days, or even weeks ago! (Sudden scale movement at the very beginning of a diet is usually the result of water-weight being dropped due to a decrease in carb intake, however).ā
Less carbs = less water retention, for sure. However, electrolyte balance or just plain old salt intake can make a huge difference - Iād say more than anything else in the short-term. If oneās salt intake and other electrolytes remain very constant, then it need not be a factor, but I would not go nearly so far as to say that āalmost ALL scale movements are the result of fat burnā in the past.
Argumentative bugger, I know, but as an extreme example, roughly 40 years ago we were rained out in our masonry contruction/bricklaying job and I sat with my two bosses in a pickup truck, where one boss had a couple bags of little pretzels, 24 oz. or ~680 grams each. In fact, they were called āLittlesā due to the small diameter of the strands of the pretzels and their overall small size. This made for a lot more surface area relative to weight than with larger pretzels, and they had a lot of salt on them.
I ended up eating both bags, so ~1360 grams of pretzels, 55 grams of salt or 21.6 grams of sodium, (over 9 times the recommended daily amount right there). Going with the human body being 0.4% salt and 60% water, I figure Iād have to take in 8.2 liters or 18 lbs. of water to maintain the same salt concentration.
I could allmost see my fingers swelling in real time. Donāt know that I gained the full 18 lbs, but the resultant scale change that day dwarfed any other factors, believe me.
Anniegirl9
(LeeAnn Brooks)
#6
Iām one who weighs myself every day. Itās a routine for me. Get up, empty bladder, step on scaleā¦ I donāt do it because Iām obsessed over every ounce lost or gained though. Iāve done it every day for years, so I just continued with Keto.
Now I do it because Iām fascinated with the quirkiness of the results with Keto. For instance, I always have a better weigh in te morning after a run day or a day with a lot of physical activity.
Iām chalking that up to the fact that I dehydrate a lot easier than most, so even though Iām constantly trying to get the right electrolyte balance, I still think exercise days dehydrate me more.
I also like comparing it to a bouncing ball. It goes up and down and up and down and up and downā¦ but the ups get gradually lower and the downs get smaller and smaller. So I never fret over the ups any more.
And then every once in a while I see a whoosh. Though itās always followed by at least a modest up the next day, so I also know not to get all crazy over a whoosh morning either.
All in good time, grasshopper. All in good time.
kib
(karen)
#8
Quite honestly, I place as much āblameā on my scale as any digestive process. Sometimes I play around with the scale and really, itās just an idiot. I can pee and gain weight. I can drink a glass of water and lose a quarter pound. One day the difference between me in pajamas and me naked is a half a pound, the next day with the same pajamas itās three quarters. I still play the game and get a bit disappointed or inappropriately pleased depending on the number, but the longer I do this, the more I just donāt care.