50-60%

[jason 12]

Well I am a little confused. I am now six weeks out today. And I am now able to swim and workout. ( already have been) I understand that within the first five to six months it is normal to lose up to 60% of your extra weight. The bummer is that on my two week check up I was down 26. And now at 6weeks im only down 38. Everything slowed. But I feel great. I did have a stall. Maybe it's still lingering. My dr said my goal should be 100lbs. I'm just worried that I'm doing something wrong. Ever since they told me to drop a Protein Shake and have something every 2-4 hrs. Which I do. And I am basically on Atkins. I get all my Protein and Water

Idk what do y'all think? Thanks for your input

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Stalls are normal during this time frame. Also, if you weren't active before but have now started exercising, you may be adding some muscle as you burn off the fat. The muscle weighs more than fat, therefore the scale will not move as much. Don't worry, it will start moving again very soon.

Keep exercising, get your Protein and Water. Watch the starches. You can only put on so much muscle on your limited calories. After that, the scale will start dropping again.

Besides, you're losing over 6 pounds a week, that's pretty phenomenal.

[jason 12]

Thanks butterthebean, I feel I'm doing ass I'm suppose to and I do track and log everything on my fitness pal. I'm staying at about 700-800 calories per day.

I'm not really bummed just didn't know how I am doing compared to everyone else.

[jason 12]

"As " not ass. Oops

[gustavo52974 369]

It sounds to me like you're doing fantastic! Today starts my sixth week and I'm only losing 2-3 pounds a week. But my surgeon said I was doing really well, and he was extremely optimistic that I'd be able to achieve my goal weight.

I wouldn't worry so much about how fast it's going to happen. Everyone's body is different and everyone loses weight at a different pace. From what I've seen here, the people who weigh more tend to lose faster in the beginning. But we all taper off at some point.

[jason 12]

I guess it was a stall. As of this morning I'm down 48lbs. Just under two months. 50lbs to go. I started out at 298. The dr said I should be around 190-200 I'm 6'2". Going in to talk with nut about how many calories I need to be getting. I'm only getting 700-800 now I've been keeping a really good excersize and food log with my fitness pal.

[Chimera 644]

You are doing great - at the 3 month/100 day mark a lot of folks are at 50 lbs down, and you are already there. The 'magic' losing window - where it is easiest to get the weight off is 12-18 months. I would think that you will have been at goal for quite some time by then