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.

3 pounds in 2 weeks is not bad. I'd say you are doing fine and just need to give it more time. What is the recommended loss rate your goals are based on in MFP?

3 lbs. in two weeks is good. You should be proud. Keep at it. It appears you're doing things right.

Well the weight loss in the beginning for people that need to lose that much weight are most likeley lose it a lot quicker for different reasons especially in the beginning. One, yes they tend to hold a lot more water weight not totally because they hold that much weight but a lot of it is attributed to their diet. Once they go on a diet to lose the weight they obviously go on a much stricter intake of calories so even if they are eating the same kind of food, they are usually eating much less than they normally do so therefore they are intaking much less sodium and that equals a lot of water weight loss.

2nd, someone holding that much more weight is going to lose it rapidly because everything they do requires so much more effort and their body is not effecient what so ever at that point. They are burning a significant higher amount of calories from breathing, much higher constant heart rate, moving the body takes much more effort etc..... Also if they are working out, in the beginning stages they body will be absorbing a lot of nutrients to build muscle that is not there and to sustain that persons body working out at that weight so actual weight may not be lost initially but you should be getting a higher body fat loss rate until the body starts leveling off on building your new structure.

3rd, someone with that kinda weight most definatly didn't have a healthy diet and probably ate a substantial amount of food most days so their intestines will be very full. They shoudl lose quit a bit of weight from cleaning out the intestines when going on a low calorie diet. I'm not sure the exact figure but when John Wayne died, it's said he something like 42 pounds built up just in his large intestines....

Hope that helps a little, i'm sure there are other factore involved....

Just keep rolling! You are doing awesome. The only myth is if you eat less calories than you consume you will lose wieght.

You are already doing the two biggest things right most people dont!
- Net smart calories not just net calories (if you eat 50 pixie sticks in a day you may still be under your calorie limit, but wont lose weight)
- Getting your calories at target by working out more rather than cutting calorie intake

You are doing everything right and you are losing at a pretty good HEALTHLY rate.

Every week you do things right, the habit gets formed deeper, every pound you lose makes you lighter and closer to your goal!

Proud of you friend, keep it up!