Weight loss has slowed

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Alright, so I'm pretty far into loosing weight. I've been dieting/exercising since this past November. I weighed 275 when I started, and now I'm 205. I'm not on any special diet or anything, and I'm not starving myself or anything (I've been told I'm loosing weight too fast). Up until a few weeks ago I was loosing about 4 pounds a week, but then it doped to about 2 pounds a week. I'm perfectly fine with this, its just I was wondering why. Is this normal?
 
Yes, it's normal. You will burn less calories as you lose weight, simply because it requires energy to move the weight around in your daily activities. Besides that, as you lose the excess fat, you start to get hungrier, at least that's the way it seemed to me. It's as if your body is more willing to give up its fat when it has more to lose.
Here is how it went for me.
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I think that there are a whole heap of factors that come into play - including all the things that Harold said...

You are just getting out of the honeymoon period at the start - where - just like with relationships - everything is fresh and exciting...

For me - I know that as I started my project I was seeing such amazing differences that I was really hungry for that weight loss. As time went by - I got so that I was seeing less difference so there was a reduced level of motivation. A friend of mine has a story about "wild horses". When she started her project - wild horses could not drag her off plan. Now - four years later - she is nearly at her goal weight - and she feels that she is going around looking for those wild horses... A celebration is announced and she sees it as a good excuse to splurge a bit.

I sailed through the first two Christmases on project (with the first Christmas being by far the best one) - but this latest Christmas saw me gain weight which has taken me above my zone. I lost the first 147 pounds in 14 months and then spent the next 13 months losing the last 20 pounds that got me to goal... I maintained just fine up until Christmas - but it only took me a week and a half at Christmas to get above zone and I am still above zone over two months later...
 
yes this is definitely normal,
Incidently you have done really well losing 4lbs per week,
what ever you are doing keep it up as it is obviously working for you
 
You have made great progress and of course weight loss slows down and gets harder, as time goes on. The more weight you want to lose, the more effort you have to put in. Maybe you could exercise a bit more or improve your nutrition plan. Try something and see what results you get.:leaving:
 
Thanks allot for your replys everyone. They all essentially are saying the same thing, and it makes me feel much better. Harold, I now that you mention it, I have in fact been noticing I'm getting hungrier.
 
I wouldn't worry about it. I would suggest though that you should make sure that you eating healthy and balancing that with a strength training program.
 
MB1 said:
Harold, I now that you mention it, I have in fact been noticing I'm getting hungrier.
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Hunger is a subjective thing, so I'm not sure how much is physical, like hormones, and how much is due to loss of motivation, as Omega suggests. Nevertheless, I did find that I was fairly happy to eat around 1600 calories early on, and thought it would be a real luxury when I could eat over 2000. Not so. My calories gradually crept up as I got thinner. The opposite of how it is supposed to be done.

On a positive note, the longer you go on, the more ingrained the good habits become. Last year about this time, with the store shelves stocked with Easter candy, I came real close a couple of times to grabbing a bag of jelly beans and throwing it in the shopping cart. Now, I hardly even look at that stuff.
 
Harold14370 said:
On a positive note, the longer you go on, the more ingrained the good habits become. Last year about this time, with the store shelves stocked with Easter candy, I came real close a couple of times to grabbing a bag of jelly beans and throwing it in the shopping cart. Now, I hardly even look at that stuff.
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Yeah, I've gotten to that point as well. I used to always get fast food after class, I would get a baconator, frosty, and fries from wendies. And no joke, one of the people working there had seen me so much she would ask if I wanted the usual. When I first started dieting I would often think about getting fast food, but now you couldn't pay me to. And I actually haven't had any since November. Same goes for pop as well.
 
Hey MB1. When you use the word "pop" that tends to make me think that you live in or around Chicago. True?
 
dobner said:
Hey MB1. When you use the word "pop" that tends to make me think that you live in or around Chicago. True?
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"Pop" is a bit more widespread than that. We say it here in the Pittsburgh area. Around here "soda" is ice cream soda - pop with ice cream in it.
 
That's interesting. It would be cool to see a map of the US showing the extent that people use this word "pop" instead of soda. I love these useless bits of information :)
 
dobner said:
That's interesting. It would be cool to see a map of the US showing the extent that people use this word "pop" instead of soda. I love these useless bits of information :)
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Hmm, I was interested too. I found this, idk how accurate it is but...

 
weight loss

Yes it is both Normal and The Safe way to lose weight. If you lose more than 2 - 3 pounds a week, in the long run you will probably gain it back. The slower you lose it the better.
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When people lose weight, they metabolize fat for energy if they are losing weight correctly. Fat is where the body stores toxins that are potentially harmful to the nervous system, liver and body in general. As one metabolizes the fat they hold, they must also process the stored chemicals via the the liver for detoxification.

If one reaches a point where they can't effectively and safely metabolize their inner toxins, you will see a plateau in weight loss, as you described. A very common response I would suggest now turning to some whole foods and eat correct for your metabolic type to keep the weight loss going.
 
adamjames said:
When people lose weight, they metabolize fat for energy if they are losing weight correctly. Fat is where the body stores toxins that are potentially harmful to the nervous system, liver and body in general. As one metabolizes the fat they hold, they must also process the stored chemicals via the the liver for detoxification.

If one reaches a point where they can't effectively and safely metabolize their inner toxins, you will see a plateau in weight loss, as you described. A very common response I would suggest now turning to some whole foods and eat correct for your metabolic type to keep the weight loss going.
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Whole food is just food that isn't processed, right? Could you give me some examples? I actually don't eat that much processed food as it is.
 
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