Concerned that I am losing weight too fast.

[Fluffy_exsmoker]

I am getting concerned that I am losing weight a little too fast and that my body will eventually retaliate.

I got my Fitbit for Christmas, I have been logging everything, measuring my food, exercising as usual and I have already lost over 3lbs. I even was over my food intake several times over the holidays, yet it seems that every day I weigh noticeably less. I have been losing about half a pound per day for the last week. I have about 45lbs to lose, as I know this can be a factor. Has anyone experienced something like that? Has your body retaliated or is this normal at first?

[OCDOC]

Same thing happened to me. I lost a ton in the first week of actually 'trying', and no doubt most of it was retained water and intestinal bloat. This is normal imo. In my experience, things plateau after a couple of weeks ie loss rate gets to 1 or 2 a week.

There is no 'retaliation' as far as I know; any time I've regained lost weight was because I abandoned exercise/sensible eating.

I enjoy the 'initial melt away' and you should too 🙂 The trick is keeping things sensible long term!

[LuV2Train]

It's normal to lose quickly the first few weeks as most is water weight.  Eventually you won't drop as quick but don't let that discourage you.  It's harder to get off those last few pounds vs the first few that was dropping off quickly.

[awood08]

As long as you are consuming an adequate number of calories, and treating your body right you will be fine. Every person is different and will lose at their own pace. I lose about 2-3 per week, and in my first month I lost close to 15 pounds. After 6 months I've lost 60 pounds, so that's about 10 pounds a month on average.

[Fluffy_exsmoker]

Nutrition is one of my worries at this time, the past 3 days I haven't been able to eat all my calories. I have been left with 200-500 extra every time, yet I feel full.

[awood08]

Do you know what your BMR on average is? And what is your settings set to? Aggressive -1000 calorie deficit, or smaller like -250 or -500 ?

Also what type of calories are you consuming? Quality of your food is important!

[Fluffy_exsmoker]

My BMR is about 1584 calories per day. I work in an office so I am sitting most of the time. My setting is the Kind of hard one with a deficit of 750 calories per day.

We usually have healthy slow cooker meals, for supper (Love the freezer meals). I am the left over queen and alway bring left overs from supper for my lunch along with a salad. In the morning I really like my coffee with milk only, and an English Muffin.

I snack on yougurt, LOVE dry Cheerios (they are like my chips), and fruit.

My apetite is always satisfied.

[Heybales]

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@Fluffy_exsmoker wrote:

My BMR is about 1584 calories per day. I work in an office so I am sitting most of the time. My setting is the Kind of hard one with a deficit of 750 calories per day.

We usually have healthy slow cooker meals, for supper (Love the freezer meals). I am the left over queen and alway bring left overs from supper for my lunch along with a salad. In the morning I really like my coffee with milk only, and an English Muffin.

I snack on yougurt, LOVE dry Cheerios (they are like my chips), and fruit.

My apetite is always satisfied.

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sadly you feeling full and your body being fully fed are 2 seperate and different things.

There are many reasons why your body may still need some calories but you don't feel hungry.

Exactly the same way your body doesn't exactly scream out for specific vitamins or minerals - but wait long enough and become deficient and then see bad side effects from that deficiency. Recovery from that can be very long, side effects can be very bad sometimes too.

Same with calorie deficiency. You want to create a reasonable amount so body stays healthy.

Make it unhealthy - and start losing muscle mass and other bad side effects - all of which are very difficult to recover from.

And yes - your body can be fooled and not feel hungry when it actually needs more.

I'd dare say the "listen to your body" mantra rarely takes in to account that vast majority that are here to lose weight did exactly that.

Listen to an educated knowledgable brain - not the body that can fool you.

[DominicJ]

"Nutrition is one of my worries at this time, the past 3 days I haven't been able to eat all my calories. I have been left with 200-500 extra every time, yet I feel full."

Spoonful of peanut butter tends to do it

[emili]

be sure you are eating good nutrition and good calories. when I was losing I was doing about 2.5 -3 pounds per week- no retaliation, no slow down- it all worked pretty well. I eat super healthy, I move and I have been at my new weight for over a year and half. treat your body well and it will thank you. I am also not a spring chicken. lots of awesome numbers at my check ups- I am telling you your body will thank you.

[divedragon]

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@Heybales wrote:

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And yes - your body can be fooled and not feel hungry when it actually needs more.

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Case in point, I'm currently doing a 5 day fast and haven't eaten since Saturday night (it's tuesday evening).  I have no feelings of hunger today.  It's a common phenomenom as I'm getting my energy from the ketones.  Having said that, fasting is different than calorie restriction.  If you don't eat enough calories in calorie restriction, you metabolism will slow down and your fat loss can stall.  Doesn't happen during fasting because once your body converts to burning the ketones, it takes the energy it needs.  Since I can measure the ketones in urine, that means I'm breaking down more fat than my body actually uses, so it's expelled.  In calorie restriction, your body bases it metabolism on the glucose it has, so keep your calorie restirction modest to hold off the plateau as long as possible.  Might not hurt once a week or so to have a day where you pump up your calories to 18-2k, just to keep the metabollism heated up.

Good luck.

[divedragon]

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@emili wrote:

be sure you are eating good nutrition and good calories. when I was losing I was doing about 2.5 -3 pounds per week- no retaliation, no slow down- it all worked pretty well. I eat super healthy, I move and I have been at my new weight for over a year and half. treat your body well and it will thank you. I am also not a spring chicken. lots of awesome numbers at my check ups- I am telling you your body will thank you.

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@emili

I'm curious as to what 'super healthy' is?  I'm not trying to be a smart**s, but truely curious how people percieve healthy eating.  I'm not always sure myself, although I have my theory's.

[emili]

sure, what specifically would you like to know?