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wow, 13 lbs in 13 days.. that sounds a little dangerous to me.

that's great, good job. Just don't get discouraged if you don't lose a pound a day going forward. I say this cause my first week I lost like 12 lbs, and now I am averaging about 5 lbs/week on a very restrictive hospital monitored diet. Plus I have over 125 lbs to lose in all. Keep it up though.

You should be excited, 13 pounds in 13 days is awesome!!! As long as you are getting proper healthy nutrition, calories and exercising you are doing great. Weight loss is about calories in and calories out. A deficit of 3500 calories will burn 1 pound of fat. That being said, anytime we start a new "diet" (diet is not a 4 letter word nor a "fad" eating plan, but the definition is actually...... diet: food and drink regularly provided or consumed) and there is a caloric deficit we will lose weight, there has been a shift in the way your body functions, it is no longer running on auto pilot, it does not know what to expect next so it has to stand up and pay attention and actually work harder. Now grant it a good portion of that weight is going to be excess water weight and waste that our bodies have been holding onto during the time we were eating like crap. Most likely you will not continue to lose at that pace, but it certainly is a great moral boost to keep going with it. It also depends on how much weight you need to lose (the heavier you are the faster it will initially come off, the closer to goal weight the slower it will come off), and how your metabolism in your body runs, everyone will loses weight differently, we are all built differently.

The most important thing is to develop a healthy eating plan that you will be able to sustain for the rest of your life, of course while trying to lose weight you will be more strict than when you are trying to maintain your weight, but the habits you form now will need to stay with you for the remainder of your life. This is why "fad" diets don't work, no one can sustain them permenantly, once you go back to the old habits you gain all the weight back plus some. Losing weight is not a race but a marathon.

We have to think of getting our bodies healthy first and the weight loss is just an added bonus. I see a lot of food journals where people are under their caloric intake but the foods they are eating are crap...... take out food, snack foods, high in sugar, sodium and fat, and not a lot of food....some are eating 1 or 2 meals and lots of snacks. Just because someone is thin doesn't make them healthy by any means, and just because someone is under their caloric intake and losing weight at a slow pace doesn't necesarilly mean they are eating and obtaining a healthy body, then the postings and complaints come about being at a plataeu and not able to lose when they are under their calories everyday.......when they really need to take a look at the nutrition and exercise aspect of it, too many processed carbs, sugars, sodiums and fats are not going to allow you to lose the weight even if you are under calories.....your body will protest. We don't put the wrong fuel into our vehicles why do we feel the need to put the wrong fuel into our most precious cargo.....our bodies!

Keep up the good work and stay healthy everyone!!!
Have a beautiful and healthy evening
Kim

***I was a certified fitness trainer and lifestyle weight management consultant for 9 years, I had to give it up due to Rheumatoid Arthritis.*** I promise I am not just spewing words on a page, I have worked with many, many people over the years, seen and heard almost all, I continue to learn, struggle and challenge myself daily, just like everyone else on here.

13 pounds in the first 13 days is not abormal.

I was losing weight rapidly my first month. Now, it's 1-2 pounds a week :-)

Congrats on finding some motivation!!