14 lbs in 2 weeks should I worry?
terrigray33
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I've been on diets most of my life. I'm a 56 year old woman who started at 369. I understand the first week is usually water so 9 lbs that week was not a suprise..but normally tapers off to 1 or 2 lbs after that..but this next week I lost 5. I allotted 1800 calories a day but seem to average 1600. I am low sugar about 5 to 10 grams a day. Lower carb between 50 to 70. I exercise on a stationary bike 4 times a week for only 5 minutes. My energy has increased quite a bit. I'm having 1 keto slim fast shake a day usually breakfast, a snack, a salad with meat and cheese for lunch or a couple of mini taco roll ups ..another snack..sometimes a half bag of popcorn or an Atkins bar, a 4 ounce meat and 2 cup veggie dinner, then as Desert, 2 sugar-free Hershey mini dark chocolate bars. So I am totally not starving..I'm eating every 3 hours or so and drink at least 8 to 9 glasses of water a day. I just want to make sure it's healthy. I'm taking my BP twice a week...at first it was way high..220/90. The next week down to 156/63..then in the same week 134/80. This past week it was a bit up one day at 186/88..then the next day down again to 163/71. I think it lowers after my exercise days. Only medication I'm on is an antidepressant. Any thoughts?
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I'd keep an eye on it for a few more weeks and if you're still losing more than 2-3 a week up the calories. It's hard to tell within the first few weeks of a diet because your body is unaccustomed to a deficit. Things like water and glycogen stores being depleted don't give you the full picture. Take pictures and use a measuring tape, too. Your deficit isn't mega aggressive, unless you're exercising a lot.
You could easily go to 1800 now though if you want, as it might make you feel more satiated.3 -
Your BP is something you need to discuss with a doctor.
As far as losing 14 pounds in 2 weeks it is not a concern. It can take more than one week to to drop your water weight and it is not physically possible to lose that much of anything else in that amount of time with just a diet change and light exercise.
I am not sure of my actual time frame because I was not weighing as often when I started but I lost around 15 pounds myself.8 -
It’s probably mostly water. However, to be sure you aren’t undereating, use a food scale for all your food and eat the number of calories MFP gives you. If you’re not using a food scale, then your calorie counts are just estimates, and it’s possible you could be estimating low.
If your weight loss doesn’t slow down soon, then you need to eat more calories.
Ask your doctor about the blood pressure.3 -
Because you're heavier more weight comes off and allot quicker. When you go from super inactive to super active it's a huge shock ...
Personally wouldn't restrict calories so much as you have a long way to go... it's like what happens when you lose 70lbs? you need to eat what 1400 calories? then lose another 50lbs... then where are we at 1200 calories? then you still want to lose another 75lbs ... and you eat 1000 calories a day? or the opposite is continually increasing your output... so more and more exercise. Either way seems like a recipe for metabolic damage.
I started around the same weight if that helps and I lost like 30lbs in my first month... people who need to lose like 40lbs can't understand it when you need to lose like 150lbs+.
Also talk to your doctor... that's the best thing I can tell you to do ...
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Tedebearduff wrote: »Because you're heavier more weight comes off and allot quicker. When you go from super inactive to super active it's a huge shock ...
Personally wouldn't restrict calories so much as you have a long way to go... it's like what happens when you lose 70lbs? you need to eat what 1400 calories? then lose another 50lbs... then where are we at 1200 calories? then you still want to lose another 75lbs ... and you eat 1000 calories a day? or the opposite is continually increasing your output... so more and more exercise. Either way seems like a recipe for metabolic damage.
I started around the same weight if that helps and I lost like 30lbs in my first month... people who need to lose like 40lbs can't understand it when you need to lose like 150lbs+.
Also talk to your doctor... that's the best thing I can tell you to do ... so many wanna be experts on here and know it alls with 0 education.
No, this is not how calorie goals work. You’re assuming that one should continue losing at the same pace throughout the weight loss process, which isn’t true. Your calorie goal will therefore not decrease at a steady rate as you lose weight. Instead, your pace of loss should decrease. Your calorie goal will go down, but at a much slower pace than you are stating. Note also that the minimum calorie recommendation for men is 1500 not counting exercise.
MFP intends you to eat back exercise calories, not create a larger deficit by “increasing your output.”
Many people here do know what it’s like to lose a large amount of weight. I lost 100 pounds.
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It's not at all unusual for someone at your weight, especially if you are going low carb, which causes water weight loss from the depletion of glycogen. You will likely see your weight loss slow considerably in the next few weeks.5
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Tedebearduff wrote: »Because you're heavier more weight comes off and allot quicker. When you go from super inactive to super active it's a huge shock ...
It comes off faster relative to a smaller person but it is still ~3500 calories per pound. The OP would have to be starving or near starving in order to create that much deficit the second week.
Regardless it is 2 weeks and it is not a big deal one way or the other. It is only a big deal to lose at an unhealthy pace for an extended period of time. The OP is checking on it so she is aware this is something to watch.6 -
a month ago I started at 337 lbs I "lost" 11lbs in week 1, 7lbs week 2, 5lbs in week 3, this week just the 1lb. I am fairly certain that from here on in, the "normal rules will apply and I will lose around the 1lb a week mark. I suspect the OP will find the same.8
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Tedebearduff wrote: »Tedebearduff wrote: »Because you're heavier more weight comes off and allot quicker. When you go from super inactive to super active it's a huge shock ...
Personally wouldn't restrict calories so much as you have a long way to go... it's like what happens when you lose 70lbs? you need to eat what 1400 calories? then lose another 50lbs... then where are we at 1200 calories? then you still want to lose another 75lbs ... and you eat 1000 calories a day? or the opposite is continually increasing your output... so more and more exercise. Either way seems like a recipe for metabolic damage.
I started around the same weight if that helps and I lost like 30lbs in my first month... people who need to lose like 40lbs can't understand it when you need to lose like 150lbs+.
Also talk to your doctor... that's the best thing I can tell you to do ... so many wanna be experts on here and know it alls with 0 education.
No, this is not how calorie goals work. You’re assuming that one should continue losing at the same pace throughout the weight loss process, which isn’t true. Your calorie goal will therefore not decrease at a steady rate as you lose weight. Instead, your pace of loss should decrease. Your calorie goal will go down, but at a much slower pace than you are stating. Note also that the minimum calorie recommendation for men is 1500 not counting exercise.
MFP intends you to eat back exercise calories, not create a larger deficit by “increasing your output.”
Many people here do know what it’s like to lose a large amount of weight. I lost 100 pounds.
No one has said anything about OP’s medical concerns other than telling him to see his doctor, so I’m not sure what prompted that last sentence.
Dude sit down, what are you even ranting on about?? The OP is eating way to little weighing in at 370lbs was my point..... She isn't going to listen to me cause it goes against what she currently thinks is the right thing to do... Anyways ... Your comment is exactly what I meant. No one cares that you lost 100lbs and this doesn't make you qualified to give medical advice. This person needs to ask their doctor and not someone like you or me. If you are experienced then you should be pushing people to professionals not thinking you're doing them some favor by going on about something that makes 0 sense.
Doctors are actually not great at guiding weight loss. They are good at monitoring your health while you lose though which is important for the OP and most people who have a lot to lose.
You don't know the OP is eating way too little. If I were to guess she is intending to eating at a 1250ish deficit and would lose about 2.5 pounds per week. That is a perfectly fine for her size. If she is eating less than she thinks I believe she will fix it or she would not have started this thread.
Also, that dude @apullum is actually pretty smart at this kind of stuff and has steered many people correctly.9 -
I'm in the same 350lb range now, and am losing 2-4 pounds a week while eating 2000 calories. This is my rate after slowing down a little from the first 2 months of losing 3-5 pounds a week. Although I don't believe this large loss of yours is anything to worry about, you can very likely still eat more each day and lose weight at a respectable pace.2
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terrigray33 wrote: »I've been on diets most of my life. I'm a 56 year old woman who started at 369. I understand the first week is usually water so 9 lbs that week was not a suprise..but normally tapers off to 1 or 2 lbs after that..but this next week I lost 5. I allotted 1800 calories a day but seem to average 1600. I am low sugar about 5 to 10 grams a day. Lower carb between 50 to 70. I exercise on a stationary bike 4 times a week for only 5 minutes. My energy has increased quite a bit. I'm having 1 keto slim fast shake a day usually breakfast, a snack, a salad with meat and cheese for lunch or a couple of mini taco roll ups ..another snack..sometimes a half bag of popcorn or an Atkins bar, a 4 ounce meat and 2 cup veggie dinner, then as Desert, 2 sugar-free Hershey mini dark chocolate bars. So I am totally not starving..I'm eating every 3 hours or so and drink at least 8 to 9 glasses of water a day. I just want to make sure it's healthy. I'm taking my BP twice a week...at first it was way high..220/90. The next week down to 156/63..then in the same week 134/80. This past week it was a bit up one day at 186/88..then the next day down again to 163/71. I think it lowers after my exercise days. Only medication I'm on is an antidepressant. Any thoughts?
That rate of loss is nothing to be concerned about assuming it continues to ease down over the next week or two. Getting a checkup and letting your doctor know your plan to lose the weight would not be a bad idea if you haven't been recently. And obviously if you are concerned about your blood pressure, that's a doctor thing.
Congrats on getting started!
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thanks so very much for the input! I appreciate the encouragement. I have done this before, many times over my life, some with dieticians, some with doctors, some online or just cutting back, but its a first at this age!..lol...cause its true..it gets different the older you get. I am monitored by my doc for my blood pressure only mentioned it because of the whole picture thing. So i'm really not trying to eat low calories, but what i chose lately ends up being lower than what i was suggested to start at. I know my "gateway" foods that trigger me to crave or fall back into old habits so i'm carefully choosing not to use them. However, i am delightedly looking into expanding my food choices. This MFP site is an excellent resource for all of that! Thank you again everyone!5
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terrigray33 wrote: »thanks so very much for the input! I appreciate the encouragement. I have done this before, many times over my life, some with dieticians, some with doctors, some online or just cutting back, but its a first at this age!..lol...cause its true..it gets different the older you get. I am monitored by my doc for my blood pressure only mentioned it because of the whole picture thing. So i'm really not trying to eat low calories, but what i chose lately ends up being lower than what i was suggested to start at. I know my "gateway" foods that trigger me to crave or fall back into old habits so i'm carefully choosing not to use them. However, i am delightedly looking into expanding my food choices. This MFP site is an excellent resource for all of that! Thank you again everyone!
I thought it was probably safe to assume you wanted to lose weight the correct way and that eating a little lower than your goal was probably just you trying to find your groove. An additional 200 calorie deficit each day might cause you to have lost close to half a pound more the first 2 weeks but as I mentioned that is no big deal.2
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