Is losing 8-10 lbs in week....

cadpro78

..to fast on your body to take it all in?

kgirlhart

If it is your first or second week then that would be mostly water weight. It isn't healthy to lose more than 2 pounds a week unless you are extremely obese. And even then 2 pounds is a really good goal.

Ninkyou

If it's your first couple of weeks, there's generally a larger loss due to water loss. I wouldn't be too worried if that's the case.

However, unless you're extremely obese, at any other time it would be concerning.

MommyMeggo

Thats a lot to drop in a week, even if the person is really over weight. Would be mostly water vs fat anyway.

cadpro78

Started last Monday... so a week...

cadpro78

Yeah, I started at 244 last Monday, so I guess it would be be mostly water...now I'm down to 235, so we will see how it goes this week.

MommyMeggo

cadpro78 wrote: »

Yeah, I started at 244 last Monday, so I guess it would be be mostly water...now I'm down to 235, so we will see how it goes this week.

As long as you are feeding your body enough food to support everything your body is intended to do while you drop the lb's then keep going. Dont expect a loss that big every week - and expect no loss sometimes too. Good luck to you, sir!

cadpro78

Thanks for your support! Same to you!

cwolfman13

It's pretty normal to have big losses in the first week...you're dumping a lot of water weight and you're eating less so you have less inherent waste in your system than if you were eating more. It'll level off. Mathematically it's basically impossible to lose 8-10 Lbs of actual fat in a week.

kgirlhart

If it's just been a week then I wouldn't worry. Just make sure you are eating enough and don't expect that big of a loss every week. Good luck.