I couldn't lose any weight, now I'm dropping it easily?

anditshannah
anditshannah Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
May 9th - 118
May 11- 117.6
May 14- 116.2

Is this possible? I started off as 120.2 , and after 3 weeks I had only lost a pound and suddenly I've started losing like I should've been. I am not eating under 1,200 calories and i walk for an hour a day. Is this okay? Am I healthy?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Did you just start the walking recently? A new exercise program can cause water retention, which will mask your progress.

    Also, at your low weight, weight loss will be very very slow. How tall are you and what's your goal weight?
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  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    Yes.
  • Wombat468
    Wombat468 Posts: 191 Member
    With all due respect, I'm not sure that losing 1.8lb counts as 'dropping it easily'!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    1% in a week is difficult for someone so very close to optimum, so it makes me think that you're experiencing a whooshlet.
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  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Whoosh
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    CiaraCatch wrote: »
    With all due respect, I'm not sure that losing 1.8lb counts as 'dropping it easily'!

    You can be sure. At that weight people lose that amount in a month. At your weight it might be different.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    gebeziseva wrote: »
    CiaraCatch wrote: »
    With all due respect, I'm not sure that losing 1.8lb counts as 'dropping it easily'!

    You can be sure. At that weight people lose that amount in a month. At your weight it might be different.

    I agree. At op's weight 1.8lbs is a good chunk of weight to lose. I'm down to the last few lbs, and I'd be overjoyed to lose that much in a week, rather than 4-5 weeks like i currently am :frowning:
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  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    anditshannah wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Did you just start the walking recently? A new exercise program can cause water retention, which will mask your progress.

    Also, at your low weight, weight loss will be very very slow. How tall are you and what's your goal weight?


    No I've been walking this whole time. I am 5'4, and I'd like to be 110 pounds. :)

    I believe it is unhealthy for you to even to ve striving for this low weight to begin with. At 110 pounds you are at the absolute minimum for a healthy BMI weight. Even now you are less than 20. Maybe you should concentrate not on losing weight but gaining muscle and becoming fitter and healthier rather than becoming skin and bone.
  • spiffychick85
    spiffychick85 Posts: 311 Member
    The same thing happened to me...it falls off in chunks lol
  • missmince
    missmince Posts: 76 Member
    Yeah, I didn't see the scale move for over 3 weeks, then it dropped a pound yesterday and a pound today. I realized I'd forgotten to fill the water carafe by my bed the last two nights, so I suppose it's just water retention and night time water consumption. If you weigh yourself in the morning, it could just be having a drink during the night.

    Just don't be worried if it goes up as well as down. It's the trend that matters, after all.
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Perhaps your meal planning/accuracy improved over time and before you were eating more than you logged.

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