HELP! I gained 3lbs After Cheat Day

karintalley wrote: »

I switched from 2 to 1 pounds and I still only get 1310 per week , even for just 1 pound a week. I'm thinking of switching to .5 pounds.
If I weigh 172 now and I want to weigh 154. Is 1 pound a week too much. I feel like I am more likely to mess up when I restrict my calories too on much. But on the other hand, only 2.5 pounds by November 19 doesn't seem like enough.

One common general rule of thumb is a max of 1% of body weight per week. Another (usually on top of the1% suggestion) is to go to 1 pound max weekly somewhere in the 25-50 pounds to goal range, and 0.5 somewhere around 10-15 to goal.

Part of the reasoning is that as you lose weight, you have less fat; and that there's only so much fat you can metabolize daily per pound of remaining fat. So, your safety margin keeps shrinking as you get lighter.

Also, from the standpoint of eating habits, some find it helpful to gradually coast to maintenance calories. Putting it in a cartoonish way, if you go from a pound a week (500 calorie deficit) straight to maintenance, there's a bigger temptation to add something big and kind of stupid to each day; but if you creep up by adding 100 daily calories every week or two, it's more likely to be via eating tweaks that improve satiation, nutrition or happiness without standing your healthy way of eating completely on its head.

It's easier to maintain if we don't look at it as "diet's over, back to normal" or anything close to that. Small eating adjustments can help influence a positive, successful maintenance plan.

rheddmobile wrote: »

YepItsKriss wrote: »

rheddmobile wrote: »

I don't see any evidence that the OP is losing too quickly or dieting too aggressively. 19 lbs in 9 weeks may not work for everyone, but it's not so far out of line that anyone needs to have an eating disorder clinic on speed dial. Two pounds a week loss or even more than two isn't uncommon in the early stages of a diet. What's with the overreaction?

she started off only having to lose 56 pounds in the first place, She has lost 19 of that and STILL is trying to lose 2 pounds per week, This is 1000 calorie deficit daily.. This deficit is only achievable if you are morbidly obese, which is clearly not the case here. these 1000 calorie deficits are putting her under the minimum calorie amounts her body needs to function

She's still in the obese category at over 200 lbs and 5'7". The standard for a safe rate of loss is 1% of body weight per week, which for her is, surprise, 2 pounds. I'm not sure where you got the idea that she was petite and completely sedentary.

The OP is 5'7" and over 200lbs. We don't know how heavy the person to whom Kriss was replying is, only that she said she wants to lose 56lbs in total. Two different people.

Graelwyn75 wrote: »

If support group means sugar coating everything and lying, then no, it is not that sort of support group.

Exactly. I don't see it as "supportive" to blindly agree with everything a person wants to do, especially when it may not be healthy or is based on the "Woo du Jour". (Not saying that was the case here, but in general.) I've removed people from my friends list in the past because they seemed determined to ignore sensible advice and listen to woo instead, and it was driving me nuts. I can't be supportive and encouraging in that case, so it was less stressful to just remove them and let them get on with it in their own way!