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    Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

    For the last few weeks I have been sure that I have not been doing as well on the diet.

    But every week the scale and tape measure is showing movement in the right direction.. typically I am loosing about 2 to 4 lbs a week. last couple of weeks has not been as good.. 2lbs this week, nothing last week... both weeks the tape measure showed progress though!

    However.. my conscern is that the reason my brain has been telling me that I have not lost weight, even though I obviously am, is that all my fat seems to be more wobbly...

    Before I started the diet, my fat was always firm... now I feel like its turning to jelly.. has anyone else experienced this?

    is it a normal phenomena?
    Sarbirus
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    Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

    Yes. I guess, and I'm not totally sure, I'd hedge my bets and say that fats cells probably empty out at different rates depending on genetics, blood flow to the cells, etc.
    sigpic Me, at 195 lb. September 24, 2009. It's 5:30 a.m. and can't wait to hit the coffee.

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    • #3
      Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

      I have totally noticed this in myself. At my highest and even as recently as 10lbs ago, my fat (mostly in the belly...ugh!) was solid. Now it's all jiggly and somewhat wrinkly.

      My turkey-wobble underarm skin has gone from flabby to flappy. I guess it will all even out eventually.

      Good luck!

      Shelley
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      • #4
        Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

        I would suspect that it has something to do with tight skin rather than firm fat...now you have more room so it seems wobbly. Your skin will slowly start to shrink as you loose weight, however genetics will decide just how much extra skin you have left over when you reach goal.
        Carrie

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        • #5
          Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

          Originally posted by sarbirus View Post
          For the last few weeks I have been sure that I have not been doing as well on the diet.

          But every week the scale and tape measure is showing movement in the right direction.. typically I am loosing about 2 to 4 lbs a week. last couple of weeks has not been as good.. 2lbs this week, nothing last week... both weeks the tape measure showed progress though!

          However.. my conscern is that the reason my brain has been telling me that I have not lost weight, even though I obviously am, is that all my fat seems to be more wobbly...

          Before I started the diet, my fat was always firm... now I feel like its turning to jelly.. has anyone else experienced this?

          is it a normal phenomena?
          There was a period of time when I would lose a pound or two one week and regain a pound or two the following weeks. But I was losing inches the entire time. In fact, I dropped enough inches that I was able to fit into normal sizes, rather than the extended versions.

          But as to the wobble...When you were a child and you blew up a balloon, when the balloon was full of air it was taut, right? But if you released half of the air, the balloon would be as taut as it was when it was full, right?

          That's what's happening with your body. Your skin is like the balloon. Your fat is like the air in that balloon. As you lose your fat, your skin is still stretched out, so it will wobble more than it did when it was full of fat.
          ~Megs~
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          • #6
            Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

            Along the same lines of previous comments, when fat cells first empty out, they are filled with fluid for a while until your body is sure that you don't intend to fill them back up. When the fat has been gone for a time, they will let go of the fluid and you usually get a whoosh. The skin starts to tighten up and the jiggle starts to go away. It's all a part of the process.
            People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it.


            "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
            ~~Herodotus


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            • #7
              Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

              Thank goodness there is a reason for this and that other people have observed it!! It was really beginning to get me down.

              Thanks everyone!
              Sarbirus
              my blog
              5'11" Man - 38 years old

              Start weight - 284.3 lbs (2nd august 2009)
              MiniGoal - 265 lbs - DONE!
               MiniGoal - 245 lbs
              MiniGoal - 225 lbs
              MiniGoal - 212 lbs
              GOAL - 200 lbs

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              • #8
                Re: Fat becomes more wobbly as you burn it???

                Yep, I always notice I look the worst just before a whoosh. Kind of lumpy in spots. Then shortly after the scale rewards me. I console myself with that knowledge when I don't like the way my fat is hanging in the mirror! LOL
                JILL

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                GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
                GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
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