The most you lost in a week?

ArtemisRuns
ArtemisRuns Posts: 251 Member
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This is so weird. I've been trucking along since mid July, losing a pound every week or two and perfectly fine with that. Suddenly......this week......I've lost over 3 lb in one week. Now if it were the 1st week I would think water loss due to lower sodium, etc. But no, I've been doing things pretty much the same. Every day I get on the scales I am like 1/2 lb lighter.....those of you who have been on long weight loss journeys: is this normal? Might it possibly last a few weeks? oh please please please ....
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  • LaddiDhaliwal
    LaddiDhaliwal Posts: 34 Member
    It is ok in My case in last 4 months sometimes in a single week i loose less than a pound but there was a week I lost about 5 pounds.
  • R_Bedard
    R_Bedard Posts: 94 Member
    I wouldn't worry about it unless it is happening all the time. Most of the summer I lost .5 -1.5lbs a week which is good. Suddenly this week I lost over 4. As long as it is not happening all the time, I am not worried. When you consistently lose 4 pounds per week that is too much. I aim for 1-2 lbs a week.
  • davypr86
    davypr86 Posts: 145 Member
    I lose around 1-2 lbs. a week. The most I have lost in a week is 7.4 lbs. But that is when I started the Focus T-25. During the first week you are supposed to eat accordingly with a Fast Track nutrition plan that is suppose to jump start your weight loss.
  • Focusedjessy
    Focusedjessy Posts: 114 Member
    This week I have lost 7lbs. That's because it's my first week back on track after slacking all summer. I have eaten well and exercised daily. I am not expecting to keep losing at this rate.
  • bmramsey0614
    bmramsey0614 Posts: 88 Member
    WHen I first began my weightloss journey I would lose 4 lbs a week for a few weeks at a time and then lose only half a pound or even gain a pound some weeks. I think it is perfectly normal!
  • Mini_horse_lover
    Mini_horse_lover Posts: 178 Member
    According to my scales I lost 2 kilos this week. I think they are faulty though.
  • Nikoruo
    Nikoruo Posts: 771 Member
    i think the highest i've lost in a week is 8lbs, but it was mostly water weight for lack of water in my diet
  • bernied262
    bernied262 Posts: 882 Member
    the week after my TOM, i always lost abut 3lbs. Other than that, I was pretty stable in weight loss (in maintenance now).
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    I got sick and lost like 18 lbs in 2 days.
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    i lost 4-5 pounds on a week that i was actually eating a lot more than usual (stayed at my cousins house), i was 90% certain in my head that id gain at least a pound but i ended up losing it was great.
  • KathryneJY
    KathryneJY Posts: 83 Member
    The most I have lost in a week is 6 lbs. Crazily enough, it was the week I went on an 8 day kayak trip and I ate like crazy (and got lots of exercise just hauling gear and boats). I guess my body got all confused and shed the pounds.
  • jessmcanulty
    jessmcanulty Posts: 46 Member
    My first week on mfp I lost 7kgs but I think most of that was water retention. Now I lose anywhere from 0.5-2kgs a week. I work out at the gym doing cardio 7 days a week and do strength training 4 days a week and I have just started the 30 day shred.
  • mel_2812
    mel_2812 Posts: 66 Member
    I've been back on track for almost 7 weeks now.

    And this week is the week I lost the most...3.2 lbs!

    I usually lose about between 1 and 2 lbs per week.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    You probably experienced a swooch lol....don't worry about it, it will compensate for the frustrating week ;)
  • Mitzigan94
    Mitzigan94 Posts: 393 Member
    bump :)
  • CaliforniaBarbie
    CaliforniaBarbie Posts: 346 Member
    the most i lost was 10 pounds in 10 days, so about a pound a day.
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    that's happened to me a few times, but usually when that happens I lose less for the next couple weeks! my weight loss is lamost never consistent though, not even a steady lb a week, but I'm also not consistent every week either so I expect that.
  • Orfygirl
    Orfygirl Posts: 274 Member
    I go through spells where I won't lose anything or lose only less than 0.5 lbs and then all of a sudden one week I will drop 4 or 5 lbs in a week. Then the cycle repeats itself. I figure as long as it is not a consistent 4 or 5 lbs every week for a month then I'm ok.
  • Trueray
    Trueray Posts: 1,189 Member
    8lbs
  • fatmaama
    fatmaama Posts: 7 Member
    I lost 12 pounds this week. All I did was cut out the fat and light exercise. I'm over 300 pound also. Today is day 1 of 30 day shred so maybe I'll lose more next week.
  • Fkika3131
    Fkika3131 Posts: 208 Member
    I lost 12 pounds this week. All I did was cut out the fat and light exercise. I'm over 300 pound also. Today is day 1 of 30 day shred so maybe I'll lose more next week.

    Congratulations
  • fatmaama
    fatmaama Posts: 7 Member
    Thanks hun!
  • dublin777
    dublin777 Posts: 10 Member
    Can you tell me what the thirty day shred is please?
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I don't know, but stranger things have happened.
  • willial2310
    willial2310 Posts: 44
    I lost 12 pounds this week. All I did was cut out the fat and light exercise. I'm over 300 pound also. Today is day 1 of 30 day shred so maybe I'll lose more next week.

    WAY TO GO GIRL !!! THE MOST I EVER LOST WAS 10 IN WEEK. THE MORE WATER I DRINK AND EXERCISE HELPS ME :)
  • kaseysospacey
    kaseysospacey Posts: 499 Member
    Not counting losing like 25 lbs having a baby haha...about 7 lbs. But it was a lot from losing excess water I'm sure.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I lost 6lb in 2 days with gastroenteritis....

    I lost about 35lb flab the slow and steady way, and it's stayed off (apart from a small amount I gained while bulking, which I did intentionally)

    fast fat loss isn't what you should be aiming for, the human body burns fat slowly. Big losses in short periods of time are water weight and glycogen. Like when I got gastroenteritis. Aim for slow and steady losses, then it's much more likely to be 100% fat that you're losing, and it'll be a lot easier to keep it off long term.
  • WisiPls
    WisiPls Posts: 359
    about 7 lbs, mostly water weight and lack of carbs, (start of cut last year)
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Not counting losing like 25 lbs having a baby haha...about 7 lbs. But it was a lot from losing excess water I'm sure.

    if you count having a baby then I lost about 2 stone in 1 week (1 stone = 14lb) I had to be enduced for pre-eclampsia, prior to that I totally swelled up with extreme water retention, I was hospitalised and the baby was induced. The week that I gave birth, I lost all the weight associated with the baby (baby, placenta, amniotic fluid etc) plus I lost all the water weight I'd gained due to pre-eclampsia over the few days after giving birth. That was an awful lot of water.
  • fatmaama
    fatmaama Posts: 7 Member
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pc-NizMgg8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1Pc-NizMgg8

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