Realistic Monthly Weightloss

diehardcutie

diehardcutie

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I didn't know where to post this, so thought I'd post this question/discussion here. Sorry, if this isn't the right place.

Anyways, I know typically you're supposed to lose about 1-2lbs a week for a steady healthy weight loss, however when I was really watching what I put into my body, eating healthy and exercising quite a bit (but never to a point where it was obsessive) I lost a lot more than the recommended amount. So my question is, is that really bad?

I didn't/don't follow any fad diets take any pills or anything like that. I ate extremely healthy and enough, no major calorie restriction. I worked out everyday except for sundays.

I must mention that I am severly obese, I'm 235lbs and only 5'2. So I've also been told that losing the amount I was losing was due to be being severly overweight and it would change as I got closer to my goal.

I talked to my family doctor about my weightloss at my last physical and she said I was healthy, no blood pressure or heart problems. Except for the odd cold/flu I'm never sick. I don't take any medication except for my ear drops (stupid infection ugh) and the odd advil when I have the odd headache.

I know everyones different but what (realistically) can someone expect to lose? Sounds so stupid I know, hate asking this type of question, I just don't want to do any damage to myself and want to make sure that I'm not losing too much.

I guess a better way to word that question, is whats the cut off for a healthy monthly weightloss?

thanks so much!
hollyy
 
diehardcutie said:
I didn't know where to post this, so thought I'd post this question/discussion here. Sorry, if this isn't the right place.

Anyways, I know typically you're supposed to lose about 1-2lbs a week for a steady healthy weight loss, however when I was really watching what I put into my body, eating healthy and exercising quite a bit (but never to a point where it was obsessive) I lost a lot more than the recommended amount. So my question is, is that really bad?

I didn't/don't follow any fad diets take any pills or anything like that. I ate extremely healthy and enough, no major calorie restriction. I worked out everyday except for sundays.

I must mention that I am severly obese, I'm 235lbs and only 5'2. So I've also been told that losing the amount I was losing was due to be being severly overweight and it would change as I got closer to my goal.

I talked to my family doctor about my weightloss at my last physical and she said I was healthy, no blood pressure or heart problems. Except for the odd cold/flu I'm never sick. I don't take any medication except for my ear drops (stupid infection ugh) and the odd advil when I have the odd headache.

I know everyones different but what (realistically) can someone expect to lose? Sounds so stupid I know, hate asking this type of question, I just don't want to do any damage to myself and want to make sure that I'm not losing too much.

I guess a better way to word that question, is whats the cut off for a healthy monthly weightloss?

thanks so much!
hollyy
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If you just started eating better, a lot of that weight loss is you losing water you were retaining and losing what's generally in your bowels as a result of eating less.

Usually if you're very overweight, and eating a lot of refined carbs and salty foods you'll be retaining quite a bit of water.


The main concern about losing weight too quickly I think is loose skin. If you're very overweight and doing resistance exercises to maintain muscle mass and bone density you can lose weight faster without worrying too much about your health.

A leaner person would have trouble losing a lot of weight and keeping muscle, organs, and bones intact. There is only so much caloric deficit that each pound of fat can support.


How much are you losing per week anyway?
 
Hey Holly!

Honestly I dont know the answer to you're question but I have been losing about 4lbs a week (2kg), and yes its more than the "recommeneded amount", but the only changes I have made are more exercise and cutting out certain things, nothing crazt though! From the little I know as long as your not losing huge amounts every week it should be ok.
 
I was losing anywhere from 5-6lbs a week for about 6 weeks, I lost 33lbs. I gained 13lbs back unfortunatley

I thought it could've been water but I wasn't sure as this was a constant thing for more than a couple weeks, but I'm no doctor/personal trainer/nutritionist so I wouldn't know really ha
 
diehardcutie said:
I was losing anywhere from 5-6lbs a week for about 6 weeks, I lost 33lbs. I gained 13lbs back unfortunatley

I thought it could've been water but I wasn't sure as this was a constant thing for more than a couple weeks, but I'm no doctor/personal trainer/nutritionist so I wouldn't know really ha
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I think if you gained back 13 it was most likely either water or stomach contents, unless of course you started overeating a lot. You'd have to eat A LOT of extra food to gain 13 lbs.

I think as long as you're eating well (at least 1200 calories for a female), and doing resistance exercises as well as aerobic you can let your weight loss happen as it happens.

Though I would watch out for signs of loose skin, because that is a concern for those of us with a lot to lose. The slower you lose weight, the lower your chance of having loose skin in the end.
 
oh trust me, i was overeating a ton plus i was drinking about 2litres of coke a day. i gained the 13lbs back over the course 3.5 months

I think I'll do just that, just make sure i'm eating atleast 1200 calories and exercising. thanks biggestloser!
 
Be careful with losing alot of weight in one go: your body can only metabolise so much fat in one go, this is usually around the 2lb mark but if your morbidly obese then it could be a little higher but either way, losing alot of weight very quickly is likely to also come

From glycogen (carb/energy stores in the muscle and body which the body uses as quick fire energy, has little if any affects on your measurements if you lose all this).

From muscle (when the body thinks its starving, it works to find calories within the body. It opts for the calories from muscle rather then from fat as having muscle requires the body use more calories to survive and if it thinks its starving, its not going to want to keep you alive- any extra calorie loss through muscle is not a good thing. So it stores fat, uses calories from muscle.)

From bones- now this is dangerous, especially if your a women as once you hit the late 20s/early 30s, your bones are already in decline. When you get much older, you get things like brittle bone issues as a result leading to disability. When your young, you break a bone and it recovers, but someone with osteoperosis, it takes them alot of nutrients, alot of suppliments and a very long time to repair the same breakages- and this is still a weakend bone and at great risk of breaking again. Added to that the bones already being fragile in the first place- a simple knock can cause damage to sevearly affected individuals and is common for people in their 70s. Now if your taking the calcium from the bones (through a very low calorie diet and phosphoric acid found in all fizzy drinks and caffiene found in many drinks) your putting yourself at risk of developing osteoperosis at a much younger age, try 50 or even 40. Shocking but true.

Please don't go too far with the calorie cuts, it will be very hard to keep up and your putting yourself through appetite hell which is so easy to slip up on and end up back where you started often a few pounds heavier.

I would say cut 25% max at a time, see if you can stick to that, lose some body fat! (and not muscle, glycogen, bone or water) then when things slow down, by all means cut again but if your serious about losing fat and keeping it off, this is a more long term keeping it off plan which can help you keep weight off.
 
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