I'm doing a combination of keto and IF to reduce my insulin (I have PCOS and am insulin resistant) and am finding that some times during the day my neck is thin and I can feel where my Adam's apple is, but sometimes my chin swells and I get a double chin. Sometimes it's right when I wake up and then it deflates and then comes back when my eating window starts, and sometimes it deflates again throughout the day and then comes back at night while I'm fasting again. I'm drinking a lot of water so I can't imagine it could be related to dehydration... any thoughts? Thank you!
Edit: I will add that this doesn't happen in a cartoonish way like my wording implies 😂 it's more like, it'll feel nice and thin, and then an hour or two later it'll be all puffy, and then a few hours later it'll be thin again, and so on and so forth. It's really annoying!
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I’ve noticed something similar. I wonder if your skin is pulled tighter towards your back when you’ve been doing heavy activity due to muscle inflation/enlargment?
Wild guess. But I believe you. I have a beard to hide my double chin, but notice differences in my neck line throughout the day. Maybe I’ll shave the beard off for science to see the double chin action. After winter is over.
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I get this too! I think mine is due to tension in my neck and shoulder which causes the front of my neck to shorted and therefore the stretching of the skin give me a double chin. Massage usually helps, and better posture!