Thread: 13 weeks on my diet, 72lbs lost so far. Is this normal?

Hi,

I'm new. I won't bore you right now with a long profile of who I am, but I really do need some help. I'm 32, 6ft5 and 13 weeks ago, weighing just shy of 28stn with a 50% BMI I've lost 72lbs, and I'm averaging 6-7lbs a week. I now weight 22st5lb.

Help!

it may sound paradoxical, asking for help because I feel great but every forum / research I have found describes my kind of weightloss as bad for me / harmful. I have cut out all bad foods, booze and caffeine, don't smoke and haven't adhered to any formal diet plans / excercise regimes. I now eat 3 healthy meals a day (with carefully selected snacks in between - jelly, low fat yogurt, hot choc etc) and excercise for 90 minutes per session, twice daily having joined the cheapest gym I could find (local authority), don't follow any formal plans, I've just found what feels right for me and I stick to it, increasing the intensity little by little.

i feel great, I suffer zero side effects from the vast scaremongering online about such large consistent weightloss. So far, I don't seem to have excess skin, I don't feel under nourished (I do get hungry, who wouldn't but I don't feel malnourished) my heart, lungs and whole body feels stronger and stronger every single day, I'm more regular, skin feels amazing, and I'm starting to get shape and definition. I don't feel like I'm over reaching, of course I get worn out with excercise but I sleep brilliantly, wake with energy and really feel like how I imagine a new born child must feel - I'm excited about tomorrow everyday.

I know this may not be normal, but it's working for me. So, what's wrong? Is what I am doing harmful and if so why? Am I putting myself at risk and if so, in what way? Is my strict self evolved diet and fitness plan in some way detrimental to my health and well being long term? HELP - I can't find any resource online at all where someone has consistently lost my kind of weight which gets reported in a positive way. I feel good, but social media / specialist publications out there online say I'm doing something adverse. What???

please please help me and give me some adadvice thanks

I am probably not the best one to answer this, since I'm a newbie. But, I think the heavier you are the more you lose, that's why it's extremely harder as you get closer to your goal weight. I don't see how it's harmful if you are waking up energized, after having a good sleep and feeling great each day. Some people (I've been told) see a rapid weight loss after they cut out junk, caffeine, etc then in slows. Still, if you're worried, ask your doctor.

Hi!

i agree with HeyHo. I'm a newbie to this site and the diet I'm currently doing but have lost quite a lot of weight in the past so do have some experience of weight loss and exercise... I think your losses are normal when you consider how much you weigh and how much you are exercising. Well done on your loss so far! I would like to say though that exercising twice a day for 90mins is quite a lot- are you making sure you're eating enough to compensate for this? Although obviously not too much otherwise you won't lose weight but you do need to make sure you are fuelling your body properly or on the other hand you could cut down to exercising one per day or a set number of times each week, I just think twice a day every day sounds a bit excessive. But also good on you for being that motivated!! Like HeyHo said if you are worried you should see your GP or perhaps have a chat with someone that works at your gym? I know you say it's local authority and in my experience the workers there are not as knowledgable as they are at some private gyms but I have found a few that have given me good advice in the past regarding diet and exercise type/intensity/frequency.

good luck!

Sarah

I've been looking into it a lot and thought I should mention that a member named Fattack posted a thread in "Calorie Counting", I believe it's a sticky. (The answer to "How Many Calories Should I Eat?" ). I think it's rather informative if you haven't already seen it, even if you aren't calories counting, as such. But will help you work out if you are actually over doing yourself.