Losing weight quickly not sure why

If you are losing weight not inches that might suggest you are burning muscle but gaining fat, or possibly holding water or both. Quickly looking through your food diary it's not the healthiest and your protein intake is inconsistent. You are often not eating protein until the evening and then a massive serving - the body cannot store spare amino acids so will draw from (break down) your muscles if it needs them which the last thing you want. It also can only process a certain amount of protein at any one sitting, the remainder being converted to sugar or body fat! Try 30g or so of protein at each meal and snack.

Consider eating less sugar and white refined carbs, processed/ ready made/ junk should be no more than about 10% of daily calories. These foods put the body into a state of stress, encouraging fat to be laid down especially on the waist and muscle to be burned. More mineral rich foods (beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, wholegrains), more oily fish and more fruits and vegetables. IMO track either fibre (at least 14g per 1000 cals) or sugar or both - you can change the settings on MFP. Have you been tested for insulin resistance?

Exercise wise quality is more important than quantity, assuming you are healthy do an intense workout for a maximum of one hour four times a week - on the other three days do active recovery, just your basic 10,000 steps of walking at any pace. This helps maintain or increase muscle mass, gives you a boost to your metabolism for up to two days after you do a workout, gives your muscles and connective tissue the chance to repair (exercise breaks them down). Now you have a base of fitness you really want to be intermittently be gasping for air, muscles burning and screaming, sweat running off you; if you do much the same thing week in week out the body becomes efficient so burns fewer calories each session.

It'll slow down on it's own, I wouldn't worry about it at this point.

It'll slow down on it's own, I wouldn't worry about it at this point.

yeah. pretty soon you'll be posting a topic about how it was coming off so quickly before but now it isn't so you're on a plateau.

Weight loss is often faster at first and gets slower later, so like others have said I wouldn't worry too much about it.

And I also second the comment that breastfeeding could be accelerating the loss, but again, that's nothing to worry about.

What you may want to worry about is maintaining muscle mass, particularly since you're saying you aren't losing inches. Try to incorporate some body-weight exercises in addition to your cardio (push-ups, sit-ups, squats... all can be done at home) to help you strengthen your muscles and prevent muscle loss. If you have access to a gym, a trainer could help you get into a good weight lifting routine as well.

If you are losing weight not inches that might suggest you are burning muscle but gaining fat, or possibly holding water or both. Quickly looking through your food diary it's not the healthiest and your protein intake is inconsistent. You are often not eating protein until the evening and then a massive serving - the body cannot store spare amino acids so will draw from (break down) your muscles if it needs them which the last thing you want. It also can only process a certain amount of protein at any one sitting, the remainder being converted to sugar or body fat! Try 30g or so of protein at each meal and snack.

Consider eating less sugar and white refined carbs, processed/ ready made/ junk should be no more than about 10% of daily calories. These foods put the body into a state of stress, encouraging fat to be laid down especially on the waist and muscle to be burned. More mineral rich foods (beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, wholegrains), more oily fish and more fruits and vegetables. IMO track either fibre (at least 14g per 1000 cals) or sugar or both - you can change the settings on MFP. Have you been tested for insulin resistance?

Exercise wise quality is more important than quantity, assuming you are healthy do an intense workout for a maximum of one hour four times a week - on the other three days do active recovery, just your basic 10,000 steps of walking at any pace. This helps maintain or increase muscle mass, gives you a boost to your metabolism for up to two days after you do a workout, gives your muscles and connective tissue the chance to repair (exercise breaks them down). Now you have a base of fitness you really want to be intermittently be gasping for air, muscles burning and screaming, sweat running off you; if you do much the same thing week in week out the body becomes efficient so burns fewer calories each session.

IMO this is very good advice. Breastfeeding does make a difference, and it's true that you lose more/faster in the beginning. It is a little scary sometimes when the weight is moving faster than expected, and frustrating when it's not moving as fast as expected. It's always good at those points to go back and re-evaluate your routine and your nutrition. For what it's worth, I pay zero attention to what MFP says as far as my expected weight loss each week. When it said I'd lose 1 pound a week I lost .5-.8. When it said I'd lose .2 a week I lost .8-1.0. I'm currently on maintenance calories (based on TDEE from another site, not from MFP) and am actually still losing about .5 every 2 weeks, but MFP says that with this calorie goal I'll gain weight. So take that for what it's worth, but know that you can't always go by what MFP says. Track your own progress and results and play with your calories until you find what's comfortable for you. Congrats on the new baby and good luck!

Thanks everyone for your advice. I'm not breastfeeding but I heard that contributes to weight lost too.

I know that my diet is horrible and sadly it's much better than it was before I joined the site. I was concerned that I was losing muscle especially when I didn't that much inches at my check point.

I will try and work on my diet a bit more and less junk type foods that aren't good for my body anyway.

Try to eliminate cookies and chocolate from your daily menu.
It would be a good idea to take your time now to learn how to eat for the rest of your life.

Once you hit your goal weight or even go back to work, your calorie burn will drop and it will be hard to stick to your calorie limit if you got used to eating 1000 cal worth of chocolate a day.

I got fat on chocolate and cookies – those are only to be enjoyed on special occasions!

Your first 3 pounds was probably water loss. 2 pounds a week is doable in the early weeks so you are probably OK. It will slow down.