Comments on: Of Whooshes and Squishy Fat

By: ruth

ruth — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:10:28 +0000

YES!!!! my abdomen has SQUISHY FAT – all dimply and and and SQUISHY!!! i WAS going to write in to the inner circle ( i am on the 98 day challenge, into the 12th week now) and ask if anyone else knew why. THANK YOU.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:38:59 +0000

Very interesting to read of how alcohol might make you look trimmer the next day. I once went on a three day drinking binge for a stag party and came back to work to be greeted with a load of ‘You’ve lost weight’ type comments. I was perplexed because I had consumed many, many thousands of calories through beer and alcoholic sodas etc.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:08:58 +0000

This my second go-around at weight loss. Small frame. 130′s in college. In my 40′s peaked over 170 …. toooo much for my size. 2 years of strict diet and exercise got down to 141. Back over 160, so reapplying myself. First time I was stuck +160 for the longest time. Read about drinking water (1/2 your weight in oz) … staying hydrated. Three weeks later had that sudden breakthrough. What I had read simply stated that when dehydrated the body will hold on to as much water as possible, Give it a constant supply of water and and it will no longer have the need to hold onto it. RIght now, am currently stuck around 155, but haven’t been drinking sufficient water. So I need to get back to that.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:33:18 +0000

Know this is a little late, but isn’t this phenomenon known as dieter’s edema? From my understanding, this was something that was covered in the Minnesota Experiment, that Dr Key’s had trouble gauging the true loss of the people in his experiment due to edema.

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:17:29 +0000

Fascinating – I’ve noticed for years that I look leaner / trimmer the day after a night of drinking and it always bothered me.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:11:35 +0000

The analogy of small marbles is a good one. I experience this in the sack of fat just below the belly button. Squishy with tiny marbles. What I notice myself is that the morning after a cardio session of 40 minutes at say 140BPM, 500 ml of water consumed during the session, followed by 15 minutes in the steam room (along with a lot of water consumed 500ml at LEAST) results in the feeling of ‘tightening up’ in that region. The squishy feel dimishes (doesnt entirely go) and the skin appears and feels alot tighter. Just my thoughts and experiences, it may differ for others.

Cheers

By: Legendster

Legendster — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:41:39 +0000

The hard balls of fat are almost like calcified fat. I have them in my chest right now — it’s bizarre.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:19:07 +0000

I just experienced this phenomenon myself. After a 10 day plateau I lost nearly half a pound last night then woke up this morning to find another pound and a half gone OVER NIGHT! That’s 2 pounds in two days! The body is really quite the mysterious machine and is a heck of a lot more complex than much of the diet industry would like us all to believe. lol

By: Dominik

Dominik — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:53:49 +0000

Great article. Exactly my experience right now on RFL.

By: gateway

gateway — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:15:30 +0000

I have noticed the squishies myself. It does feel like BBs in my case.