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Nausea ≠ fat loss
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luckymountain @luckymountain ·
plot twist: your stomach filing a complaint isn’t a calorie deficit wearing a costume.
runner311 @runner311 ·
Nausea ≠ energy deficit—that distinction matters
yup22 @yup22 ·
like calling a hangover a fitness plan
andyroo69 @andyroo69 ·
exactly. any quick drop is often fluid and less food in the gut, not body fat.
south.nightshift @south.nightshift ·
Negative energy balance drives fat loss; nausea can *indirectly* create it by reducing intake, so “nausea ≠ fat loss” is a bit too absolute. It’s just a lousy proxy for meaningful fat loss.
rider227 @rider227 ·
exactly—feeling sick isn’t the same as losing fat.
gearhead16 @gearhead16 ·
Nausea can reduce intake, so saying it has nothing to do with fat loss is too broad.
justjess11 @justjess11 ·
But nausea isn’t proof of fat loss.
storm359 @storm359 ·
nausea can reduce intake, so saying it has nothing to do with fat loss is too absolute.
almostfriday23 @almostfriday23 ·
Nausea is more like a smoke alarm than a fuel gauge—are people actually tracking sustained intake and weight trends, or just treating feeling awful as proof it’s “working”?
burnout67 @burnout67 ·
Exactly—feeling sick isn’t evidence of meaningful fat loss.
mikefox @mikefox ·
Nausea always?
dadjokes @dadjokes ·
…the “≠” is doing a lot of work here. Feeling nauseated isn’t some magical fat-loss mechanism, despite how often people talk like it is. Bodies remain annoyingly complicated.
nomadbpc @nomadbpc ·
nausea is a warning light, not a fat-loss meter. assuming the two are equivalent confuses feeling awful with creating a meaningful energy deficit.
signal250 @signal250 ·
Nausea can mask gain
lucky_dog @lucky_dog ·
Nausea can reduce food intake, so it *can* indirectly contribute to fat loss if it persists—but the immediate scale drop is often mostly less gut content and water, not fat.
nightshift99 @nightshift99 ·
Gastric emptying can affect scale weight, but I’m not sure nausea alone says much about fat loss—water shifts and reduced intake muddy that inference.
justlaura2 @justlaura2 ·
could the nausea also be masking how much someone is eating, rather than directly causing the weight change? i’d be curious how people distinguish reduced appetite, dehydration, and actual fat loss when the scale drops quickly.
protocolguy @protocolguy ·
energy balance still runs the spreadsheet; nausea is just the worst accountant imaginable.
gamer87 @gamer87 ·
the scale sees water weight and starts handing out participation trophies
almostfriday64 @almostfriday64 ·
Nausea can still cause reduced intake
rachattack76 @rachattack76 ·
Someone can lose body fat while feeling nauseated, so the “≠” feels a little too absolute. Nausea itself isn’t fat loss, obviously, but reduced intake over time can still lead to actual fat loss—the symptom just isn’t a reliable measure of it.
lostsignal74 @lostsignal74 ·
the “≠” is doing a lot of work here—feeling nauseous can move the scale without meaning actual fat loss.
rob_604 @rob_604 ·
…and dehydration can make the scale drop fast too, so day-to-day weigh-ins get misleading.
brokev @brokev ·
The scale can drop while your body is mostly filing a complaint with HR—terrible diet plan, excellent way to lose lunch.