What do most people lose per week?

[fiojam]

I lost 4lbs last week and was wondering what people usually lose per week. Is 3-4lbs every week achievable?

What is your average?

[Biggirlsam]

Hi if its any help i'm on lipotrim and I loose 3lbs a week, but most people loose more than me, but I don't mind a loss is a loss

[CheekyMare]

I seem to be losing 3 lbs per week.

[Coley]

yup...3 is my happy number. on average weight loss is about 1 stone per month if you are doing foundation but it depends on how much weight you have to lose to start off with and how much water you drink!

[Joolz]

For me its one week 1lb and then another week 4-5lb - it really depends as our bodies are contrary things - but if you AVERAGE my weight loss it works out bang on 3.5lb per week.

[pebbles]

I always feel disapointed when i loose 3lbs, this is my second time with a 3lbs loss, but i should really be happy, my average had been between 4 and 6lbs, maybe this is because i have a lot to loose.

[Coley]

soooo the science of this diet goes like this.

It takes a 3500 calorie deficit to burn 1lb of fat. SO ...for instance if you require 2000 calories a day to maintain your weight, by reducing your calorie intake by 500 each day, you will loose 1lb per week. On this diet, we are taking in about 500 calories per day...so a deficit each day of approx 1500 calories, so a total week deficit of 10,500 ish calories which divides to 3lbs of fat.

We are taking in slightly less than 3lbs so you might get a 3lb loss.

Larger people have to eat a larger number of calories to maintain their weight so the deficit is larger, therefore in general the smaller you get, the less your loss each week.

[HappyHeather]

Hi there,
I'm only in week 5 but so far it seems to work out at around 3-4lbs a week (or I think of it as a pound every other day!).
Saying that though, I had my period last week and I only lost 2lbs - my LLC said it was probably just my period so I am hoping this week will be better...according to my scales I've lost 3 so far so fingers crossed for a big loss week!!!
Generally though, in my group, the more you have to loose the larger the losses and then it dwindles as you get closer to ideal bmi.
Good luck this week everyone !! Hx

[rahjay]

i had a fab first week...lost 13 pounds! then exactly 3 per week after that!

[Shadow]

Hi, I've lost 7 stone 1.5lb's in 26 weeks, so that averages out to be roughly 3.5lb per week.

I find that I normally have a couple of weeks of low losses and then out of the blue I'll get a great one for no apparent reason.

It's best not looking at the weekly figures but look at the over all loss.

Shadow x

[Fuzzys Angel]

I seem to have settled done to 4lbs per week.....

xxx

[meghan1409]

Just to throw a bit of controversy into the works, my average is 4.4lbs per week, one week I had 2.6 then had 5.8 the next... another I had an out of the blue 5.9lbs with no less than my average in the weeks before or after...

I'm in week 12 now and still average at about 4.4, and even though I lose about 20lbs in a month my rate of weight loss hasn't changed.

Also, I've had weeks where I've drank 5-6litres a day, and weeks where I've struggled for more than 3 a day... and the weight loss hasn't been affected in the least.

I guess the key is everyone's different!

[polishrose]

When I did it last time I averaged 5lbs a week-then I started struggling and cheating and was more like 2 lbs a week.I'm hoping of course to have 5lbs a week weight losses again but even if it is only 3 lbs a week it's still more than any other kind of diet and a stone a month is great

[Feetee]

I'm on Day 33 - the first week I lost a massive 11lbs (probably water), week 2 - 7lbs, week 3 - 2lbs (TOTM) and last week - 6lbs - next weigh in on Thursday - so its difficult to say - although the average over 4 weeks has been 6.5lbs although I am expecting this to slow down - I have a lot to lose though! (about 8 stone)

Thanks for all the encouragement x

[Tiger Girl]

In week 6 just now. Massive 11lb's in week 1 but nothing surprised me more than losing 8lb's on the week I had my period. I wasn't expecting that at all! It made me very suspicious of my councellor's scales! Happy with a 4lb weekly loss average