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[Metallox]

JWeinCom said:

BasilZero said:

Oooh okay - congrats regardless! I dont miss being a student anymore lol.

I'm gonna be losing more weight soon.

Easter lent starts soon and as a Syrian Orthodox Christian (I think mine is gonna be a bit earlier) - its gonna be for 50 days.

Though to be honest, I kind of limited myself from eating meat on week/workdays (only meat consumption on off/holidays and weekends).

5 pounds in a week seems like a lot. A full week for me if I dont end up eating out or going somewhere crazy on Sat/Sun would net me a loss of 2 pounds a week.

I try to limit myself to around 1,700 to 1,800 calories and have eliminated a lot of stuff that has high cholestrol (i.e. Dairy Milk, meat, etc).

Metallox said:

5 pounds was my average weekly drop when I started a weight loss routine, for the first two months. Though, I have to point out, I was put in 1300-1400 calorie diet. As I settled down, 2-.2.5 kg became 1.5 and then 1 in the final couple of months. 

Just to be clear, I don't expect to lose 5 pounds in a week. Even with a starvation diet I don't think I would. But, I feel sort of like I've "saved up" weight loss. Your weight is going to fluctuate based on things like sodium (and I do have a high sodium diet). So I feel like even though my weight has stayed the same over the past few weeks, I have actually lost weight, it just hasn't showed up on the scale yet. So, I'm hoping it's sort of all going to hit at ones. 

I remember on a few occasions when the nutritionist told me my weight loss had been minimal (half a kilo or less) but I had significantly burned fat, and somehow that showed in my body. Could be misremembering some details but I think that's how it went. Could be the same situation for you. 

This was prevalent in my final months of treatment, and eventually fat reduction became the final objective of the program.