Why is weight loss so slow?
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How much did you think you could/should lose in a month? I would kill to lose almost 10 lbs in a month.1
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rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
Unless they are around 300+ lbs, I'm pretty sure that 15 lbs in a month is not going to be mostly fat.
For most to lose that amount in a month would mean not eating enough to meet minimum nutrition needs. It's a 3.4 lb per week loss. That's a 12,124 calorie deficit a week. 1732 calories under maintenance a day.4 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
Others aren't in your body. Others may exaggerate or do unhealthy things.
All you can do is work with the body you have and do your best to get to your goal in a healthy way so that you are happy with the final result.5 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
Comparison is the thief of joy. You're doing amazing. Don't let what anyone else may or may not be doing take away your happiness about your fabulous accomplishments.7 -
I guess my hopes were high because i kicked off with a 30 day work out challenge where I have to workout everyday for an hour for 30 days. I did not work out at all and I drink soda and ate fast food every single ate before this so I thought the major change would be a shock to my system and make me lose tons of weight.0
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shadow2soul wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
Unless they are around 300+ lbs, I'm pretty sure that 15 lbs in a month is not going to be mostly fat.
Great point. This is something that often gets overlooked. Can you lose 15lbs in a month? Sure. Should you? Not without risk to health, and at the cost of muscle mass and risking nutritional deficiencies. Unless you are significantly overweight, which is not the case here.1 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »I guess my hopes were high because i kicked off with a 30 day work out challenge where I have to workout everyday for an hour for 30 days. I did not work out at all and I drink soda and ate fast food every single ate before this so I thought the major change would be a shock to my system and make me lose tons of weight.
Your system is not that clever.5 -
Well im excited to meet my goal.1
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rikkejanell2014 wrote: »I guess my hopes were high because i kicked off with a 30 day work out challenge where I have to workout everyday for an hour for 30 days. I did not work out at all and I drink soda and ate fast food every single ate before this so I thought the major change would be a shock to my system and make me lose tons of weight.
Working out for an hour a day every day isn't really all that much. If by "working out" you mean going for a 1-hour walk, that's only 200 calories. On a bicycle, that might amount to about 400 calories.
When I started losing weight, I didn't lose anything at all for 10 days, and then it started dropping off and after 5 weeks had passed, I had lost 5 kg (11 lbs). I knew that was quite quick and I kept it up for 16 weeks, but then I slowed my loss to something more reasonable ... about 0.6 kg/week (1.3 lbs/week).
And I aim to exercise a minimum of an hour a day every day ... and have done for about 2 years now.
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rikkejanell2014 wrote: »I guess my hopes were high because i kicked off with a 30 day work out challenge where I have to workout everyday for an hour for 30 days. I did not work out at all and I drink soda and ate fast food every single ate before this so I thought the major change would be a shock to my system and make me lose tons of weight.
Working out for an hour a day every day isn't really all that much. If by "working out" you mean going for a 1-hour walk, that's only 200 calories. On a bicycle, that might amount to about 400 calories.
When I started losing weight, I didn't lose anything at all for 10 days, and then it started dropping off and after 5 weeks had passed, I had lost 5 kg (11 lbs). I knew that was quite quick and I kept it up for 16 weeks, but then I slowed my loss to something more reasonable ... about 0.6 kg/week (1.3 lbs/week).
And I aim to exercise a minimum of an hour a day every day ... and have done for about 2 years now.
Whats your point about working out and only burning 200?1 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »I guess my hopes were high because i kicked off with a 30 day work out challenge where I have to workout everyday for an hour for 30 days. I did not work out at all and I drink soda and ate fast food every single ate before this so I thought the major change would be a shock to my system and make me lose tons of weight.
Working out for an hour a day every day isn't really all that much. If by "working out" you mean going for a 1-hour walk, that's only 200 calories. On a bicycle, that might amount to about 400 calories.
When I started losing weight, I didn't lose anything at all for 10 days, and then it started dropping off and after 5 weeks had passed, I had lost 5 kg (11 lbs). I knew that was quite quick and I kept it up for 16 weeks, but then I slowed my loss to something more reasonable ... about 0.6 kg/week (1.3 lbs/week).
And I aim to exercise a minimum of an hour a day every day ... and have done for about 2 years now.
Whats your point about working out and only burning 200?
200 calories doesn't make a big difference ... it's helpful, but if 1 lb is 3500 calories, you're going to have to do 18 of those workouts, and not eat your calories back before you'll lose 1lb.
That is, of course, with no diet changes.
CI<CO is all about the math.5 -
billglitch wrote: »have you ever considered LCHF? I averaged nearly 4 pounds a week for the first 6 months and about 2.5 since then. That said...you are doing great
I'm surprised you posted this and no one pulled you up on it. I mention LCHF with good intentions and everyone jumps down my throat like I'm suggesting they drain blood to lose weight???
On another note, LCHF is a very good way to lose fat as well as improve other health markers. Worth considering.1 -
Congrats on the good start , yes it does seem slow , then i look back . I have mfp set for 1.5 pound loss and im not perfect in my logging or eating . after 5 months it looks like i have averaged 1.75 pounds a week lost .. so right on schedule ,, still seems slow to me tho too . I know the closer i get to my goal im going to have to tighten up my logging and eating ..your doing good from what i can see keep it up
good luck0 -
The real answer why it's so slow? Because if body fat were quickly lost, all of our ancestors would have starved to death before any of us were born.16
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Oh and it took me around 2-3 years to gain the weight, so taking that long to lose it is my comeuppance for putting on the weight in the first place!
It's also a good reminder to never, ever regain it, as i don't have the patience or motivation to do this all over again... 2 -
billglitch wrote: »have you ever considered LCHF? I averaged nearly 4 pounds a week for the first 6 months and about 2.5 since then. That said...you are doing great
I'm surprised you posted this and no one pulled you up on it. I mention LCHF with good intentions and everyone jumps down my throat like I'm suggesting they drain blood to lose weight???
On another note, LCHF is a very good way to lose fat as well as improve other health markers. Worth considering.
LCHF is not a magical way to lose weight. a calorie deficit is all thats needed. even eating LCHF you still have to be in a deficit to lose weight and any quick weight loss at first is going to be water weight in LCHF/keto10 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Oh and it took me around 2-3 years to gain the weight, so taking that long to lose it is my comeuppance for putting on the weight in the first place! It's also a good reminder to never, ever regain it, as i don't have the patience or motivation to do this all over again...
I feel ya it took me 4 years to lose 45lbs and Im still trying to lose the last 24 lbs.took me more than a decade to gain it.The first year I lost 33 lbs but gained half back the beginning of the second year.1 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
Not others on MFP!2 -
"Days the scale doesn't move" means nothing. You might have some tweaking to do with expectations and timescale. Bodyweight fluctuates up and down by multiple pounds depending on various factors that have nothing to do with your actual fat loss. You can see proper trends over weeks or months.
10lbs a month is a lot, that pace probably won't last for long, and if you set your expectations to that, you might risk getting discouraged when things eventually slow down.
In the last (almost a) year I've been on MFP, 65% of my total weight loss happened in the first half, 35% in the second.4
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