2lb a week, is it true?

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  • raziak528
    raziak528 Posts: 14 Member
    SlimMommy19 wrote: »
    How do your clothes fit? Women can go up and down depending on hormones, salt intake and etc. :-)

    I actually gained weight my first week on mfp and it was so discouraging. Only during the second week did the lbs go.

    Also, if you don't have much to lose it is exponentially harder. You look gorgeous. Try not to focus on the scale!!!

    My clothes are actually fitting better and I can feel my body has tightened up. I am craving less junk. I think I was really taking this whole 2lb/week thing as a hard and fast rule but now I see it's subjective and different for everyone :) everyone here is so nice and helpful!!

  • agawnursing
    agawnursing Posts: 8 Member
    0.5 to 1 lb per week is a healthy weight loss rate
  • Dove0804
    Dove0804 Posts: 213 Member
    edited May 2016
    TeaBea wrote: »
    Pound per week goals
    75+ lbs set to lose 2 lb range
    Between 40 - 75 lbs set to lose 1.5 lb range
    Between 25-40 lbs set to lose 1 lb range
    Between 15-25 lbs set to lose 1 -.50 lb range
    Less than 15 lbs set to lose 0.5 lbs range

    I kind of have a question about this- I know it's just a general example guideline, but I think it's not quite applicable to everyone unless I'm interpreting it incorrectly. Are the lbs to lose based on an individual's goal weight? Because a person who's personal goal is to get to 175 lbs vs 120 lbs is going to be very different. I would say it's reasonable that someone who is 190 with a goal of 175 could go faster than 0.5 lbs/week.
    I'm not pretending to know anything about anything, I'm no expert- I'm just wondering what general numbers you were basing that scale on, or if there are other reasons to follow that chart regardless of goal weight.

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