jameslosing

Thanks for the help guys. Funny enough I really did gain most of that weight in one year. I went from 215 to 315 in probably just about a year. Are you actually saying that I will lose more weight by eating more? The one thing I noticed was the first two weeks I made sure to have a "cheat day"... This week I did not. I…

So people have experienced this during the beginning stages of their diet? I figured this would come down the road, ya know - lose two pounds one weeks, lose zero, lose one, etc... I didn't think it would happen so early on as this was not the case five years ago when I lost like 100 lbs.

And "not eating enough" according to you is a reason to lose 6 pounds in each of the first two weeks and then 0 the week after?

I don't expect 6 pounds per week to keep up forever. But I have a lot of weight to lose and the thought of taking two years to get to my goal is extremely unmotivating. One year seems much more doable. I don't think I have plateau'd, but I just find it really weird that on the third week of a diet with SO much weight to…