Too much too quickly?

taelech

I have been on my diet/workout scheme for about a week and a half and have lost 7.5lbs. I am concerned this is too much weight to loose in such a short amount of time. I am not doing any mega excercises or starving myself, just making moderate adjustments to my portion sizes and introducing strengthening excercises. Any opinions?

ironanimal

If you have a LOT to lose, it comes off in larger chunks to start with. If you're near your optimal weight, then that would be a concern. It all depends how much weight you have to lose and how much fluid you were retaining.

taelech

I'm 5' 10' and was at 175. I used to be very atheletic but the past few years have become sedentary. The rate of loss is slowing, so it may be water loss.

PirateJohn

Don't worry, that sometimes happens to me, too. I'm only on day two here, and I would imagine by the end of this week I'll be down as much as five pounds. A lot of that is going to be water, because now that I'm eating healthier, I'm not retaining as much water.

What I do is get a bodyfat caliper and measure how much my bodyfat percentage changes over time. I'll probably use that once a week. That is a better indication of what you are really losing. And it is useful for me because my lean mass is greater than what the BMI chart says I should weigh total. If I only looked at weight, I'd end up starving myself to get to a weight that is very unhealthy for me.