How much did you lose in the first week?

C_Bran

3lbs the first week and then average about 4lbs a week.

munchkinbabe

I didn't loose anything. I only need to loose 10 pounds, but nothing is happening yet. Is this normal for the first week?

forever28

8 lbs!

avninjalette123

3 pounds! =]

kkellam1

Absolutely. And I appreciate your concern. I set that as my goal, but I don't see it happening because I am sure that things will slow down by then. It's a great target for me to aim for though, so I keep it in my mind so I know where I am heading. Will I be dissapointed if it doesn't happen? Not at all, because I will celebrate whatever success I have been fortunate enough to achieve.

Honestly, I believe that I can keep it off and maintain the changes that I have made in my life. It may be pie in the sky thinking, but things feel different to me this time. Other weight loss attempts have lasted like two days and I have forced myself to last even that long. This one just seems different somehow.

The best way that I can explain it is like when you talk to a recovering alcoholic or drug addict and they tell you that they couldn't quit until the time was right for them. That's what I feel like. I don't crave the foods I am not eating. I WANT to go walking. I eat all throughout the day but I just eat better, healthier foods and I enjoy it. I think the time was just right for me to make the changes that I knew down deep I needed to make all along. Because I don't really feel like I am dieting or working some new plan. This is just what I do now and I feel really comfortable with it. Oddly, scarily comfortable, because I have never felt like that before.

Of course, I know I am heady with the euphoria of early successes and a lot of that initial success is because I have a lot of belly fat that is just sitting there waiting to be burned off. But if sheer determination counts for anything, I am motivated like I have never felt before in my life.

steffilily

6 lbs first week. 1.6 second week. 2.4 third week. Lost 10 pounds using MFP. Hoping that I continue to lose around 2 pounds a week.

namrettik

I think the first couple weeks are the quickest in pounds lost. This is only my hypothesis, but your body has a lot of short-term stores that are quickly and easily eaten away. It's when you get to the long-term stores that it starts putting up a fight (I think I'm getting to mine at the moment after 2 months and 18 pounds lost - 2 pounds shy of "healthy").

lavparedes

just 2 lbs..haha

M_lifts

i lost 3lbs i think! cant remember!

MsFitnFabulous

2.4 and I was and still am very proud.

caitylynn62

I lost 4 pounds my first week, 2 the second, but now I seem to be gaining weight Ive been working out everyday but doenst seem like Im working out intense enough to really build that much muscle. Im trying to get back on track today. My goal is 140 by march 26th and as of now i am 144ish. I need to keep up the pace!!

writermom02

I lost two pounds my first week.

nkaplosinit

Just finished my first week. Lost 3lbs and 4inches around my waist. I am on a 1200 calorie diet and ride a stationary bike everyday for 60 mins. Somedays if I am still hungry I will eat back some or most of the exercise calories. Still new to this, so still learning how to make healthy life style changes. Hope to lose 1 or 2lbs each week.

Lori07

This thread is depressing. I lost 1lb

I agree I also lost 1lb.

charming_chrissy

4.2 pounds

JillyCornwall

4 pounds the first week, followed by 6 the next and 7 during the third! I really can't believe how well it's going!

It may be too fast, but I'll take it while it's happening. I know it'll probably slow down after a while, but results like this keep me motivated to stick with it. I figure that by the time it slows down, I won't mind because I'll look and feel so much better anyway. I already can feel my body changing from the better foods and the increased activity.

I have cut to about 1200-1500 calories per day (before exercise, not net) and am not hungry for more. Amazing because 1200 used to be a snack for me! I also started walking and do 2 miles twice a day for a total of 4 miles every day, without fail. Sometimes I even throw in a bonus mile during my lunch hour. After a couple of weeks, it became such a habit that it's just automatic now - and I don't need to "convince" myself to get off the couch and go walking. I download books on tape from the library website (it's free), pop on the headphones and go.

The other thing that keeps me motivated is hearing someone ask "how much weight have you lost?" Especially coming from a random coworker who doesn't even know I am trying to lose weight. What a great feeling. Can't say as I have ever had that happen before last week. How cool was that? It really made my day.

My goal is 100 pounds and I hit my 20 pound mark today - 23 days in. I was so happy that I was giving MYSELF high 5's!

Sorry if it sounds like I am bragging, but I am just so damned excited that I wanted to share my success with people who can relate to it. Every here at home is skinny, so they don't really get the feelings that come with dropping the weight.

Hey..you have done amazing..and I HATE to rain on your parade, but had a quick look at your last weeeks food diary and if its right you are way way undereating for a man.....whilst our bodies can take it for a while if we are 'obese'..hate that word..LOL....I'm afraid that despite your very healthy eating..you are not eating enough to be burning mostly fat...you will be losing lean mass ie muscle..which we all lose but when you have a huge calorie deficit..as you do..at least 1,000 cals per day over & above the MFP deficit..its your muscle thats in danger..please read some of the brilliant nutrition/exercise/undereating threads about..we all want this to be a healthy journey...up your cals about another 500 a day..you will lose more slowly but it will be more fat being burnt.

nuviag

I dont make it a thing to eat my exercise calories but I dont feel guilty when I do, I lost 2 lbs in the first week and I gained 3 that weekend because I had not self control. It motivated me more.
I cant let 2 days kill what I worked so hard for in 5 days.

rblauvelt7

I started late at night on the 28th, so I still have a day left(lol), but I'm down 3 pounds since the 1st.

Guinevere117

2 lbs. Not much, but I guess it's a start.

jeromy75

I just weighed in for my first week. I lost 5lbs.

Alexie333

I've lost about 6 lbs, being on a very strict diet, no exercise. Probably all water weight though;) I am starting my 2nd week tomorrow! Can't wait!!

bjshooter

I think I lost 4lb, I normally manage 1lb these days though, sometimes not even that.

zorbaru

2kg (about 5lbs) then in week 2 i lost 1lb

jae6704

I lost about 3 pounds my first week but I know that I gained some muscle def.

missabeez

I have lost 1 pound. I am also feeling much healthier again though. And I can also feel my body starting to tighten up again, so I am ok with just the 1 pound being lost. The more muscles I get, the more fat I lose in the end

h3ktlk

8 lbs

Gennawest

Ahhhh the good ole days. I think I lost close to 8 my first week.