Is it good or bad for me to be losing 1-2 lbs in ONE DAY?

[Anonymous]

be honest guys and girls...i've been losing a 1-2lbs a day and I'm not sure if I should be happy or not...

I've heard people saying losing 2 lbs a week is good, but I've been losing that amount everyday.

I'm happy of course...losing weight is always good news to me...

Since I don't exercise and I've been eating only 200 calories less than what I usually do...is losing 1-2 lbs a day normal to you?

[madmisskelly]

It honestly depends on where those 200 calories are coming from. If they are all coming from fat and you are thus not consuming any fat, or extremely low fat that could be a factor. The same goes for sugars and carbs. If you are eating extremely low levels of those then you may notice a sharp decline in weight.

How do you figure youve been losing this amount of weight every day? When do you weigh yourself and how long has it been going on.

[Asker]

Kk I started weighing myself on Friday night..which was when I started my "crazy" diet. so ever since then I weighed myself in the morning when I woke up and at night before I went to bed. so on Saturday I lost 2 pounds..then throughout the week I've lost 1 pound so far.. like tonight I weighed myself and it says 130. if I end up weighing 128 tomorow night I'll update this..but basically I weigh myself 2 times a day

[madmisskelly]

Dont go off of what you weight at night because youve eaten that day- and all food still weighs the same even though youve chewed it. So if you eat 1 pound of food, you will weigh 1 pound heavier. If you drink 16oz of water which is one pound, you will weigh one pound heavier. It does this until it starts to become digested.

Go purely off of what you weigh in the morning. HOw much have you lose since Saturday morning?

[madmisskelly]

So essentially there is 1 weight you should be really keeping in mind and that is your weight first thing in the morning after you have gone to the bathroom, definitely after you urinate. If you drink coffee, or any other caffeinated drink in the morning, caffeine is a diuretic which means you will urinate more after drinking it. You can weigh yourself after your "peeing spell" and simply take into account what you have eaten that day and how much it weighed.

[peace-love-couture]

If you are extremely overweight,when you first begin dieting and working out,you will shed a good amount of pounds fast.

If you are losing such a high amount of weight everyday,you should REALLY go see a doctor,there are many possibilities as to what this could be.

Are you intentionally dieting?

[Asker]

Yes I am..but I'm only eating 200 calories less....with no exercise...i'm not extremely overweight....i just thought it would be extremely hard for me to lose weight..since I only wanna lose 10 pounds...i'm just confused because I've seen peopel exercising AND dieting...yet they only lose 2-5 pounds in a week..so when I started losing 1-2 lbs a day..i was really shocked...

[peace-love-couture]

Mmmmm,idk.Maybe your metabolism has changed.Are you perhaps eating something differently?Of have you cut out a particular food?That could be why.Certain things can make your metabolism sluggish

[Asker]

My metabolism is ..pretty slow lol....but I'll figure it out ....actually I was trying this one thing tho I found on the internet about this cayenne pepper drink...apparently people drank it to boost your metabolism by 50%??i tried it but I didn't really believe it would work..maybe that's it..but that was a few days before I started cutting my calories

[peace-love-couture]

I do know what you are referring to.Beyonce made the cayenne pepper diet popular because she did it before she filmed some move,I think Dream Girls,I know what you're talking about.Spicy food does speed your metabolism up.That could be why.Maybe I should try that haha.What do you do?Mix it with water?

[Asker]

Yep..i just put like 1/2 a tsp of cayenne pepper into how much water I want..i put just a little bit of juice in it..just so I can taste something..but honestly people say it's terrible..but really..just chug it down and it's mild..not super crazy hot.....others put maple syrup and lemon juice in it..but personally I don't like it at all.

[peace-love-couture]

Oh ok.So maple syrup & lemon juice aren't necessary?

Can you still eat while on the diet?(Like eat healthy heehee)

[JesseRider23]

How long has this been going on for? How much do you eat and what do you wat? What's your height/weight?

There are tons of factors that can play into this, and your weight can fluctuate at different parts of the day depending on what you've eaten.

[Gregs]

so the only thing you are doing different is eating 200 calories less? It seems kind of strange to be loosing so much, what kind of food did you cut it from, wheat?

[Gregs]

It seems the only way you could be loosing so much is if you cut out something healthy with low calories...

[Asker]

Well.......i eat everything I usually eat except some protein I have for dinner...and since I eat rice everyday...i cut down on that....i already eat a lot of veggies and fruits so....i only cut down on what I heard made you gain weight..iunno if this is true but thts what I did

[Asker]

And how does that work..i mean losing a lot of weight by cutting something healthy with low calories out of my diet?

[Gregs]

Then its impossible that that is the reason your loosing weight. 200 calories is not a lot in terms of mass especially in unhealthy foods which are high in calories, vegetables are pretty much the only thing that has any chance of going over 1lb let alone 2 so either your calculations are wrong or you are doing something else differently

[Gregs]

Were you gaining or loosing weight before you went on this 200 calorie less diet?

[Asker]

I really don't know now then....cuz that's basically what I've been doing..but I never eat a lot of unhealthy foods to begin with..like when I snack....it's just like normal crap like cheerios....i think my problem is just knowing when enough is enough...w/e I'll see what happens for the next couple days...i'm guessing I should count my calories too..to check if my calculations are correct.

[Asker]

Gaining weight...which is why I cut my calories by a bit

[lelebear]

That would be nearly impossible to loose that kind of weight by only cutting 200 calories in one day even if you ate absolutely nothing you would not loose that permantly in one day. The bodies weight does fluctuate during the day and even day to day it can be a pound or so different but if you are weighing everyday at the same time and each day loosing 2 more pounds to the equivalent of 14 pounds in one week you need to see a doctor immediately.

[klg808]

It's normal for your weight to fluctuate by 5 pounds during the day. You're lightest in the morning after you use the bathroom and at night after you use the bathroom right before bed. I'm sure if you weigh yourself in the afternoon right after lunch you'll have gained it back. The human body is just crazy that way.

[Rosesss]

wow! You re really lucky ! You must have a very high metabolism... I'd be so happy if I were you :') Then of course it depends on whether or not you wanted to lose weight in the first place..