9 lbs lost but something's wrong...

ThisTimeWorks
ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, so I started as a 260 lbs girl and now I am 251, within about a month I've lost 9 pounds.

Okay, so when I started out I was eating healthy a bit, but then was eating normal but weight keeps coming off!!! I am BY NO means complaining, heck no, I am THRILLED!!! But see, I don't understand why...when I was eating CLEAN my weight would either stay the same, or I would lose .5-1 pound a week after SUFFERING trough it.

Now, I eat normal, like before CLEAN(but no fast food or candies, I never really did), and weight goes off easy...I eat OVER my limit about 3/4 times a week, but weight goes off...NO inches though..and don't tell me I'm losing muscles because I am not eating enough, I eat ! I ,often, don't put it in diary because it's like "whaaat are you doing on here eating THAT MUCH of that etc."

Is there something wrong me, or am I really that LUCKY all of a sudden?
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  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    I think it may be water weight but nevertheless if you're losing, your probably eating less than you did before.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    I think it may be water weight but nevertheless if you're losing, your probably eating less than you did before.

    Yes, most likely less, but why did I lose way less eating all healthy crap and as many calories as site suggested?
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Pls, any ideas why?
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    No idea.

    Maybe the crappy food makes you poop more?
  • dynamitegalxo
    dynamitegalxo Posts: 299 Member
    You're not doing yourself any favors by not filling in your diary. Don't make it public if you're embarrassed, but if you're not honest it's not going to help. You probably weren't eating enough before, trying to eat "clean."

    Nothing is wrong.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    You're not doing yourself any favors by not filling in your diary. Don't make it public if you're embarrassed, but if you're not honest it's not going to help. You probably weren't eating enough before, trying to eat "clean."

    Nothing is wrong.

    I was filling about over 100 extra calories and then I was like screw it I won't add extra 500 calories.So I was eating OVER the allowance of CLEAN calories(lol)
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    No idea.

    Maybe the crappy food makes you poop more?

    Yeah, that's it, genius:laugh:
  • BrittanyHarrington1015
    BrittanyHarrington1015 Posts: 25
    You are probably more aware of the calories that you are supposed to be consuming and burning than you were before. If you really think that it's something serious, talk to your doctor and have them run some tests.
  • dynamitegalxo
    dynamitegalxo Posts: 299 Member
    You're not doing yourself any favors by not filling in your diary. Don't make it public if you're embarrassed, but if you're not honest it's not going to help. You probably weren't eating enough before, trying to eat "clean."

    Nothing is wrong.

    I was filling about over 100 extra calories and then I was like screw it I won't add extra 500 calories.So I was eating OVER the allowance of CLEAN calories(lol)
    That's exactly my point. You probably weren't eating enough before. There's really no point in using the system if you're not going to use it fully.
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    What's your calorie goal?
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    You are probably more aware of the calories that you are supposed to be consuming and burning than you were before. If you really think that it's something serious, talk to your doctor and have them run some tests.

    I seriously doubt anything is wrong with me health wise, I am just really curious WHY when I eat crappy clean food I lose freaking half a pound, but when I eat normal...now, AFTER few days of "clean" food, I lose about half a pound a day if not more...Tomorrow is a weigh in but I sneak peaked today after eating pretty large meal and I am surprised! Tomorrow is "official weigh in" so I will find out how much more I lost tomorrow.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    You're not doing yourself any favors by not filling in your diary. Don't make it public if you're embarrassed, but if you're not honest it's not going to help. You probably weren't eating enough before, trying to eat "clean."

    Nothing is wrong.

    I was filling about over 100 extra calories and then I was like screw it I won't add extra 500 calories.So I was eating OVER the allowance of CLEAN calories(lol)
    That's exactly my point. You probably weren't eating enough before. There's really no point in using the system if you're not going to use it fully.

    Uh what??
    I said I was OVER eating! I am well aware that when I shoot for 1300 , log 1400-1500 and then choose not to log in extra 350 from smores muffin or 250 worth of soda I am OVER eating..so how was I not eating enough?
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    What's your calorie goal?

    It says 1300, so did my fitness trainer.
  • dynamitegalxo
    dynamitegalxo Posts: 299 Member
    Dude, ok. The calorie goal that you're going over is probably not enough for you. Hence, when you go over that, you then move into the territory of eating enough and you start to let go of weight. Make sense?
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    Agreed, could be that you weren't eating enough when eating clean. Just yesterday I had a surprise day off, and I was meticulous about logging. Turns out if left on my own on a normal day at home I'm barely eating 700 calories. Needless to say I had to rectify that especially as I had an hour of HIIT cardio yesterday night.

    So it could be that you were eating less than you though you were on a daily basis when eating clean. While you may lose some weight eating such a deficit, ultimately you do yourself harm.

    edited to get my tenses right.
  • Nicholec2003
    Nicholec2003 Posts: 158 Member
    Maybe "clean eating" shocked your system enough that it kicked your metabolism up a notch when you went back to normal eating??? Are you exercising at all, walking more, fidgeting more, lower sodium intake maybe making you loose water weight, over estimating caloric intake or underestimating output?

    ...Those are my best guesses. Good luck!
  • KathryneJY
    KathryneJY Posts: 83 Member
    I wouldn't allow yourself to get used to it. Any change in diet is going to result in some loss. Nine pounds in a month is pretty good, but at your weight, water weight is going to play a bigger role. Prepare yourself for some normalization of weight loss, and a harder time losing it as you go along. At my heaviest, it was easy. As I go, it gets harder and harder. Don't convince yourself that this first 10 lbs is going to be typical of the rest of your journey.

    Be diligent, log your food, get your exercise, and build on your momentum! Your body will change, how it loses weight will change, the challenges you face will change. Be prepared, do the best you can do, and envision your success. Just be prepared for the honeymoon to be over and the hard work to begin, because surely this won't last.

    I wish you the very best on your journey! You can do this!
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Dude, ok. The calorie goal that you're going over is probably not enough for you. Hence, when you go over that, you then move into the territory of eating enough and you start to let go of weight. Make sense?

    Lol, okay, let me break it down for you "dude". I was eating CLEAN and therefore was consuming way less than now and was losing less weight and harder, NOW I am eating NORMAL(like usual, in between junk and healthy), eating more CALORIES but losing MORE weight and EASIER. Makes sense?
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    Happens to me, too. I eat healthy, high-protein and lotsa vegetables, and I lose minimally if at all, or I eat sugary cereal and drop a lb the next day. I think our bodies just adjust to the better end of stuff and learn to use sugar as fuel immediately after, rather than hanging onto it and storing it as happened before.

    That being said, I'm having French toast tomorrow and expecting to drop some of this recently put-on Vegas booze-weight. :drinker:
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    Guess that shows that it doesn't matter what food you eat, its the calorie deficit that makes you lose weight.

    But if you are not tracking it, who knows what you are eating.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Agreed, could be that you weren't eating enough when eating clean. Just yesterday I had a surprise day off, and I was meticulous about logging. Turns out if left on my own on a normal day at home I'm barely eating 700 calories. Needless to say I had to rectify that especially as I had an hour of HIIT cardio yesterday night.

    So it could be that you were eating less than you though you were on a daily basis when eating clean. While you may lose some weight eating such a deficit, ultimately you do yourself harm.

    edited to get my tenses right.

    I'm logging ...gosh, please re-read what I said...when I eat JUNK food, I log and when it goes even when it goes over my limit but when I eat extra bowl of ravioli couple hours later and I know it's 280 calories, so I know it is 1480! I choose not to, but I go over limit, not even barely hitting it, but going over.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Maybe "clean eating" shocked your system enough that it kicked your metabolism up a notch when you went back to normal eating??? Are you exercising at all, walking more, fidgeting more, lower sodium intake maybe making you loose water weight, over estimating caloric intake or underestimating output?

    ...Those are my best guesses. Good luck!

    Thanks :)
    No, I still eat regular food, no sodium was reduced. :)
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    Agreed, could be that you weren't eating enough when eating clean. Just yesterday I had a surprise day off, and I was meticulous about logging. Turns out if left on my own on a normal day at home I'm barely eating 700 calories. Needless to say I had to rectify that especially as I had an hour of HIIT cardio yesterday night.

    So it could be that you were eating less than you though you were on a daily basis when eating clean. While you may lose some weight eating such a deficit, ultimately you do yourself harm.

    edited to get my tenses right.

    I'm logging ...gosh, please re-read what I said...when I eat JUNK food, I log and when it goes even when it goes over my limit but when I eat extra bowl of ravioli couple hours later and I know it's 280 calories, so I know it is 1480! I choose not to, but I go over limit, not even barely hitting it, but going over.

    then maybe you are eating at a calorie deficit at either point.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    I wouldn't allow yourself to get used to it. Any change in diet is going to result in some loss. Nine pounds in a month is pretty good, but at your weight, water weight is going to play a bigger role. Prepare yourself for some normalization of weight loss, and a harder time losing it as you go along. At my heaviest, it was easy. As I go, it gets harder and harder. Don't convince yourself that this first 10 lbs is going to be typical of the rest of your journey.

    Be diligent, log your food, get your exercise, and build on your momentum! Your body will change, how it loses weight will change, the challenges you face will change. Be prepared, do the best you can do, and envision your success. Just be prepared for the honeymoon to be over and the hard work to begin, because surely this won't last.

    I wish you the very best on your journey! You can do this!

    Thank you!
    I like your response!
  • albertine58
    albertine58 Posts: 267 Member
    When you eat clean, you're eating much more fruits and veggies and fiber, I'm sure. Those things literally weigh a lot more as they pass through your digestive system because they absorb a ton of water. Several pounds can just be water absorbed by fibrous stuff that you're digesting, and digestion can take 1-3 days. So if you go from eating lots of fiber to eating less when you "don't eat clean", you might drop a bunch of water weight as you excrete the fiber and your body lets go of the water. THAT is the scientific explanation, from a doctor-in-training :)

    You're not actually losing more weight when you stop eating clean, you're just dropping a bunch of water. Stick to mostly clean eatng and you'll lose consistently and regularly over time. And track everything, "clean" or not! Nobody is here to judge you - and if they do, they have their own issues :)
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I can tell you from experience that when you have a lot to lose you can drop weight by practically just thinking about it. You're just starting out too, weight flies off at the beginning with hardly any work. You mention going over your allowance but from what you're saying, you're not going that far over so you're probably still in a deficit so you will continue to lose weight. Are you weighing and measuring food? If you're not even logging accurately I'm not sure what kind of answers you expect.

    The long and short of it is, if you are losing weight and continue to lose weight long term, then you're in a calorie deficit. That's all that's really important. Keep it up.
  • PaulHalicki
    PaulHalicki Posts: 576 Member
    What kind of exercise/activities are you doing? Maybe you're burning more than you realize.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Happens to me, too. I eat healthy, high-protein and lotsa vegetables, and I lose minimally if at all, or I eat sugary cereal and drop a lb the next day. I think our bodies just adjust to the better end of stuff and learn to use sugar as fuel immediately after, rather than hanging onto it and storing it as happened before.

    That being said, I'm having French toast tomorrow and expecting to drop some of this recently put-on Vegas booze-weight. :drinker:

    How did you lose 50 ? :flowerforyou:
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    When you eat clean, you're eating much more fruits and veggies and fiber, I'm sure. Those things literally weigh a lot more as they pass through your digestive system because they absorb a ton of water. Several pounds can just be water absorbed by fibrous stuff that you're digesting, and digestion can take 1-3 days. So if you go from eating lots of fiber to eating less when you "don't eat clean", you might drop a bunch of water weight as you excrete the fiber and your body lets go of the water. THAT is the scientific explanation, from a doctor-in-training :)

    You're not actually losing more weight when you stop eating clean, you're just dropping a bunch of water. Stick to mostly clean eatng and you'll lose consistently and regularly over time. And track everything, "clean" or not! Nobody is here to judge you - and if they do, they have their own issues :)

    Hmm, interesting...thanks :)

    But I stopped eating "clean" like 2-3 weeks ago...I really doubt "fiber with water"only now gets out.
  • dynamitegalxo
    dynamitegalxo Posts: 299 Member
    Ok, you're clearly not understand what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that your calorie goal is set too low. It doesn't matter what kind of food you eat, "clean" or not. That absolutely doesn't matter. If you're not eating enough, you won't lose weight. So when you go over your "goal" with "junk," or with *whatever* kind of food, YOU ARE FINALLY ACTUALLY EATING ENOUGH AND YOUR BODY IS LETTING ITSELF LET GO OF ENERGY STORES.

    Good luck.

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