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Need help with average weight loss per week

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lisab1965

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Hi Everyone,

 

I am down about 24 lbs in three weeks, but it seems as though the scale has stopped moving. It is discouraging, I only eat about 600 calories a day. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal, am I expecting to much?

 

Thanks:smile2:

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fool4dance

Talk to a nutritionist.

If your only consuming 600 calories a day, and you've stopped losing, your body is in starvation mode. When our calories go too low the body responds by hoarding what it has. I've been there.

Good weight loss happens when you hit about 1,200 calories a day. Less than a 1,000 routinely will slow things down.

I'm not a dietician or nutrionist but have experienced this for myself.

Hope this helps.

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Band_Groupie

Anything under 800 calories and your metabolism shuts down to conserve energy (there's some debate about starvation mode, but I'm a believer). I ate about 1200 all along and lost 1.31/week through most of my journey post-op and that gradually slowed...about 20 pounds from goal it was .75/week. Keep in mind that I started at a lower BMI (about 38) than some. Up those calories with more lean protein.

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