3.5 lbs ... ?

Dear, 3.5 is great, you're not on Biggest Loser, you're in real life. look back after 10 weeks, and then you'll gave some kind of gauge, don't get so worried about week 1! Also, if you're really running 3 hrs a day (I train for half marathons and know I couldn't sustain that), you may want to come up with a better exercise plan that's sustainable. Looking at one week as the end-all is huge mistake number one for getting in shape, slow and steady wins the race!

3 pounds in one week and I would be throwing a parade down a major intersection to celebrate.

I lost .2 this week. That's right, not even 1 pound and let me tell you I worked my *kitten* off.

I am not bitter. :grumble: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Put it in numbers form (even if that my be out...)

Someone mentioned that you're set to lose 1lb a week by your MFP deficit. So that's 3500 cals (apparently this is how many you have to burn to lose a lb apparently?)... you've burned an extra 7000ish calories and lost that extra 2lbs!!! Amazing!

...why have you been running for 3 hours a day?

That was my question...

Not a joke. The reason I am disapointed about it is because I have 120lbs to lose and people keep telling me that people my size should lose 8lbs+ the first week of eating well and exercising. I have been on here a while lost a bit gained a bit but last week i really went for it.
I understand people would be well chuffed with that result and i would be normally, just not my first week... no offense was meant with this post just needed a bit of a boost

Seriously though, 3lbs is GREAT!

If you went from not doing much to running 3 hours a day, your body is like OMGWTF and is likely retaining water for muscle repair from the strenuous activity that it is not used to. Just be patient and stick with the journey and the weight will come off. You got this!

Thank you! Yeah i wasn't being an *kitten* lol, trust me 3.5 when im a tad smaller will have me jumping for joy! its just when im so big i have that much more to lose lol!

And you WILL lose it... just not in a week hee hee. Remember, be the tortoise. Slow and steady.

Not a joke. The reason I am disapointed about it is because I have 120lbs to lose and people keep telling me that people my size should lose 8lbs+ the first week of eating well and exercising. I have been on here a while lost a bit gained a bit but last week i really went for it.
I understand people would be well chuffed with that result and i would be normally, just not my first week... no offense was meant with this post just needed a bit of a boost

Seriously though, 3lbs is GREAT!

If you went from not doing much to running 3 hours a day, your body is like OMGWTF and is likely retaining water for muscle repair from the strenuous activity that it is not used to. Just be patient and stick with the journey and the weight will come off. You got this!

Thank you! Yeah i wasn't being an *kitten* lol, trust me 3.5 when im a tad smaller will have me jumping for joy! its just when im so big i have that much more to lose lol!

And you WILL lose it... just not in a week hee hee. Remember, be the tortoise. Slow and steady.

Ha! your very right, its just when other people (I weigh in at a slimming group) go oh i lost 10lbs my first week! im like oh sH"t lol! xxx

I bet some of them did it in an unsustainable way (e.g. having way too big of a deficit, either through obscenely low cals or ridiculous amounts of exercise). Granted some of them may just be blessed like that, but the ones who do it fast and dirty are going to run into problems later. Either they will hit a plateau and you will blow by them, OR they will lose it all, but since their method is not sustainable LT they will gain it all back when they stop.

ETA: You just keep doing what you are doing and if it is sustainable for you THAT is what matters. It is a journey, not a sprint. You got this!

Dear, 3.5 is great, you're not on Biggest Loser, you're in real life. look back after 10 weeks, and then you'll gave some kind of gauge, don't get so worried about week 1! Also, if you're really running 3 hrs a day (I train for half marathons and know I couldn't sustain that), you may want to come up with a better exercise plan that's sustainable. Looking at one week as the end-all is huge mistake number one for getting in shape, slow and steady wins the race!

well running for me may not be the same as smaller people lol. its more like a marshmallow wobbling in the wind! but i keep going until i done my lap through the woods (which is 1 hour) come home at lunch and do the same so dogs not on his own all day then once when i get home (in eve) so not all in one go! your training for marathons?! i cant wait till im able to do that! i am really enjoying the dodgy running! thank you!

like a marshmallow wobbling in the wind! ...HAHAHA this made me laugh.
But you are doing great. 3.5 lbs a week is great!

It takes me well over a month or two to lose 3 pounds, so BE HAPPY! Be very, very happy

THIS!!!!!^^^

Enjoy that 3.5 pound loss. Would you have rather GAINED 3.5 pounds? Progress
is progress. Embrace is and keep going. That's a good loss!

Really?! :huh: :noway: