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Max amount of wt lost in a wk.. let's hear it here!
DanielleGrubaugh2014
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What was the max amount of wt you've lost in a wk? And what do you believe contributed to losing that much in a wk?
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Are you looking for hints on how to lose weight quickly? Large weight loss in a week comes down to either starving yourself or water weight loss.9
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This thread has wings.
One time I lost 35 pounds in a week by amputating my leg. Do I win?20 -
I'm not promoting such a thing, just curious. I'm aware everyone is different and will lose differently based on the amount of wt they have.0
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When I first started keto, about 5lbs. Mostly water weight of course.0
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I've heard great things about the keto diet. Some of my friends have done it and lost a good amount of wt.1
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DanielleGrubaugh2014 wrote: »I've heard great things about the keto diet. Some of my friends have done it and lost a good amount of wt.
I stuck with it for about a year and did find losing weight much easier than with a higher carb diet. It really did wonders for my appetite. But in the end, it was too restrictive and I really missed pasta and breads. I returned to a balanced diet and regained all the weight, now I'm trying to lose it again with plain ol' CICO.7 -
Most super fast weight losses will come from shifts in water weight. My biggest drop this effort has been 2.6lbs but it came back the next week.2
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Wow, a year that must have been hard. I've never tried the keto diet cuz I know I would not last more than a wk lol. It's a hard diet I've heard. Well I wish you luck on your wt loss!1
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DanielleGrubaugh2014 wrote: »Wow, a year that must have been hard. I've never tried the keto diet cuz I know I would not last more than a wk lol. It's a hard diet I've heard. Well I wish you luck on your wt loss!
Thank you! Same to you.
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About 5 Lbs when I first started...combination of water weight lost and less inherent waste in my system. From there on out it was about 1-1.5 Lbs per week. You can't actually lose fat fast...large losses are mostly attributable to water and glycogen depletion.2
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YepItsKriss wrote: »I think this seems kind of unhealthy.. high weekly losses are mostly going to be geared towards people with hundreds of pounds to lose, smaller people would have smaller losses but both groups of people should be doing it in a safe and healthy way, i think seeing larger numbers all in a list here would promote others to aim for that and do so risking their health in the process
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I lost 7 pounds 1 week. I hadn't lost anything in about a week and half. I had gain 3 three of those during that time of the month. 2 days after stopping my period I lost 7 pounds. During that time of the month I don't loss for about a week and a half then I loose it all in 1 big whoosh1
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I used to weigh 387lb. Thats what helped me have a large first week loss1
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I lost 6.5 pounds once.
To be fair, I'd been eating tacos by the beach for 17 days before that, and then had a rough flight home, so it was all 100% water weight from salt, travel, alcohol, and new exercise. Hasn't happened since. My pre-6.5 lbs weight was up from what It was before I left, too. And I was in the 250s.
Note the theme in these posts - there was a drastic event that precipitated in water gain then water loss. Most of these were not "real" losses. Don't try to lose huge amounts of weight in a week.5 -
I've lost upwards of 7lbs in a day before. Not sure about max lost over a week, though.1
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DanielleGrubaugh2014 wrote: »What was the max amount of wt you've lost in a wk? And what do you believe contributed to losing that much in a wk?
This is going to sound like a harsh response, but it's really not meant to be....
Since weight has several components, i.e. bones/muscles/organs, fat and water, with water fluctuating at bigger amplitude and quicker frequency and fat moving more slowly, your question is essentially meaningless. With a max loss rate (of fat) for 90%+ of people, of 2 pounds or less per week, and with your fluid fluctuations in a single day being up to 2X-3X more than that, weight loss over a single week is not going to tell you much, if anything.
I realize it's a simple question, but since the goal of weight loss is really fat loss, the only real thing that's going to contribute to an extraordinary amount weight lost in a given week is likely water retention/release. Fat loss is slower, but harder to isolate because of the other variables....4 -
The largest drop I ever have recorded over a 7-day period is 10.8 pounds, from January 1 to January 8, 2013. You can maybe guess why I dropped a lot of weight over that time period.
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I would never encourage people to lose wt by doing it unhealthy. I simply was curious to know how well this MFP app works for people and their wt loss. I can't control what others do. I apologize if this post is offensive to others. My max amount I've ever lost on weight watchers was 5lbs in a wk, doing it the healthy way.. however I realize it was not all fat loss. Any high number lost in a wk or in a day is more than likely water wt loss along with fat loss.0
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Someone who had a baby should chime in... I bet they have a HUGE loss!!!8
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8lbs.... from food poisoning...2
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I don't find this offensive at all! It's a great question. Don't read into it----just look at your past weeks' weights. For me, I have lost 5 pounds the first week of my diet. Then it levels off to 0-2 lbs per week. I have always recognized that those 5 pounds were mainly composed of water weight, but that was OK. I was on my way! I usually start out weighing 125 and my goal is typically 105. I always figured people with a lot to lose would have a bigger first week loss.2
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About 20lbs... but that was after giving birth. I don't know if I would go through all that just for the number on the scale though
But otherwise my losses are slow and steady.. and my results are very sustainable.4 -
Hahaha, after a Caribbean cruise I dropped 10+lbs in a week.
The heat, extra salt in the food, and flying, had me not fitting into my clothes the 2nd week, and the only shoes I could wear were flip-flops.
After a decadent 2 weeks I got home to find I had gained 1lbs a day.
After 3 days I started peeing like an elephant! This lasted 2 days and by the end of the week I had lost over 10 lbs but gained 2 lbs from my leaving weight.
I now handle my Caribbean cruises a lot better- drink lots of water and choose food with less salt. Still put on water weight, but nothing like that initial trip.
Cheers, h.
Oh, that was the Panama Canal- I saw the locks lay upside down on a lounger (feet in the air) with ice bags around my feet.
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After 3 days I started peeing like an elephant! This lasted 2 days and by the end of the week I had lost over 10 lbs but gained 2 lbs from my leaving weight.
Sounds like me when KFC came out with the Georgia Gold tenders. There's a screenshot of my recollection of events that followed somewhere around this message board, but basically, I ate the tenders meal, gained 4 lbs over a couple of days, peed for 2 days straight, then wound up 2 lbs or so lighter than before I had the meal.3 -
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