Confused on weight I've lost

stuvb12

Hi,

I've been on MFP for 2 weeks, logging my calories every day. I've consumed about 25k calories in 14 days. I don't exercise really and have a desk job so MFP estimates I burn 2500 calories a day. So that's 35k in 14 days. A difference of about 10k which should be about 3 lbs lost. I've lost 6 lbs so far, where did the other 3 lbs lost come from? Is it water weight or is MFP underestimating calories I burn everyday? What other factors could it be? Thanks for any help!

robertf57

Water

SHBoss1673

yep

JillyCornwall

Glycogen in the liver & water

robertf57

Glycogen in the liver & water

Actually, total liver glycogen is only about 120 grams; a negligible contributor to weight loss and actually only depleted if the OP is really low carbohydrate.

rileysowner

It is water. When I was extremely sick with pneumonia which did not respond to the first course of anti-biotic my doctor put me on, as the follow-up appointment she checked my blood pressure which was very high. She put me on a diuretic and an ACE inhibitor and a week later, with no diets changes I had lost 10 pounds primarily due to the diuretic. That extra fluid was playing a big role in the blood pressure problem I had. I tell you that because not to make you think you have problems there, but to illustrate that your body can retain a lot of water, and when we are fat, it very easily does so. As you lose weight you will lose water weight as well first because you are eating more healthily and getting more active, and second because as your body gets smaller, it simply doesn't have the space it had before for the water. All of that is a good thing, and will help your overall heath a great deal.