Going great so far...

[robousy]

Hi,

I've been following a diet suggested by emmaleigh and its only day 4 and things are going great.

I take in 230/230/60 (carb/prot/fat) and total 2500 Cals per day.
Food is mostly oats, chicken, eggs, eggwhites, apple, fish and veggies.

Weight loss is really good:

Day 1: 196.4 lbs

Day 2: 196.6 lbs

Day 3: 194.8 lbs

Day 4: 193.0 lbs

(30 mins of cardio per day also)

I attribute the increase on day 2 to a cheat on day 1. I went to a rodeo and had a huge baked potato with bbq and mayo...

Other than that the pattern is looking good. Clearly a few more weeks of data will be needed but I thought I'd share the progress anyway.

Its pretty amazing really... I mean, I am eating like a beeyatch, more food than I have ever eaten, and can't believe I'm losing!

Thanks emmaleigh and others who helped me tweak.

 

[musclepump]

Three and a half pounds in three days is not a good thing.

 

[Tha Don]

Three and a half pounds in three days is not a good thing.

ditto

IMO you should be aiming for 2lbs a week max. at 1lb a day you can bet that most of that is gonna be muscle loss

UNLESS this is your first day dieting, in which case you will lose a fair bit of weight through water loss, FYI i usually start really looking at my weight progress after the first week to compensate for this

 

[largepkg]

The initial weight loss is more than likely water weight. Relax guys...

 

[robousy]

Ok - well, I'm charting everything, what goes in etc and daily weight.

I guess I'll post after I have a larger data set.

Incidently - why would I be losing water weight??

 

[Emma-Leigh]

Ok - well, I'm charting everything, what goes in etc and daily weight.

I guess I'll post after I have a larger data set.

Incidently - why would I be losing water weight??

I think that for the first week, a little more weight loss is to be expected - but keep track of things. If you continue at a rate more than 1.5 to 2 pounds a week then you might want to add a little food to slow it down. As I suggested before - You can see now why I suggested you increase from the 2000 cals you had before!

You will be loosing water weight because, as your body dips into your energy stores (glycogen) water is also liberated - as it is stored in a ratio of about 1 part glycogen to 3 parts water. So if you loose 1 lb glycogen then you also loose 3 pounds of water.

 

[robousy]

thks

Thanks for the advice.
I'm learning a lot here.