Is this normal?

st476
st476 Posts: 357 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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So as you can see by the charts, my weight loss slowed down A LOT and it seems like it's coming to a complete stop. In the past 2 weeks, my weight has gone up and down but I gained .2 pounds from 2 weeks ago.

I have my calories set for losing 1.5 a week because it gives me 1200 calories, which I seem to be gaining on or at least not losing. I only expect .5 a week but I'm never even getting that.

I'm 5'4, 128/129 pounds, and yes I log and weigh everything, even gum and 0 calorie things.

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it's normal to gain .2 in 2 weeks.

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  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    edited August 2016
    You do not have much to lose so 1.5 is too aggressive of a goal. Your goal should be set at .5lb or you will be losing muscle mass.

    Weight loss is not linear. Some days you gain, some you lose, some you maintain. .2lbs easily could be a fluctuation.

    Lastly, weight loss slows as you progress due to your room for error shrinking. Thus, the food scale. But yes, the slow down is expected.

    2 weeks is also not a cause or enough time for alarm due to a combination of above.

    -Edited to remove a suggestion because I missed it in the original post.
  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    vespiquenn wrote: »
    You do not have much to lose so 1.5 is too aggressive of a goal. Your goal should be set at .5lb or you will be losing muscle mass.

    Weight loss is not linear. Some days you gain, some you lose, some you maintain. .2lbs easily could be a fluctuation.

    Lastly, weight loss slows as you progress due to your room for error shrinking. Thus, the food scale. But yes, the slow down is expected.

    2 weeks is also not a cause or enough time for alarm due to a combination of above.

    -Edited to remove a suggestion because I missed it in the original post.
    Like I said, my goal isn't actually to lose 1.5 a week and if I was losing that much then I would be eating more. When I set it for .5 a week it gives me something like 1300-1400 calories and since I'm not even losing on 1200 I don't want to increase my calories. I do not expect to lose 1.5 a week, .5 would be great. But okay, thanks! I know my weight can fluctuate but it's never fluctuated by that much so it was annoying haha
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    How active are you? How much are you ACTUALLY maintaining on?


    I am your same height and i had the same problem when trying to go from 127-115. Turns out i actually maintain on about 1,600 calories a day and i had to SERIOUSLY up my activity level to shift those last few pounds.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    So you've got 2 x month trends and 1 x 6 days trend

    Weight loss should be judged over 4-8 week cycles

    So yes it's normal to fluctuate

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    1 year of maintenance fluctuations

    Grey line is scale weight readings
    Red line is trendline

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  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited August 2016
    st476 wrote: »
    vespiquenn wrote: »
    You do not have much to lose so 1.5 is too aggressive of a goal. Your goal should be set at .5lb or you will be losing muscle mass.

    Weight loss is not linear. Some days you gain, some you lose, some you maintain. .2lbs easily could be a fluctuation.

    Lastly, weight loss slows as you progress due to your room for error shrinking. Thus, the food scale. But yes, the slow down is expected.

    2 weeks is also not a cause or enough time for alarm due to a combination of above.

    -Edited to remove a suggestion because I missed it in the original post.
    Like I said, my goal isn't actually to lose 1.5 a week and if I was losing that much then I would be eating more. When I set it for .5 a week it gives me something like 1300-1400 calories and since I'm not even losing on 1200 I don't want to increase my calories. I do not expect to lose 1.5 a week, .5 would be great. But okay, thanks! I know my weight can fluctuate but it's never fluctuated by that much so it was annoying haha

    If it's giving you 1300-1400 to lose 0.5 then 1200 would not have you lose 1.5. You would be losing maybe 0.6-0.8. This means you can't really judge by this last week. Give it till the end of the month. The last few pounds are tricky because it's so hard to tell the difference when a whole month's work can be disguised by water weight. Just be patient and trust the process.
  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    How active are you? How much are you ACTUALLY maintaining on?


    I am your same height and i had the same problem when trying to go from 127-115. Turns out i actually maintain on about 1,600 calories a day and i had to SERIOUSLY up my activity level to shift those last few pounds.
    I put myself as sedentary, the only exercise I do is walking maybe 5 times a week (usually 4-6 miles). I'm going back to school in less than 3 weeks and I'll have access to 3 gyms on top of walking everywhere because I don't take a car to college since it's in the city, so I plan on being a lot more active soon
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    How much more are you trying to lose?
  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How much more are you trying to lose?
    I want to get down to 120 for now then maybe 115
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    st476 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How much more are you trying to lose?
    I want to get down to 120 for now then maybe 115

    That's all vanity weight so you need to be patient and make sure you're super accurate with your logging as you should only be working with a small deficit.

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