When in ketosis how much u lose a day

caminoslo
caminoslo Posts: 239 Member
I've been very strict with my diet this week and I seem to be losing everyday. Before i wasn't as strict as now I'm paying attention to actual sugar itself. This seems to be helping and I'm even on my period.
Anyway my point is how much do you lose a day when in strict ketosis?
Conventional knowledge is scaring me cause they say lose one pound a week and I'm gonna lose 4 this week

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  • LatinaGordita
    LatinaGordita Posts: 377 Member
    disregard
  • caminoslo
    caminoslo Posts: 239 Member
    disregard
    So how much do you lose a week?
  • sb4480
    sb4480 Posts: 199 Member
    If you just recently really started paying attention to the sugar then it's likely that the loss is water weight. Sugar and grain bloats me. I always lose a fair bit in the beginning and then it levels out to real weight loss. I'd give it a few weeks and if you continue to lose at that rate perhaps dial back your efforts a bit and up your calories with healthy fat. Keep up the good work!!
  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    This losing water weight thing is a big myth. Every one is different and you wouldn't know what you are losing unless you do a body composition test. I was losing 75% fat from the beginning with over 25% of loss comming from water. Of course the water loss became less over a period. Now how much weight you lose or more importantly fat you lose can vary week to week. I have lost as much as 3 lbs of fat per week or as little as less than half a LB. I am glad I did bod pod test every week to look back and see how much fat I lost every week.
    I lost 3 lbs of fat on some weeks, unless you are eating those 1200 or less calorie diets don't worry about losing 2 or more fat lbs/week.
  • AmandaNicole412
    AmandaNicole412 Posts: 764 Member
    I'm new to the ketosis world but I started 3 weeks ago and I'm down 8 lbs.
  • StacyRenee77
    StacyRenee77 Posts: 2,732 Member
    This losing water weight thing is a big myth. Every one is different and you wouldn't know what you are losing unless you do a body composition test. I was losing 75% fat from the beginning with over 25% of loss comming from water. Of course the water loss became less over a period. Now how much weight you lose or more importantly fat you lose can vary week to week. I have lost as much as 3 lbs of fat per week or as little as less than half a LB. I am glad I did bod pod test every week to look back and see how much fat I lost every week.
    I lost 3 lbs of fat on some weeks, unless you are eating those 1200 or less calorie diets don't worry about losing 2 or more fat lbs/week.


    I am glad you said this!!
  • SnowFlinga
    SnowFlinga Posts: 124 Member
    I don't know about water weight loss being a "myth" at the beginning of a LCHF/Keto diet. This is a well documented occurrence when one switches their WOE to LCHF. All the major books discuss it and there's tons of anecdotal observations from LCHF dieters. I experienced a very fast loss of over 5 lbs in the first week and there's no doubt that was mostly water weight. Granted I didn't get in a bod pod every week, but 5 lbs of fat loss in the first week of LCHF is not common.
  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    Just like it's well documented that eating saturated fat is bad for you. Lol. Even in the studies which published raw data, water and fat loss wasn't consistent. I lost 4 lbs in first week, 3 lbs was fat. Glad I didn't assume anything and tracked it with bod pod. This water thing and losing more than 2 lbs is not healthy are my favorite memes.
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    some weeks are more, some are less but my total average is around 4lbs a week.
  • SnowFlinga
    SnowFlinga Posts: 124 Member
    some weeks are more, some are less but my total average is around 4lbs a week.
    And just like on Biggest Loser we should report results as percentage lost so that the data is normalized based on the amount of body fat we're carrying.

    I would expect 4 lbs/week to be more typical when you have a lot left to lose. As a percentage of your current body fat what does that work out to?

    For me, I've been losing about 5 lbs/month and that's over 10% of my fat mass lost each month (3% of my overall body weight).
  • some weeks are more, some are less but my total average is around 4lbs a week.
    And just like on Biggest Loser we should report results as percentage lost so that the data is normalized based on the amount of body fat we're carrying.

    I would expect 4 lbs/week to be more typical when you have a lot left to lose. As a percentage of your current body fat what does that work out to?

    For me, I've been losing about 5 lbs/month and that's over 10% of my fat mass lost each month (3% of my overall body weight).

    Love this! So far I am averaging about 4 lbs a week, but then I do have more to lose. (Well, to be honest, a lot more to lose). I should start with percentage! I should probably get into a bod pod to get a pretty good idea of the amount of fat I do have though, huh? Thanks for this tip!

    KR
  • Alisha28
    Alisha28 Posts: 406 Member
    We women hold lots of water when u start eliminating carbs and watch sugar water weight flys off my first week I lost 5 and I only wanted 10 lb loss butt the last five will take longer so u losing alot in beginning is normal and great job on sticking with it :)