So, how does wight loss work in the beginning?

mccormack090305

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Okay, so I weighed myself last night, and I was 394lbs. I weighed myself again tonight and I'm 395lbs, but I only ate about 2100 calories today. When would I expect to see a weight change result? I know it's not going to be instant, and I know it's going to take a LONG time to drop all the weight I need to lose, but I've never really done this before, and I'm not sure how it all starts. Will it take my body some time to adjust to eating new things and eating healthier before it will show any improvement?

Among my intake for the day, I ate about a cup of veggies. Doesn't sound like a lot, but I haven't eaten so much as a salad since I was a child, lol! I switched to soy milk, and I ate lean meats and pork, plus some sweet potatoes and bell peppers and celery. Also, I cut my portions way back. I measured everything I had into servings. I hope I'm on the right track.

I also think that I'm going to weigh myself first thing in the morning everyday and keep a log of it so I can get a feel for my average weight loss. Wouldn't that be better than doing it at night, after a whole day of meals have been piled in?

Randall, I saw in another thread that you posted something about the google average weight gadget. How long have you been using that? Is it really helpful?
 
Weight loss? Or fat loss? Big difference.

A caloric deficit will certainly lead to the "burning" of various tissues in the body... fat included.

But that doesn't say anything about weight.

Sure, it's reasonable to expect weight to fall if we're losing tissues. And if things are properly structured in terms of energy balance, it will fall over the long haul.

But acute measurements in weight (as in day to day) can't reasonably assess what's going on in terms of fat loss since weight encompasses many other variables that are in flux outside of tissue loss... such as bowel matter, water weight, etc.
 
well, I'm interested in losing weight, and I eventually want to tone up and look somewhat decent, but I need to get rid of all this fat especially. My wife and I got the new My Shape thing for our Wii today, and I tried it out. For someone in my situation, I think it's pretty neat. It has a camera attachment to tell you if you're doing the exercise properly or not, and it has a lot of easier exercises for people who are ridiculously out of shape, like myself. It's got a scheduler and you can work out any specific part of your body, or you can work on overall weight loss. I just got done with a light mid-body workout, 15 minutes plus 10 seconds every few minutes to catch up. It really seems like something that can help. It's inexpensive, too, which helps.

I decided on the morning weigh in deal, after my usual morning excrements, and before breakfast, that way I can get as consistent a reading as possible, and I'm going to log it over the long haul for an average, I was just more curious as to when I should expect to see any movement. I'm not going to let myself get discouraged, even if it takes 3 weeks to see something, just looking for an idea as to when I would expect to start seeing the pounds go off, lol. I figure I'll use a weekly weight, like every Sunday maybe, as a basis to what I'm losing. I want to keep a log of the daily weights, though, just to see what the fluctuations are going to be.

I'm glad I stumbled onto this board, though. I think this will be my saving grace. There seem to be a great amount of people here who really know a lot and really want to help others, I'm really looking forward to the next few months. : )
 
I hear you. Weekly numbers are probably ideal. Like I said, anything shorter than this and you're not really seeing the trend of fat loss. Rather, you're seeing the flux of many different factors... some of which are increasing while others are decreasing.

Even better would be two weeks.

Fat loss is happening all the time if you're in a caloric deficit. Fat metabolism is an ongoing, continuous process. But acute variations in fat mass are usually unmeasurable given what I said above.
 
Weighing in the morning is definitely better than at night. You get to see a more consistent picture.

It can be a good idea to always have your scales in the same place as scales can be a bit too sensitive and can measure differently if the floor isnt exactly even. It is best to take out as many variables as possible.

Most people weigh after going to the toilet and when they are wearing exactly the same clothes (maybe naked)...

Take measurements with a tape measure too as sometimes you get no move on the scales but a movement on the tape measure. It can be discouraging if you are not seeing any change on the scales otherwise...

I took measurements once a month when I was losing weight...
 
Well, thanks for the advice, guys. I weighed myself last night, and I was 395lbs. I weighed myself this morning to start my morning weigh in schedule, and I weighed 384 lbs! That's 11 lbs.! Is there really that much of a difference after sleeping and going to the bathroom in the morning? I was astonished! I wish I would have started out weighing myself in the morning a few days ago so I would have had a better idea of where I was starting.
 
At your weight, there can certainly be that sort of variability. Find a solid regimen and stick with it in terms of weighing frequency.
 
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