Pleasantly shocked: I lost 16.6kg (36.5 pounds) in my first week on keto diet

For any new people who happen to discover this thread, let me show you why the scale can be a poor indicator of success. First consider this: http://www.healthdiscovery.net/articles/scale_lies.htm

Then consider the scale itself. Here's a picture of a pretty recognizable figure holding some old school style scales:


The way these scales work is they start off balanced with nothing in the bowls. Then you place a known weight on one end, and what you're wanting to weigh on the other, then add or subtract known weight until the scales are balanced again. If the bowls are out of balance before putting anything into either one, then it's going to give you a misrepresentation of the final weight. Pretty much every common bathroom scale works on the same principle. There is a weak spot in my bathroom floor. If I move the scale to it and weigh myself, then move it just a few inches in either direction, the final number can vary as much as 15-20 pounds.

In order for a bathroom scale to give you any kind of usable data, you need to:
1. Keep it in the exact same spot every time you weigh.
2. Recreate the conditions (time of day, same amount of clothing, anything eaten or drunk before weighing.) as closely as possible each time.
3. Measure over a longer period of time and average your weights to account for variations.

There are others I'm sure, but keeping these three in mind can be incredibly helpful. Also, beware fantastic claims. There's a reason they sound too good to be true. They are.

**ETA" 4. Even with the above conditions, consider taking it with a grain of salt, and go by body fat measurements.*

*Also learn about the different methods and pros/cons of using different body fat measurement devices.

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Detritus_1965 wrote: »

Let's do some maths then:
1 kg of fat contains the energetic equivalent of ~ 7,500 kcal
Which means to lose 1 kg of fat per day you'd have to consume 7,500 kcal less than your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure).
Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate (The number of calories your body burns at rest, with zero activity)) Is assumed with 2,500 kcal.
You state you ate ~ 1,400 kcal per day
2,500 - 1,400 = 1,100
7,500 - 1,100 = 6,400
Lucky you are: 6,400 kcal is quite exactly what you burn if you are doing a marathon

So, when eating 1,400 kcal and run a marathon every day you will:
a) lose 1kg fat per day
b) die a most horrible death
c) all of the above

For you this means: A double-Marathon per day would be required to come close to the weight-loss rate you claim to have.

I'd suggest to get a new scale.

Freischuetz wrote: »

why the *kitten* almost every one is calculating the amount of fat?

15-20 lbs is not unusual in the first week and its no secret!

all together: you simply dont know how it works, so therefore - even if it is not true - ashame yourself by telling to buy a new cell...

Laut auflachen!

There MUST be a typo.

I've been eating Keto for 3 years now and have done a lot of research over that time. Headaches are normal as your body learns to burn stored fat instead of eaten carbs and your electrolytes need to be evened out (usually an indication to me that I need more salt).

Although I have NEVER heard of someone losing that much weight in one week (unless they were dead....) and your magical one week is HIGHLY unsustainable, I wish you well on your journey. Hopefully this is your miracle way of life.

akagoldengirl wrote: »

Skymnigen it's hard to understand since you're not here.

I had headaches the first 3 or 4 days. But healing reactions are common. Traditional Chinese medicin teaches them. When people begin to heal they have sick type of symptoms as the toxins release. It's not a bad thing and it's not permanent.

I did not try to "understand" anything that you did not write yourself.
As previously ask: What toxins? And also, you conveniently ignored that I referred to headaches AND sleeping 2-3 hours. 2-3 hours are not a "healthy midday nap". It is a sign of an exhausted body.
You don't understand that I have been through this myself, eating way too little and ignoring the early signs. Going through an intermediate phase of being fine and then... crashing. Not as badly as I could have, but badly enough to wake me up. And I was not even on half of the deficit that you must have.

akagoldengirl wrote: »

I'm definitely not malnourished.. I feel better than I have in years.

There is a difference between "I feel" and "I am". Your psyche and your believe in this progress make you feel good. People even can feel happy while dying. Or while fasting, while working crazy long shifts. It is hormones.

akagoldengirl wrote: »

But in this case it all makes sense and feels right. I was over DOUBLE my ideal body weight. Your body really wants to release that fat, so it comes of quick.

The body "wants" nothing. That is the psyche. The body does. And it will not lose fat faster than it biochemically can. If that bowel movement was not the first in a month, it included maximally what you had eaten since the last one. Which was probably not that much. Which was probably why it accumulated for a while. (Been there, done that, too.) You don't lose (stored) fat through bowel movement. It's not melting off. You have to metabolise it and literally breathe it out (as CO2).

steveko89 wrote: »

I think the answer is obvious; there's a magical weight loss Leprechaun that accompanies her on her morning walks who consumes her "water weight" and Chinese pixies that add special supplements to her daily herbal tea. The Leprechaun escaped from the guys who run all the "Trainers hate him" sites, and the pixies used to work for Extenze.

My money's on pishtaco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishtaco

In all seriousness, that rate of weight loss is questionable, at best, and certainly not sustainable. I hope you're prepared for the long haul.

MaddMaestro wrote: »

I believe that you probably lost a great amount of weight, but 36 pounds in a week seems like WAY too much unless you were miscalculating what you ate, and subsequently ended up under eating..

Interesting, even complete fasting, wouldn't result in a 36.5 lbs loss in week.

pinuplove wrote: »

steveko89 wrote: »

I think the answer is obvious; there's a magical weight loss Leprechaun that accompanies her on her morning walks who consumes her "water weight" and Chinese pixies that add special supplements to her daily herbal tea. The Leprechaun escaped from the guys who run all the "Trainers hate him" sites, and the pixies used to work for Extenze.

My money's on pishtaco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishtaco

In all seriousness, that rate of weight loss is questionable, at best, and certainly not sustainable. I hope you're prepared for the long haul.

This is the only explanation!

In spite of the fact that I have been accused of *being* a pishtaco, I am not totally clear on how it works...pretty sure you don't come out of it alive though!