How much was your biggest weightloss in a week?

ThisTimeWorks
ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
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Me and my friend were talking about weightloss and everything, she said that her and her mom were on a diet for 7 days and lost pretty good amount. My friend lost 8 lbs, and her mom lost 5. So now I am wondering what was YOUR biggest weightloss in a week?

I remember one time I was on a crazy diet for 3 days and then went back to eating normal and in the end of a week my weightloss was 6 pounds, 4 of those came back the next day I've started eating like usual.
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  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    You lost water weight. The most I've ever lost in a week is 3 pounds and even that is too much. You should shoot for 1-2 lbs per week.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    You lost water weight. The most I've ever lost in a week is 3 pounds and even that is too much. You should shoot for 1-2 lbs per week.

    Oh I know :)

    I am just curious.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I can drop about 6.5 lbs in 3 days when I switch from my normal high-carb maintenance diet to a higher protein cut diet. I do it a few times a year because I break from dieting for races. It's all water weight and it does come back when I go back to maintenance with high carbs.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I probably lost 15 pounds when my son was born (baby, placenta, fluids...).

    :laugh:
  • Gee_24
    Gee_24 Posts: 359 Member
    I probably lost 15 pounds when my son was born (baby, placenta, fluids...).

    :laugh:

    Heehee :P

    My biggest loss ever was on diet pills that made me lose about 9lbs in a couple of DAYS. All water, some muscle, and other such things. It was like a detox, I was never off the toilet.

    That was NOT nice.

    Since doing it properly, my first week I lost about 5lbs. All water Im sure! Now its about 1.5 a week.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    2Lbs. The week I first stopped eating enriched white bread and sugar.

    Every other week was about 1Lb.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    3 lb is the most
  • ska41
    ska41 Posts: 15 Member
    It's obviously a lot more likely to have a big drop when you have a lot to lose. I've dropped 6.8 in a week several times when I had a "whoosh".
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    It's obviously a lot more likely to have a big drop when you have a lot to lose. I've dropped 6.8 in a week several times when I had a "whoosh".

    Yea, but as I was saying my friend dropped 8 lbs, and she weighs 140.
  • fromfat2fitbrit
    fromfat2fitbrit Posts: 9 Member
    I lost 9lbs once, first week of my lifestyle change. Now it's always 1-2.5lbs a week
  • jennz81
    jennz81 Posts: 194 Member
    When I first started using MyFitnessPal, I lost 7 lbs. in the first week, and 14 after two.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    I think it's all just the bloating going away...
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    Twenty pounds.

    He's now nearly 17 and doing very well. :bigsmile:
  • emilycarr71404
    emilycarr71404 Posts: 176 Member
    I lost 8 lbs. my first week on MFP: however, I was doing South Beach Diet and so was not taking in any carbs. I only did that phase of SBD for 8 days though because it is only meant to break your cravings for carbs. I know a lot of it was water weight too. Other than that, the biggest lose I have seen was last week when I dropped 6 pounds! (To be fair, I had been sick and ate whatever I had wanted before that and had gained 3 pounds back. Than after I got well, I hit the gym nearly every day and that is why/when I saw that huge lose.)
  • StarPanic85
    StarPanic85 Posts: 45 Member
    Was losing 7 to 8lbs a week at first. But I am very overweight...
  • yagurlkrys
    yagurlkrys Posts: 1
    I've lost 8lbs in a week, but then again I am very overweight.
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    I've lost 8lbs in a week, but then again I am very overweight.

    Did it come back?
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    Was losing 7 to 8lbs a week at first. But I am very overweight...

    Did it come back?
  • MissDeeDee78
    MissDeeDee78 Posts: 415 Member
    2 lbs for me :smile:
  • Bell_Lucci
    Bell_Lucci Posts: 15 Member
    4.5 pounds. But that was right after my monthly. So it was mostly is not all water.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    My wife once lost like 20 pounds in a week. It was mostly baby weight. took 9 months for her to put on.

    Is this some sort of race?
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    My biggest loss was 8lbs in a wks span. It was within the first 2 wks of initially starting my weight loss journey. I cut out all sugar, energy drinks ,cut my cals drastically and bam!! I am sure that that loss was due to water weight. Now, my average weight loss is 1-2 lbs per wk. I've had some wks where I didn't lose anything.
  • LumpySpacePrincess1
    LumpySpacePrincess1 Posts: 388 Member
    No idea about weight, but at one point I lost 10cm off my waist in a week...and the same the next.
    Good times. Forever commemorated by sexy stretch marks.
  • hollymartin90
    hollymartin90 Posts: 57 Member
    4 pounds im always really surprised when people lose 7+pounds a week lol im like how is that even possibe??
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    My wife once lost like 20 pounds in a week. It was mostly baby weight. took 9 months for her to put on.

    Is this some sort of race?

    Ummm... YEAH!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    63. It was glorious.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    7lbs and I was underweight. Then again I have an eating disorder and was basically not eating, so it wasn't exactly healthy but meh
  • ThisTimeWorks
    ThisTimeWorks Posts: 179
    4 pounds im always really surprised when people lose 7+pounds a week lol im like how is that even possibe??

    It depends on starting weight, metabolism, overall health, and what kind of"diet" was used.
  • notdieting
    notdieting Posts: 116 Member
    I lost 9lb in the first week on MFP, then about 5lb the following week, then 2-3lb for a couple of weeks. None of it ever came back but this was on my 'kickstart' of eating 1200 cals, exercising 600 of them off and not eating them back....so was never a long term thing. As soon as the losses slowed to an almost standstill, I upped my calories to 1540, started to lose again and have lost a fairly steady 1lb a week since.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Barring getting back from a high sodium day...

    Just last week. 4 pounds and that was from a new LOW point. 226.0-222.0 in 6 days.

    I am not new to this (7 months) so it wasn't water weight. I have had it take 6 weeks to lose 4 pounds on more than one occasion. What did I change? Nothing.

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