Too fast?

davidxbolivar
davidxbolivar Posts: 9 Member
edited November 29 in Health and Weight Loss
All I've been basically doing is exercising on a normal basis, and I cut out all of the junk food, binges, and soda, out of my life. I've been eating organic things and I'm not starving myself.

But I'm losing around 8-9 pounds a week and I'm scared that I might be losing to fast? What do I do?!

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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    How many calories are you eating? How many are you burning? What is your height and weight?

    And 8-9lbs will only last for a few weeks max. Most of it is water weight.
  • davidxbolivar
    davidxbolivar Posts: 9 Member
    1500-1800, I burn around 1200-1400 on a normal day, sometimes 2000-2200 a day when I do intense cardio workouts and weights, my height is 6'2", and my weight is 306.5 now, I used to be 345 (at my highest before even using this app).
  • vivelajackie
    vivelajackie Posts: 321 Member
    You're eating at a pretty big deficit for being as tall as you are. What does MFP put you at? It just seems a wee bit low considering I'm 5'6 and eating around 2000 a day.
  • Tricia7188
    Tricia7188 Posts: 135 Member
    If its within your first month or so thats normal. Probably mostly water weight, especially if your diet was pretty bad before. Also in general the more weight you have to lose, the faster it comes off in the beginning. As time goes on, make sure to log your foods to be sure you're not actually eating waaaay under.
    Keep it up and don't get discouraged when the weight loss slows down.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    It's safe to lose 1% of total body weight per week.

    You should not be aiming to lose more than 3lbs per week right now. Either you need to eat more or tone it down on the 2,000 calorie cardio sessions.

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