Losing a pound a day
chandelierbee
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I've lost 4 pounds since Sunday which is a pound a day. I'm not excessively obese but if you were to see me down the street, I look healthy. I'm having really no problem losing the weight and eating the way I am...I'm just afraid I'm losing muscle. Whatcha guys think?
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Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?0
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Have you been working out pretty hard ? If so it's probably water.0
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You are fine, it's just water weight. You could have been retaining water for multiple reasons: dehydration, sodium intake, diet, hormonal changes... I'm sure someone who is more of an expert will come along and explain this better than I can, but that's just the way it tends to go.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?
No probably like 1000-1200 but some how I'm always close to my 2800mg sodium intake. I know it's water weight bc I weighed myself after I got up and went to the bathroom but since last week my actual weight minus the water weight has been going down. I've also been aiming to burn 3500 cals but realistically I'm burning 2500 at least.
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chandelierbee wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?
No probably like 1000-1200 but some how I'm always close to my 2800mg sodium intake. I know it's water weight bc I weighed myself after I got up and went to the bathroom but since last week my actual weight minus the water weight has been going down. I've also been aiming to burn 3500 cals but realistically I'm burning 2500 at least.
Are you saying that you're eating 1,000-1,200 and burning 2,500-3,500 a day?0 -
chandelierbee wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?
No probably like 1000-1200 but some how I'm always close to my 2800mg sodium intake. I know it's water weight bc I weighed myself after I got up and went to the bathroom but since last week my actual weight minus the water weight has been going down. I've also been aiming to burn 3500 cals but realistically I'm burning 2500 at least.
How much do you eat in calories?
I am going to assume OP that your ticker is incorrect. If it is correct then this thread is going to take a turn.0 -
As long as it's not a pound each day consistently I wouldn't worry about it. Now, 30 pounds in a month would be a little too fast and I'd be concerned about muscle loss.0
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did you just start dieting? if so, you're dropping a lot of water weight...you are also eating less so you have less inherent waste in your system. enjoy it...it well level off soon.0
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janejellyroll wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?
No probably like 1000-1200 but some how I'm always close to my 2800mg sodium intake. I know it's water weight bc I weighed myself after I got up and went to the bathroom but since last week my actual weight minus the water weight has been going down. I've also been aiming to burn 3500 cals but realistically I'm burning 2500 at least.
Are you saying that you're eating 1,000-1,200 and burning 2,500-3,500 a day?
Take a look at OP ticker.
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How I could lose so much water weight at the beginning of every diet and so little weight after the first few days always perplexed me until I read up on the science of it. Every well-fed person stores about 1500-1800 kcal of glycogen (a form of carbohydrate) in their liver and muscles. That glycogen by itself weighs only a pound or a little less, but glycogen is always stored in the body along with about 3.5 times its own weight of water. To a first approximation, when you go on a calorie-resticted diet your first 1800 kcal of deficit is associated with the loss of virtually all that glycogen and its associated water, totaling about 4 pounds. That's an astounding pound lost for every 450 kcal of deficit. After the glycogen is depleted, you need a depressingly large deficit of 3500 kcal to lose a pound of fat. The sharp dropoff in the amount of weight lost after the first week--even when the calorie deficit doesn't change--can really discourage you if you're not prepared for it.0
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Most people don't lose steadily. I just lost 1.6lbs overnight. And .6lbs the day before that. But then I'd only lose .4lbs the day before that, and before that, I was actually higher than my previous low (but didn't record it because my feed was looking crazy).0
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A pound a day is a 3,500 calorie deficit. So . . . if you're hiking in the mountains and burning 6500 calories a day but only eating 3000 calories, then you are definitely losing a pound a day.0
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bibliophage wrote: »How I could lose so much water weight at the beginning of every diet and so little weight after the first few days always perplexed me until I read up on the science of it. Every well-fed person stores about 1500-1800 kcal of glycogen (a form of carbohydrate) in their liver and muscles. That glycogen by itself weighs only a pound or a little less, but glycogen is always stored in the body along with about 3.5 times its own weight of water. To a first approximation, when you go on a calorie-resticted diet your first 1800 kcal of deficit is associated with the loss of virtually all that glycogen and its associated water, totaling about 4 pounds. That's an astounding pound lost for every 450 kcal of deficit. After the glycogen is depleted, you need a depressingly large deficit of 3500 kcal to lose a pound of fat. The sharp dropoff in the amount of weight lost after the first week--even when the calorie deficit doesn't change--can really discourage you if you're not prepared for it.
Helpful post is helpful.
That bolded text - this is something I try and say to the MFP posters who I know are new to losing weight. "You're going to lose a lot in the first week - and then it's going to stop. Then, it'll start again, but at a much slower pace."
The problem is, so many people rely on the emotional high of "motivation" to drive them. When this initial loss tapers off, their high drops like a stone and they give up.0 -
ManiacalLaugh wrote: »bibliophage wrote: »How I could lose so much water weight at the beginning of every diet and so little weight after the first few days always perplexed me until I read up on the science of it. Every well-fed person stores about 1500-1800 kcal of glycogen (a form of carbohydrate) in their liver and muscles. That glycogen by itself weighs only a pound or a little less, but glycogen is always stored in the body along with about 3.5 times its own weight of water. To a first approximation, when you go on a calorie-resticted diet your first 1800 kcal of deficit is associated with the loss of virtually all that glycogen and its associated water, totaling about 4 pounds. That's an astounding pound lost for every 450 kcal of deficit. After the glycogen is depleted, you need a depressingly large deficit of 3500 kcal to lose a pound of fat. The sharp dropoff in the amount of weight lost after the first week--even when the calorie deficit doesn't change--can really discourage you if you're not prepared for it.
Helpful post is helpful.
That bolded text - this is something I try and say to the MFP posters who I know are new to losing weight. "You're going to lose a lot in the first week - and then it's going to stop. Then, it'll start again, but at a much slower pace."
The problem is, so many people rely on the emotional high of "motivation" to drive them. When this initial loss tapers off, their high drops like a stone and they give up.
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How much do you eat in calories?
I am going to assume OP that your ticker is incorrect. If it is correct then this thread is going to take a turn.[/quote]
I eat less than 1400 cals per day. And this sounds stupid but what is a ticker?
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chandelierbee wrote: »How much do you eat in calories?
I am going to assume OP that your ticker is incorrect. If it is correct then this thread is going to take a turn.
I eat less than 1400 cals per day. And this sounds stupid but what is a ticker?
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It's the thing on your profile page that shows how many pounds you've lost and how many you still need to lose.0 -
chandelierbee wrote: »"yopeeps025 wrote:How much do you eat in calories?
I am going to assume OP that your ticker is incorrect. If it is correct then this thread is going to take a turn.
I eat less than 1400 cals per day. And this sounds stupid but what is a ticker?
Your ticker says you lost 12 pound and have 4 more to go.
You eat 1400 calories a day and try to burn 3500 but maybe its 2500. That equals a negative net. You are starving yourself for four pounds lost on the scale. That is a problem.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Most likely normal fluctuations. Do you think that you really ate at a 3500 calorie per day deficit since then?
No probably like 1000-1200 but some how I'm always close to my 2800mg sodium intake. I know it's water weight bc I weighed myself after I got up and went to the bathroom but since last week my actual weight minus the water weight has been going down. I've also been aiming to burn 3500 cals but realistically I'm burning 2500 at least.
Are you saying that you're eating 1,000-1,200 and burning 2,500-3,500 a day?
Pretty much.....according to their diary.
This probably won't end well.
OP, what are your stats?
Ht/Wt/How much do you work out.
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I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting0
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chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
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yopeeps025 wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
Entirely depends on starting weight.0 -
12 pounds lost, 4 to go. Ticker may be wrong, but it suggests we're not talking about a morbidly obese person here.MamaBirdBoss wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
Entirely depends on starting weight.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
12 pounds lost, 4 to go. Ticker may be wrong, but it suggests we're not talking about a morbidly obese person here.MamaBirdBoss wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
Entirely depends on starting weight.
My guess is she didn't look at the profile.
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MamaBirdBoss wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
Entirely depends on starting weight.
OP is eating 900-1100 (~1000 per day cal deficit) and is only 4lbs away from goal, so they probably started with less than 20 to goal. I'd say it's a pretty safe assumption.
OP, can you provide the stats requested earlier?0 -
Or read the part of thread in which the information was mentioned.yopeeps025 wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
12 pounds lost, 4 to go. Ticker may be wrong, but it suggests we're not talking about a morbidly obese person here.MamaBirdBoss wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »chandelierbee wrote: »I also have been doing this going on a month and a half. I just got a Fitbit for Father's Day (dad was supposed to get it but said he'd rather see me use it so he gave me it, $145 I spent ....for myself...on Father's Day) the Fitbit is really incouraging and I've lost 12 pounds in a month and a half. I think that's really good and pretty healthy since I walk my @$$ off with 6 dogs and for a month 2 more dogs that weren't mine and I was babysitting
You lost weight but I am sure you lost a lot of whatever lean body mass(everything else that is not fat) with it too.
Entirely depends on starting weight.
My guess is she didn't look at the profile.
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This probably won't end well.
OP, what are your stats?
Ht/Wt/How much do you work out.
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I'm scared now
I don't want to lose muscle or the little muscle I have. I'm 153, 5'8", athletic build an I workout (walk) 3x a day for 20-30 min bc I have to walk 6 dogs so I walk 2 at a time. I do interval training for 35 min on an app every other. And Ive been doing a lot of weight bearing chores and exercises. I like yoga/Pilates, body weight exercises and gymnastics. 0 -
chandelierbee wrote: »RGv wrote:This probably won't end well.
OP, what are your stats?
Ht/Wt/How much do you work out.
I'm scared now I don't want to lose muscle or the little muscle I have. I'm 153, 5'8", athletic build an I workout (walk) 3x a day for 20-30 min bc I have to walk 6 dogs so I walk 2 at a time. I do interval training for 35 min on an app every other. And Ive been doing a lot of weight bearing chores and exercises. I like yoga/Pilates, body weight exercises and gymnastics.
Do you feel the body weight exercises are too easy and its time to walk into the wonderful world of lifting weights?
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chandelierbee wrote: »This probably won't end well.
OP, what are your stats?
Ht/Wt/How much do you work out.
I'm scared now I don't want to lose muscle or the little muscle I have. I'm 153, 5'8", athletic build an I workout (walk) 3x a day for 20-30 min bc I have to walk 6 dogs so I walk 2 at a time. I do interval training for 35 min on an app every other. And Ive been doing a lot of weight bearing chores and exercises. I like yoga/Pilates, body weight exercises and gymnastics.
You're already of a healthy weight.
According to your info you have a TDEE in the 2400-2600 range. If you're only eating ~1000-1300 calories you're eating at TDEE -60% or so. This is something that is extremely aggressive, and IMHO, that is setting yourself up for failure down the road.
Someone your ht and weight should be closer to TDEE -10%, and many would say get on a structured lifting program...along with your other exercise.
To me, it sounds like you're probably closer to a recomp than having weight to lose.
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OP, it looks like you've been eating around 800-1000 calories below your goal for the last week. Stop doing that. Try to eat all of the calories you're given. If, in a few weeks, you're not losing at the pace you want, reduce the amount of exercise calories that you eat back.
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chandelierbee wrote: »RGv2 wrote:This probably won't end well.
OP, what are your stats?
Ht/Wt/How much do you work out.
I'm scared now I don't want to lose muscle or the little muscle I have. I'm 153, 5'8", athletic build an I workout (walk) 3x a day for 20-30 min bc I have to walk 6 dogs so I walk 2 at a time. I do interval training for 35 min on an app every other. And Ive been doing a lot of weight bearing chores and exercises. I like yoga/Pilates, body weight exercises and gymnastics.
You're already of a healthy weight.
According to your info you have a TDEE in the 2400-2600 range. If you're only eating ~1000-1300 calories you're eating at TDEE -60% or so. This is something that is extremely aggressive, and IMHO, that is setting yourself up for failure down the road.
Someone your ht and weight should be closer to TDEE -10%, and many would say get on a structured lifting program...along with your other exercise.
To me, it sounds like you're probably closer to a recomp than having weight to lose.
Edited to fix quotes.
If you put your name after quote= with the right brackets the quotes will work. Also since yours is the first quote. {quote=RGv2} (you know the right brackets) goes in the last place of quotes at the top. I figured that out like today.
too many people mess up the quotes and I never understand how.0
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