Advice for quick results?? New!!!

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  • Afrosty08
    Afrosty08 Posts: 25 Member
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    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    Slow down lil' grasshopper, slow down.
    I know I’m gonna do my best to slow it down..
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    If you haven't yet, be sure and read through the stickied "must reads" posts at the top of each forum section. There's really good information to get you started there. Especially:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

    and

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
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    Losing 7 pounds in the first two weeks is completely normal. Four pounds is probably water weight. Good for you for being so motivated and enthusiastic!! Now that you know you can do it, hopefully you'll feel okay about easing up a little bit.

    The thing you need to be most concerned about, healthwise, is that dieting and exercising too strenuously can lead muscle loss, which is counter-productive. Less muscle means a slower metabolism long term. Also, too few calories over a period of time can lead to adaptive thermogenesis, meaning that the body is learning to survive on fewer calories. Adaptive thermogenesis can last months or even years after a diet that is too low in calories.

    Don't set yourself up for bigger weight problems down the road. Set your sights on a one pound a week loss and determine to be really happy and proud about that! Best wishes!
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
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    Gain a little patience before it's too late. There are people who post that have been where you are now and have lasting health problems years down the line. There's a correct way to do things, and you should learn that. Wishing you well.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
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    Some excellent advice here. OP, if you lose the weight as quickly as you say you want to, you probably won't like what you see when you get there. I'm sure you have an image of what you would like yourself to look like. I doubt it matches up with what you will see.

    This process takes more time than you think it will, whether you have 20 pounds to lose or 120 - especially if you want to be healthy when you get to your goal (your first goal - there should be more after that...). If your focus is on the scale and not the 'rest of your life', then you should re-think why you are doing this.

    As to losing 7 pounds in 2 weeks? It wasn't all fat. For one thing, if all you are doing is cardio, you will lose fat and muscle (and water at times). You would have to carry a deficit of about 1750 calories per day. At your size you would have to be seriously undereating.

    Chances are, you've lost a few pounds of fat, not a lot of muscle, and weighed in at a particular time where you were carrying less water.

    When it comes to this stuff, the tortoise wins. It sucks when we want instant gratification, but be the tortoise.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited March 2018
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    Oh dear. Being Speedy Gonzolas of weight loss particularly being female is a recipe for disaster. Yes keep researching healthy weight loss and healthy exercising; muscle loss is not a good thing, adding in nasty side effects, potential injury which will cause you down time and not able to exercise, etc.

    Be kind to your body, you want to be healthy and strong, not the other way around.
  • VaBeachGuy
    VaBeachGuy Posts: 3 Member
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    Everyone just needs to slow down...Its not healthy to lose so fast!..Stop "dieting" and simply focus on living healthy FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE...If you do that, the scale will take care of itself....If you view all of this as a "diet", you will eventually go back to what got us here to begin with and you'll just feel even more frustrated then before..
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
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    Have patience, this is not a race, when you don't have much to lose slower is better. Aim for 0.5 - 1lb per week loss.
    You want to lose weight in a healthy way and keep it off for good, you also want to retain as much muscle mass as you can whilst losing fat - this is more likely with a slower fat loss.

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