lost 10 lbs in a week !?

It could be a shift in water weight, you could have a freakishly high metabolism, if could a shift in weight cycles (it fluctuates up to 5ish lbs a day)... Or you could be really, really lucky.

It is normal. when I started loosing weight I droped 7-10lbs right off the first week. And even when I stoped watching so much and then came back to it this time i droped 7 lbs right off the bat again. It is just water weight. It will get harder the lower the number on the scale goes.

Well on the days that you do not lose any weight pull out the mesuring tape that may help you feel like you have accomplished something. Cause all the days won't be like that one but when they are it does make you feel good.

If it's your first week it is most likely water loss. When you change your exercise and eating you will lose a decent chunk of weight at the beginning until your body gets used to the changes.

Unfortunately you won't lose this much each and every week.

I loss 10 lbs in two weeks and now I do not have an appetite. What happens when you start to eat healthy and have no more cravings? Does your blood sugar levels have anything to do with this? I am extremely overweight.

Water weight, when I started my diet and exercise I lost 11 the first week and 9 the 2nd week, fell off after that, but still down 44 lbs in 60 days

How is this possible ? It's been 7 days since I began eating more healthy and exercising more. I've drank 2 litres of water nearly every day. I really can see a difference in my shape....but 10lbs seems a little extreme. Could some of it be water ? Is this normal ? And no my scales aren't dodgy haha x

I dropped 10 lbs the first week too, the first week generally is a wow but it tapers off - don't get too engrossed with your scale. Big numbers aren't what I want to see, 1 - 1.5/week for me. I have been up and down weekly for no apparent reason. I try to look ahead to the end of the month setting a small goal - it isn't what comes up every week rather the final tally at the end. Good Luck!

Are you complaining? THAT'S AMAZING, I'm so jealous!!!

It's very common when someone starts eating healhty. I will throw one caution at you; make sure you hit your calorie goals. With 20 lbs to lose, you should be aiming for 1/2 - 1 lb per week max and since you are a RN your account should be set at lightly to moderately active. If you consistently eat too little, your weight loss will not only be fat, but it will be muscle. Ideally, a person wants to maintain their muscle throughout weight loss as the more muscle you have the tighter and leaner your body will be.

This!

It's very common when someone starts eating healhty. I will throw one caution at you; make sure you hit your calorie goals. With 20 lbs to lose, you should be aiming for 1/2 - 1 lb per week max and since you are a RN your account should be set at lightly to moderately active. If you consistently eat too little, your weight loss will not only be fat, but it will be muscle. Ideally, a person wants to maintain their muscle throughout weight loss as the more muscle you have the tighter and leaner your body will be.

Absolutely this. I don't know if you're not logging all your food, but most of what you have logged is alarmingly low and lacking nutrition.

It's very common when someone starts eating healhty. I will throw one caution at you; make sure you hit your calorie goals. With 20 lbs to lose, you should be aiming for 1/2 - 1 lb per week max and since you are a RN your account should be set at lightly to moderately active. If you consistently eat too little, your weight loss will not only be fat, but it will be muscle. Ideally, a person wants to maintain their muscle throughout weight loss as the more muscle you have the tighter and leaner your body will be.

Absolutely this. I don't know if you're not logging all your food, but most of what you have logged is alarmingly low and lacking nutrition.

This right here!

I could do with one of those weeks, I've maintained for a few... not saying I deserved to lose as I had a few iffy days but still 10lb would be amaze balls x

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It just looks low because I've been on the 5:2 diet. Last Monday was my first fast day but I went over my 500 limit and yesterday was my second fast day for last week so that's why I also had soup. I don't seem to have as big an appetite now

You do realize that with the 5:2 only two days a week are you supposed to have calorie restriction. So on the 5 days you do NOT have any restriction, so on those days you should probably be eating 2000+ calories. Eating 500 calories or less two days a week and then restricting more on the other 5 days will only lead you to lose a ton of muscle which will lead to being more flabby. The 5:2 craze going through England right now is more designed for those who don't calorie count IMO. So if a person normally eats 3000 calories a day, two days of calorie restriction will create a deficit over the week and prevent weight gain and will lead to weight loss. It's just another type of Interim fasting.. while you can do fasting, on the days you don't fast, you need to be eating a surplus of calories to ensure proper nutrition. So for example, here is what I mean. I am 30 yrs old, I workout 6 hours a week and work a desk job, and I am 5'11 at 191. My estimates BMR is 2080 and my estimated TDEE (through exercise and daily activity) is 3000 calories.

So over a week I burn 21000 calories.

To lose 1 lb per week I need to eat 17,500 calories. Any more is just way too aggressive and will lead to depletion of lean body mass.

So if I have two days of restricted 500 calories my others days would need to be 3300 calories. So my week would look like

Sunday - 3300
Monday - 500
Tuesday - 3300
Wednesday - 3300
Thursday - 500
Friday - 3300
Saturday - 3300


But even at best, the results of IF vs traditional calorie counting, pending calories are equal over time is anecdotal at best. I have done 16:8 fasting for awhile and I didn't see greater changes in composition. And since it didn't fall into my lifestyle I stop. But I can tell you, you will lose a lot of muscle if you aren't feeding it enough calories.

Thanks, defiantly don't want to lose muscle so I'll aim to get up to my 1400 a day, I just seem to get a lot fuller now, but I'll try adding more snacks and space them out during the day

If you aim for 1400, it shouldn't be while on the 5:2. If you want to provide your stats (height, weight, age) and exercise routine, I can run some numbers and give you plan either on 5:2 or daily deficit.