weight loss to drastic?

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megandhight
megandhight Posts: 89 Member
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I have been eating healthy for only 9 days so far and I have already lost 7lbs. Is it normal to lose weight this fast?

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    Depends, how active are you? How many calories are you eating per day? Are you doing low or no carb?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    When you first start out, most people will lose a lot of water weight in the first couple weeks. It will slow down soon.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
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    How many calories are you eating per day? How much do you exercise?
  • megandhight
    megandhight Posts: 89 Member
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    I'm not really active at all. I do 30 mins of yoga each morning and then sit in class all say since I'm a college student. I eat around 1200 cals per day and I try to do low carb as much as I can.
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
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    What's your starting weight?
  • megandhight
    megandhight Posts: 89 Member
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    150. I'm 5'2" so its only 25 lbs away from my goal weight.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
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    megandhight wrote: »
    150. I'm 5'2" so its only 25 lbs away from my goal weight.

    It's normal to lose weight quickly at first, but if it doesn't slow down you need to increase your calorie goal. I suggest eating to lose only a half pound a week because you have so little to lose.
  • megandhight
    megandhight Posts: 89 Member
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    I will definitely keep an eye on my weight loss. I haven't noticed it when looking at myself so seeing that in the scale shocked me. I'm not in any hurry to lose weight my main thing is eating healthier since I have type 2 diabetes and PCOS and both will drastically improve with just a little weight loss. Thanks for all the advice!
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    edited March 2015
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    If you initially weighed yourself the day of or after a high sodium meal, doing any kind of new exercise, around TOM, late in the day after eating and drinking all day, that could put your weight up by a good several pounds. So when you lose that water weight as well as a bit of true weight loss it seems like a huge number.
    That's what likely happened to me. I weighed for the first time January 2nd, which means that all that bad food from the holidays (high volume and high sodium) made me weigh in with a lot of water weight. That first week I lost 6 pounds. Guaranteed at least 3 of those pounds were water weight.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    megandhight wrote: »
    I have been eating healthy for only 9 days so far and I have already lost 7lbs. Is it normal to lose weight this fast?

    It will mainly be water weight - maybe a couple of pounds of fat

    unless you have cut over 2700 calories a day out of your diet - which is doubtful

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