how much weight have you lost in a month?

I lost 19 lbs in my first month

I'm losing more or less steadily at 4-4.5 lbs per month. I'm confortable with that.

Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale though: water retention, digestion, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose weight when they eat more because of these fluctuations.

If you have a lot of body fat reserves you would be surprised at how little you can eat (unless you have emotional eating issues or disorders). The leaner you get the less your body has to draw from and then you have to taper up your calories. There is no such thing as starvation mode for women over 12% body fat or men over 6% body fat. I am a living breathing example of that. I went from obese to now under 12% BF and I've maintained for one year and built muscle the whole time. You don't BUILD muscle in starvation mode, so I proved everyone wrong.

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-Bobbie

in 4 weeks i lost 7lbs

I think that should be rather related to natural fluctuation of your weight, a single donut cannot in any universe cause you to gain 3 pounds. roughly 10500 calories are needed for 3 pounds.. that must have been a huuuuuuuuge donut ;-)

I'd hope so! I didn't eat that many calories in this weekend alone. It was a 400 calorie donut (chocolate icing and peanut butter filling, yum) though and I compensated by eating half of my lunch. Although I would like to see how big that donut would have to be to have THAT many calories. In any event, I'll just cut down on sodium and carbs and see if that helps with the fluctuations. :P