Took a break, put on some weight. Started back up and weight is coming off really fast.

jimshine

I am just making sure everything is okay. I took a break from all this a year ago. I put back on about 20 pounds. 11 days ago I got back into it. Picked up where I left off. Back to the foods still in my history. Back to walking using a app to calculate calories burned and adding them. But I am losing almost a pound a day! If I come under my calories, it is only a couple hundred. I am using the guides and measuring things exactly as before. The weight loss is rather steady. Not sudden. I have been watching it every day on the scale. It ranges from .8 to a whole pound a day.

Is this going to throw my body into starvation mode? I don't feel ill. Will it slow down soon?

Sued0nim

Water weight

It's fine

Don't you remember the quick start to your last weight loss

starvation mode as you're using it doesn't exist

terbusha

I agree that initial weight loss is a lot of water weight and GI clearance. It should slow down soon. If it continues for a couple weeks, then you'll want to increase your caloric intake. You don't want to lose weight too fast. I always say people should be eating as much as they can while losing weight at an appropriate rate.

madhatter2013

I hope this happens to me. I stopped lifting 6 months ago but still counted my calories and only gained back 5 lbs. Just started up again. As everyone above me has said, it's nothing to worry about. It's water weight while your body catches up with the new lifestyle again.

SingRunTing

rabbitjb wrote: »

Water weight

It's fine

Don't you remember the quick start to your last weight loss

starvation mode as you're using it doesn't exist

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jimshine

Yes, I do remember the quick loss when I started, but it was about the same amount and I was much, much heavier then. I kind of assumed it would scale to my weight (300 the first time 225 this time). But it makes sense. I will keep an eye on things. I guess it makes me feel a little better that so far this water loss accounts for more than half of the weight I added back on. But I guess I will need to factor that into my final goal weight.