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Are you losing or maintaining?

maremare312
maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
I'm just curious who is losing weight and who is maintaining. If you're losing, how much do you tend to lose a week? If you're maintaining, how long have you maintained for? Did your eating change very much when you reached your goal weight?

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  • Laura_beau
    Laura_beau Posts: 1,029 Member
    I'm losing (well trying my hardest, lol)

    I have about 70-80lbs left to lose (boooooooooooooo!!!) Some weeks my weight stays the same, some weeks I'll drop 5lbs but they key is there is a general downward trend. On average it is about 1 or 2 lbs per week.
  • navydentalchic
    navydentalchic Posts: 234 Member
    I have been losing about .5 pounds a week lately, but I have about 10-15 pounds left to go. It seems that it has slowed considerably. But I have had a stressful couple of weeks and not really been in town and I think that has taken a toll on my 2 pound gain this morning. But no going out of town for a while! So hopefully it was just some retention..:p
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    I still could do with losing a couple of lb going on 'gut feel', literally ;)

    But the weight isn't really important to me, it's a feeling.

    Once I get there I'll weigh myself for reference and then aim to pretty much eat as I do now.
  • cartrat
    cartrat Posts: 120 Member
    trying to lose... it's been a steady 1 lb loss a week--i'm also taking into consideration an increase of like 2-3 pounds over the weekend if i'm not careful :3

    when i first started out, i was doing 30 grams a day and i lost a good 5 lbs in one week. then i went hardcore to 10 grams and that's when it slowed. i think it had a lot to do with going into ketosis after losing all my water weight. anyway after just munching on meat and cheese all the time for 2 weeks, i upped my carbs (and ultimately my calories) last week and this week and still losing at the same rate. it's great :) however i wasn't really that overweight to begin with so my weight loss journey will definitely be harder and slower than someone else who was/is.

    i need to start exercising though. i feel like if i just do something like walk a few miles a day it will bump it up a bit. i'm lazy. don't much like exercising. but i'm still happy with how my weight loss is going.
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member
    Losing when I keep to the diet. A lot of hard BS things lately keep interfering. Lots of birthdays and family in hospital etc etc. On average 3lb a week loss.
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    I still could do with losing a couple of lb going on 'gut feel', literally ;)

    But the weight isn't really important to me, it's a feeling.

    Once I get there I'll weigh myself for reference and then aim to pretty much eat as I do now.

    I want/need to lose the weight, but honestly just the feeling of not being obsessed with food/craving sugar and flour does so much for me!
  • CRody44
    CRody44 Posts: 737 Member
    I’m have been eating Primal since mid June and in two months, lost 8 lbs, eating 1800 calories - fat 45%, protein 35%, and carbs 20%. I switched to fat 55%, protein 35% and carbs 10% (45g), on Aug 8 and have lost another 11 pounds since then.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    I want/need to lose the weight, but honestly just the feeling of not being obsessed with food/craving sugar and flour does so much for me!

    Amen to that, it's a liberation.

    I have a processed carb-fest Birthday do to go to today, I will happily pass up most of what is on offer.

    (edit) AND I am exercising less ... I don't feel guilty about not putting in an hour walk because, in the scheme of things, it just doesn't matter. Exercise is good and all but overrated for weight management IMO.
  • celebrity328
    celebrity328 Posts: 377 Member
    attemping to drop the last 50 pounds... however the scale is just staying the same for the last two months!

    I have however stayed the same weight but lost 8 inches all around. I cant complain to much about this but really like to know wtf is going on :( lol!
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    attemping to drop the last 50 pounds... however the scale is just staying the same for the last two months!

    I have however stayed the same weight but lost 8 inches all around. I cant complain to much about this but really like to know wtf is going on :( lol!

    Changing body composition probably, more lean muscle mass.

    My weight is all over the place to be honest hence the reason that I am just not that bothered about it, the belt rules :)
  • celebrity328
    celebrity328 Posts: 377 Member
    I hear yeah!

    I bought some pants in July that were a little snug but I could wear them still. Last week the same pants are being held up by a belt thats on notch #4 already and new (LOL!) BUT I still weight the same exact amount when I bought the pants/belt. It really boggles my mind how I can lose inches but not weight. I gave up months ago on using the scale as a way to determain my progress :)!
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