Not that I'm complaining...

Wow. I sure wish I had that problem!!! I have yet to lose as it says I will in 5 weeks. Heading to the Doctor's office tomorrow to discuss bloodwork that could possibly straighten out that little issue though. Congrats to all of you though!!!!

Well I hope you get some answers. I just found out about 2 months or so ago that my thyroid function is low and was put on meds. I'm finally starting to see some progress on the weight loss now. I've not been doing this for 5 weeks yet but the weights it gives me I'm so close to I feel like if I keep up the pace I'm at or even close to it I'll hit that weight long before 5 weeks! Maybe it is just because I'm at the beginning, and maybe it will flip once I'm closer to my goal like Chenoachem said happened to her.

Yes, I can relate... I've been at MFP since January and I've averaged about 1lb/week weightloss on an average deficit of around 0.8lb/week.

I suspect it's because I've listed myself as sedentary (adding all official exercise for exercise cals) and I'm more active than that during normal day-to-day activities

See, that's what I was wondering. I had mine set at sedentary too because next to it in parenthesis it said desk job, and I have a desk job so I selected that one. But I'm also a mom with 2 little ones and a dog that I am constantly doing stuff with or chasing or whatever once I get home in the evenings and other than dinner I don't usually sit down until they go to bed and then it's only an hour or 2 until I go to bed and usually that hour or two isn't constant sitting. I'm usually trying to catch up the stuff I couldn't do when they were running around under my feet! lol! I think I changed it to lightly active the other day so we'll see what happens with that. I don't add normal day to day activity as exercise only additional stuff that I at least partially do for the exercise (walking the dog, gardening, golfing, and maybe even house cleaning or cooking if it's for a long period of time.) If things start to flip the other way I'll probably change it back! I'd feel better knowing I'm doing better than it says than worse! lol!

Well, my thyroid is just fine. But, the Dr thinks I have PCOS. I have to go to an endocrinologist and start the process over. It's also difficult to tell if there is something wrong with me, or all of the weight issues are side effects of the 15+ years of RA meds. That has been THE biggest problem so far. My PCP and rheumatologist have for years been saying the weight is related to RA, but in order to control my RA, I should control my weight. HUH?? It's a viscious circle, but since I am older now and presenting these issues that I've long had, the doctors are FINALLY starting to take me seriously.

And I agree with what someone said earlier along the lines of I am finding all those pounds you've been losing so quickly!!!

Glad there's nothing wrong with your thyroid but sorry it's been such a long ordeal to get the drs. to take you seriously! I hate when drs. think they know how we feel and know our bodies better than we do. We only live in them every day! I had thyroid problems after my 2nd daughter was born and my OBGYN prescribed meds. It turned out to be a temporary issue due to having given birth but when I started feeling like that again I went to an endo and apparently the scale they go by vs. what OBGYNs go by is different. My levels were they highest they'd ever been but not high enough by the endo's scale to treat but I was so exhausted and had such brain fog (among other symptoms) that I could barely function day to day. The endo wouldn't treat me so I called my OBGYN and she agreed that my levels were high enough to treat and prescribed meds. The fact that I was barely functioning day to day meant nothing to the endo. I hope you have wonderful drs. that will listen to you (finally). Good luck, it's so frustrating when you don't know if health issues are causing the weight issues or vise versa. Hope you get everything worked out and feel better soon!