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It's been almost 2 weeks, and I only lost around 5-6 pounds! It seems like I am stuck in a rut already... I started of real well; about a pound a day or two. But when the 2nd week started it seemed like my weight loss slowed down.
I'm wondering if it is because I am too creative in choosing my meals or what? :(
Any idea why? |
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Sun May 02, 2004 12:36 am |
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| Bunny
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Your weight loss will gradually slow down from the rapid weight loss in P1 to a steady 1-2 lbs a week in P2.
5-6 lbs weight loss might actually be great, depending on your height and weight. I know I would LOVE to lose that much in P1!
It doesn't hurt to double check your meals and make sure you are following the food list. Also, are you drinking enough water? Water is essential to keeping up the pace of weight lose.
Well, good luck, and dont' get discouraged! Losing even a little every week sure adds up fast! :D |
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Wed May 05, 2004 1:46 am |
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| jonalisa
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jcroner wrote: It's been almost 2 weeks, and I only lost around 5-6 pounds! It seems like I am stuck in a rut already... I started of real well; about a pound a day or two. But when the 2nd week started it seemed like my weight loss slowed down.
I'm wondering if it is because I am too creative in choosing my meals or what? :(
Any idea why?
I feel your pain. But don't give up.
I'm on day 11 and I'm still only down 3-4 pounds.
There's nothing wrong with creative meals.
Sometimes the problem is too much of a good thing. For example, I used a 0 carb, 0 sugar, 0 trans fat salad dressing, with a small amount of sat fat. In my mind, it made a salad much more enjoyable, but I started using too much of it. Peanuts are a good snack, but only once a day. etc.
Mostly, I think people plateau at different times.
I tried Atkins and WW and both times lost 5 lbs the first week and then nothing for a month or more. So I quit and gained back the 5 and then some. While SBD gave me only a 3-4 lb loss so far, I do feel other changes taking place - my eating habits are better, less hungry, smaller portions satisfy me, my energy level is good. Most of all, I haven't gained - which is what will happen if I stop.
Make a deal with yourself to ignore the scale, stop obsessing about your weight and focus on getting through a certain amount of time - say 2 more weeks. Focus on other things. Take a class, get a hobby, go outside. The reality is that you can't compare your results to others and you may find that challenging yourself to stick it out a while might lead to the breakthrough weight loss you are looking for. Take comfort in knowing the lbs that come off the slowest are more likely to stay off. |
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Wed May 05, 2004 2:37 pm |
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| Eski
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Well it's very logic that you're stuck. The first weeks is it mostly body moisture what you'll loose, and later on you start loosing fat.
Second reason is why I don't understand you wanna hurry with loosing weight. To loose 1 kg of fat ( 2,2 LBS ) one needs to save 7000 calories.
Most diets are based on a 1000 calorie per day and a person needs actually 2000 calories a day. So you save 1000 a day ( 7000 per week ) and that means 2,2 lbs per week. That's an average.
If ya wanna loose 44 lbs, just take into account that it will take ya 20 weeks. If it goes faster then it looks like a crash diet, but you'll gain your old weight as very quick again. the reason for this is that you're body gets so less nutrition and will hold everything it receives, so when you quit the crash diet, you'll gain the same old weight again.
South Beach diet is probably ok, but the disadvantage is that you deprive yourself from eating some goods.
I lost 44 lbs ( and now on my ideal weight ) in 30 weeks.
So 10 weeks more then it could be, but who cares ?
I've not gained weight for a year now and still on my ideal weight.
Jcroner, just tell yourself how much LBS you wanna loose, divide that by 2,2 then you'll have the weeks needed.
What I did was the Montignac diet. |
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Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:05 am |
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