How patient should I be?

ninjator

Hi all!

I love the app and started using again after a while.

I strictly follow it apart from 1 day a week. ( shoiuld i follow it everyday?)

Anyway my question is, in 17 days I've lost 1 kg ( weight has fluctuated a bit ) .

How often do you weight yourself and how long does it take to actually start losing weight steadily?

Morgaen73

Hi I can only speak from personal experience.

Yes, use the app EVERY day. You will be surprised how much you can eat on days that you think you are safe.

I have lost (consistently-ish) 1kg every 14 days for the last 2 years. I lose faster but then there are times that i don't lose at all. That is just the way it is for me. I'm happy with that pace.

I weigh every morning but I log once a week.

Hang in there. I've lost 44kg over the last 23 months. Slow and steady gets you there too.

ninjator

Hi!
Thanks for your response, very motivating! In the day that i don't follow the app I have pizza for dinner! (Shame) as for other meals, i keep them the same. I guess I'll try to stop eating that!
I weight 81kg and I am 173cm tall.

Glad that you were able to lose weight!

Sued0nim

Use the app every day

Work your calorie defecit over the week - you can easily have a day when you eat more and others when you eat less but you need to log your food always so that you don't start eating into your entire defecit with a 'cheat' day

If you do it right you don't need to cheat

Make your defecit work for you across the week

Kalikel

You should do whatever you want. If you want to overeat one day a week, that's your choice. See how it works for you, adjust (or don't) as necessary.

I log everything, every day. If I have to eat something I can't count, I pick something similar, but it take a good guess.

IMO, there's no point to counting some of the calories. If you're going to count them, count them all. But that's me.

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ElisaJtsu

I log every day, even when I go over (usually at weekends); it helps me stay on track. I started using this app and was really frustrated at the beginning, as I didn't seem to lose any weight. Have you started exercising more as well? I found that my weight and measurements went up when I first started and then dropped. I lost 13lbs in 8 weeks (with pizza!). I had a break due to exams at Uni, but I'm back on track now...and things are going slow; it's frustrating, but I know it will work eventually - just stick with it! And allow yourself to eat what you like, it's supposed to be a life change not another daft diet
Good luck!

KateTii

Don't fall into the "Biggest Loser" trap. It is not realistic to expect to drop 10kg and 2 dress sizes in a week. Weight loss is slow, testing but so so worth it, regardless of how much or little you want to (or have) lost.

If you have a day where you eat nothing but pizza and drink nothing but coke, log it. Log eeeeeeverything.

I had a party night where I ate nearly a whole family pizza, loaf of garlic bread, drank a litre of fizzy, sugary, alcohol laden drinks and snacked on chips, lollies and other crap. Logged it all. Felt awful to be 10,000 kilojoules over my limit, but at least I had a good time, was honest, and when my weightloss slowed that week, I knew exactly why and didn't give up. After that, any time I have had a high kj day, I make sure afterwards that I have a smaller day and do extra exercise and find it all works out.

Just keep going, keep logging and as long as you keep seeing losses (and not doing anything drastic like chopping a limb off or starving yourself), you're on the right path.