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[geekchick]

Woo!

Your current weight 169.5 lbs
Weight change since your last recorded weight -2.5 lbs
Total weight change to date -8.5 lbs

Followed of course by the "Hey, it's great you're losing, but you've lost too much this week. Try to keep to to 2 lbs a week or less, mmkay?" message.

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Oh, good effing grief! I was told that particularly in the first few weeks, larger losses might be common.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(high-five) yay! You're persevering, and apparently getting results. You could be too small for the pleather pants by the time you get them... ;-)

[geekchick]

Well, I lost 4 lbs the first week. Generally 2 pounds a week is considered to be about the right amount you can lose without it being considered "rapid weight loss", which tends to not be permanent. I imagine that that number really ought to vary with the starting weight though; if I weigh 180 and am losing 3 pounds a week for the firt weeks that's a smaller percentage of my total weight than if I started out at 140. I'm not exactly worrying about their little reminders. =) If I'd lost 5 pounds last week, then I'd start worrying a little; for half a pound over the recommended max, they can bite me. ;)

[geekchick]

Unlikely. =) I was pushing a 20 when I started, depending on the cut of the clothes, so I think I can get at least a couple good wearings out of the pleather pants.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

What do you have to be doing to wear-out pleather pants? (innocent look)

[geekchick]

You're lucky you're out of "hit with something heavy" range. ;)

The first few weeks are atypical

[telnar.livejournal.com]

When I dieted last year, I was aiming for about a 500 calorie per day deficit which translates into about 1 pound per week and I'm fairly sure that on paper I shouldn't have been losing much more than that. In spite of that, I lost about 11.5 pounds in the first 4 weeks. I don't know all the details about how the body metabolizes fat and what drives water retention, but it seemed clear to me that a large fraction of that weight loss was not the steady state situation (which was confirmed later when after week 4 my weight loss forecasts based on how much I was eating started to be accurate instead of much too small).

I'd say give yourself a month or two before you worry about losing too fast (assuming that you are eating enough "on paper").

Best of luck with the diet.