Will I gain it all back?

rebprest

I have lost roughly 20 lbs in 2 months, and it seemed a little too good to be true so I decided to do a google search (so reliable). I searched "safe to lose 20 lbs in 2 months?" and all the answers came up no. Most of them said it would all come back with a vengeance if I lost it that quickly. I don't really get why losing weight at this rate would be more likely to come back than losing the same amount over 3 or 4 months. I'm not doing it in an unsustainable or dramatic way. I'm wondering if starting weight makes a difference. Is this only for small people who drop loads of weight by eating crazy small amounts of food?

SonicDeathMonkey80

If you did drastic, unsustainable measures to lose your weight, then it will probably come back on once you start eating like a "normal" person. This is why the sane people on this site always recommend a path to weightloss that can last beyond your weightloss goal and into maintenance without having to change a thing. Hopefully you are doing something you can do for the rest of your life.

Branstin

The problem is some people rush to lose weight fast and not take the time to learn healthy sustainable habits. When they get to the maintenance phase they don't have the skills needed to keep the weight off. So they gain the weight back, sometimes more. People with a lot of weight to lose could lose more each week than others. The key is to learn and develop healthy habits to avoid regaining the weight back.

PetulantOne

If you did drastic, unsustainable measures to lose your weight, then it will probably come back on once you start eating like a "normal" person. This is why the sane people on this site always recommend a path to weightloss that can last beyond your weightloss goal and into maintenance without having to change a thing. Hopefully you are doing something you can do for the rest of your life.

+1

Also, the longer it takes to lose, the more time you have to develop habits that will stick with you. Those habits hopefully make maintaining your weight easier.

Serah87

I look back 4 days in your diary, you only have 1 day that 1100 calories, otherwise your calories were above 1700 calories. :huh:

Don't understand your issue.

nxd10

Actually, the national weight loss registry studies on long term weight loss say it doesn't matter if you lose fast or slow. What DOES matter is that you develop REALLY GOOD HABITS during your weight loss that are sustainable, basically forever.

Exercise an hour a day every day (or do 10,000 steps)
Don't limit yourself to only certain foods - eat a diet you can sustain forever
Be mindful. That's one of the reasons logging helps.

Most people who regain on short term diets regain because the method they use is not sustainable and they go back to their old habits. Don't do that!

SueInAz

I actually read an article recently that suggested that most people will gain back all of the weight they lost, as possibly more, after finishing a "diet". I'm not sure whether or not I agree but I do know that the trick is to make real changes to your lifestyle and eating habits that you'll continue to follow into the future. I definitely agree that the reason most people gain the weight again is because they hit their goal weight and then go back to eating the way they did to put the weight on in the first place.

RHachicho

Here's the thing when you "finish" a diet it usually entails going back to your regular eating habits. And yes if you do that the weight will come back on. On the other hand those first starting on weigh loss can see dramatic drops in weight. However this is mostly water weight you have not actually lost that much fat in those cases.

Basically no one can really say whether you will lose or not. If you starved yourself like ta thing possessed it will probably come back. If not it really depends on you. Water weight is certainly easy enough to keep off. Just keep up regular exercise and don't eat too much salt.

love8383

i lost 20 lbs in 1 month and didn't gain it, but i had a lot to lose so it's not that big of a deal...as long as you did it the healthy way and didn't starve yourself you should be able to keep it off, it just probably won't continue to come off that fast, with me i lost the most the first few months then it slowed a little.

rebprest

I look back 4 days in your diary, you only have 1 day that 1100 calories, otherwise your calories were above 1700 calories. :huh:

Don't understand your issue.

I feel like you're trying to tell me something with your sarcastic eyebrow raise, lol, but I don't understand. Are you saying that I should be ok because I'm not eating a ridiculously low amount of calories? I think I'm technically supposed to eat closer to 2000 a day, but I don't necessarily feel hungry for that all the time, hence the 1700 calories. I mean, I could eat more butter no problemo...but since a larger deficit will make me lose weight faster, I usually just don't eat it all if I don't feel hungry.

I'm reading the "New Rules of Lifting for Women" and it seems to to frown upon cutting calories...but I'm assuming it is aimed at the non-obese.