myth or fact?

I definitely could be wrong, but I think when people lose weight quickly in the beginning, it's mainly water weight. Are you watching your sodium intake?

Don't get discouraged! You are exercising and watching calories, if you keep it up, the pounds will come off.

I always here that it's true that people with higher weight loss goals loose more faster in the beggining. The reason I say that is because I always hear "The last 10 lbs is the hardest to loose!" with that said, people who are a bit heavier tend to consume more calories then a thin person, when they start eating lower amounts of calories they loose the weight, a thin person who already eats a low amount has a harder time because then they have to burn calories to make a deficet. So I guess it gets harder the closer you get to your goal.

~ Happy Logging ~

True

Generally true...but for the record, NOTHING is true "in all cases".

Everyone's body is different and responds differently to changes in diet and exercise.

Good luck!!

You have had a good loss imho, and probably have lost more than the scales are showing, due to water retention within the muscles, from cardio and strength training. worry about it when you haven't lost anything for a few weeks. For now it sounds to me like your on track keep it up

What he said... I suggest getting some good before pics of yourself with as much skin showing as you feel comfortable showing in a picture (for your eyes only of course) then use this to reference back to each week or at the end of a month. The scale is a lying sack of sheeeot so dont always believe it. If you have that much to lose there is A LOT of things changing inside your body as well as outside and weight may not always be part of that. I have the picture on my profile from day one til recently. It makes it seem as if you are seeing a friend you havent seen in a year and you notice how much better or worse they look. I went 3 months with no scale change but the pictures were there to prove it. Keep on keeping on. no worries! =0)

It's not a myth or a fact, it depends on the person!
You should start doing measures of yourself. One girl I knew who had 150 lbs only lost like 7lbs in a month, but lost a heck of a lot of inches around her arms, thighs, and tummy! You should try that, it's for sure more accurate than constantly checking the darn scale!

Good luck on your weight loss journey

I do know for a fact that the more you weigh, the more calories you burn. So you can watch your calories that you're eating, and burn a *kitten* load off with exercise.

Myth until we have more information. Your diary is private, you dont state what your BMR or TDEE calorie are. Until you provide more information, we can only speculate

Most of the weight at the beginning is water weight. Monitor your sodium (cut down on processed foods) and try to drink 10 cups or so of water a day. When I did that I dropped 3 pounds in just a few days! But if you don't lose more, don't sweat it; your progress is already awesome

i've heard it said that when someone has over 100 pounds to lose, they tend to lose weight rather quickly in the beginning.

is this true in all cases?

because, well, i have 120-130 to lose & i've only lost 3 pounds in two weeks. i'm eating way less than i used to, am always under my calorie goal of 1400 (even though i eat back some of my exercise calories), & do 30-40 minutes of cardio & strength training 5-6 times per week.

am i doing something wrong here? or is this a myth? or am i just an anomaly?

You'll want to be careful and not be too under your calorie goal. Plus if you're active during the day, you'll need to make sure and log those calories spent because that mean you're calorie limit for the day will increase.