Is my weight loss pattern normal?

geetvinww

I started on a fitness program that includes diet regulation and workouts that include cardio and strength training and it is exactly 50 days now.
What I am concerned about is that my weight loss pattern seems rather bizarre.


This week I have lost only 400 grams but my active minutes (I use fitbit to measure this) is 897 for the week and I have walked 10k steps all the 6 days.
Here is my net calories chart.
Is the trend normal? Thank you.
Geetha

Duck_Puddle

The concerning thing is your net calorie intake. Is there a reason it’s so very, very (very) low?

As for your loss, there’s nothing wrong. I’m surprised your numbers are all consistently lower than the previous week. Your scale weight is affected by lots of things. Eating more carbs or sodium than normal will cause you to retain some water; as do hormones, weather; workouts, stress, the actual weight of the food you eat, and a billion other things. So your weight will fluctuate quite a bit for reasons that have nothing to do with your fat loss.

But why are you eating so little?

geetvinww

Duck_Puddle wrote: »

The concerning thing is your net calorie intake. Is there a reason it’s so very, very (very) low?

As for your loss, there’s nothing wrong. I’m surprised your numbers are all consistently lower than the previous week. Your scale weight is affected by lots of things. Eating more carbs or sodium than normal will cause you to retain some water; as do hormones, weather; workouts, stress, the actual weight of the food you eat, and a billion other things. So your weight will fluctuate quite a bit for reasons that have nothing to do with your fat loss.

But why are you eating so little?

No I am not eating so little - here is my calorie intake - it is just that i work out for an average of almost 2 hrs every day.

Duck_Puddle

Working out for 2 hours a day requires fuel (food). You should be netting a minimum of 1200 per day.

It takes 1200 calories just to get the bare minimum vitamins/minerals/nutrients you need for your body to function-if you’re sitting around being sedentary. If you’re doing 2+ hours of workouts, you need even more calories. That’s what fuels your organs, bodily functions, and helps you burn fat vs muscle (like your heart). You can only burn so much fat in a day.

Netting under 500 is a path to a lot of not very good things. Netting under 1000 is that same path (just a slightly slower trip).

The pattern of your loss is normal. But you really will want to consider eating more.

geetvinww

Duck_Puddle wrote: »

Working out for 2 hours a day requires fuel (food). You should be netting a minimum of 1200 per day.

It takes 1200 calories just to get the bare minimum vitamins/minerals/nutrients you need for your body to function-if you’re sitting around being sedentary. If you’re doing 2+ hours of workouts, you need even more calories. That’s what fuels your organs, bodily functions, and helps you burn fat vs muscle (like your heart). You can only burn so much fat in a day.

Netting under 500 is a path to a lot of not very good things. Netting under 1000 is that same path (just a slightly slower trip).

The pattern of your loss is normal. But you really will want to consider eating more.

Got it! Yeah perhaps I am overdoing things. I will step up the calorie consumption. Thank you.

amusedmonkey

How much are you trying to lose? Your weight loss pattern is normal, if not a little bit aggressive unless you're morbidly obese. 2 kg a month is a good rate of weight loss to start with for most people around your weight, so your lowest weight loss (400 grams) is right in the ballpark of what's normal. You may want to increase your calorie a bit until your weight loss rate averages around 400-500 grams a week.

geetvinww

amusedmonkey wrote: »

How much are you trying to lose? Your weight loss pattern is normal, if not a little bit aggressive unless you're morbidly obese. 2 kg a month is a good rate of weight loss to start with for most people around your weight, so your lowest weight loss (400 grams) is right in the ballpark of what's normal. You may want to increase your calorie a bit until your weight loss rate averages around 400-500 grams a week.

My current target is to lose 15 kilos in 7 months. I want to be 75 by end Jan 2021. After that I will set a new target. I will increase my calorie intake by another 300 or so. Thank you for your input.

amusedmonkey

geetvinww wrote: »

amusedmonkey wrote: »

How much are you trying to lose? Your weight loss pattern is normal, if not a little bit aggressive unless you're morbidly obese. 2 kg a month is a good rate of weight loss to start with for most people around your weight, so your lowest weight loss (400 grams) is right in the ballpark of what's normal. You may want to increase your calorie a bit until your weight loss rate averages around 400-500 grams a week.

My current target is to lose 15 kilos in 7 months. I want to be 75 by end Jan 2021. After that I will set a new target. I will increase my calorie intake by another 300 or so. Thank you for your input.

Wish you the best! Having more calories will help you build real life habits that you can carry into maintenance!