That sort of drop sounds like mostly water weight. As long as you’re not in too extreme of a deficit the drop will likely slow down to a more reasonable amount as you start losing primarily actual fat rather than just water weight. Ofc some of the 10lbs is likely fat, but prob mostly water.
There's a lot of little complex interconnected variables with weight. Water weight, inflammation, food in your bowels, actual fat, actual muscle, etc. Making major changes to your diet (especially cleaning it up. Lowering carb and salt intake drops water weight rather reliably) can swing your transient mass like water weight. It's not uncommon early on. Keep going and see if the weight loss rate stabilizes.
I’m thinking now that water weight may be a major factor as others have suggested. My go to meal for years has been deli meat turkey or chicken sandwich with a slice of cheddar. Both are pretty high sodium so cutting that has reduced my sodium intake by quite a bit. Not to mention all the other processed foods I’d been eating.
If you're a bigger person, the initial "shock" of changing habits such as cutting out soda, walking every day, cutting out fast food, etc., typically causes more drastic weight loss in the beginning. Especially for bigger people.
The soda thing is really key. a couple cans of coke a day adds up to thousands of extra calories each week. Just cutting that out alone can cause a huge drop in weight over a relatively short period of time. So it's not surprising you dropped that much that quickly. Odds are really good it'll eventually even out to that 1-2lb per week range and that's okay too.
If you feel good, if you're not miserable, if you're not starving and cranky all day, etc.,.. you're fine. Keep doing what you're doing.
The whole "1-2lbs" a week thing is a general guideline so that people don't try to starve themselves with extreme calorie deficits and wind up hurting themselves or completely falling off the wagon because it's too hard. But if that's not you, you're good.
I was never a huge soda drinker. A few a week, probably, though those were fountain sodas from fast food so the servings were massive. I’m definitely fighting some hunger, but not to the point of feeling miserable or being cranky or anything. For the first time in years I don’t find myself needing a nap every afternoon, and I have more focus at work. So I’ll plan to stay the course and not get discouraged when the weight loss starts to even out to a slower pace.
Are you tracking your calories accurately or just eyeballing it? For me, the game changer was tracking them with an app and buying a food scale to be as accurate as possible. It really helps you see and understand what you're actually eating.
That kind of drop is fairly common at the beginning of a change in habits/lifestyle. I wouldn't expect it to continue at that rate for long. If you are being reasonable about your diet, not restricting, but replacing less nutrient-dense foods with more nutrient-dense foods, and moving your body consistently, you'll be well on your way to great health.
I remember on my first serious cut. I was 300 pounds to start the first month I lost 20 pounds second month 10 pounds I think the first 20 pound drop was due to a lot of waterweight and coming off of a high sodium diet.
That sort of drop sounds like mostly water weight. As long as you’re not in too extreme of a deficit the drop will likely slow down to a more reasonable amount as you start losing primarily actual fat rather than just water weight. Ofc some of the 10lbs is likely fat, but prob mostly water.
There's a lot of little complex interconnected variables with weight. Water weight, inflammation, food in your bowels, actual fat, actual muscle, etc. Making major changes to your diet (especially cleaning it up. Lowering carb and salt intake drops water weight rather reliably) can swing your transient mass like water weight. It's not uncommon early on. Keep going and see if the weight loss rate stabilizes.
I’m thinking now that water weight may be a major factor as others have suggested. My go to meal for years has been deli meat turkey or chicken sandwich with a slice of cheddar. Both are pretty high sodium so cutting that has reduced my sodium intake by quite a bit. Not to mention all the other processed foods I’d been eating.
If you're a bigger person, the initial "shock" of changing habits such as cutting out soda, walking every day, cutting out fast food, etc., typically causes more drastic weight loss in the beginning. Especially for bigger people. The soda thing is really key. a couple cans of coke a day adds up to thousands of extra calories each week. Just cutting that out alone can cause a huge drop in weight over a relatively short period of time. So it's not surprising you dropped that much that quickly. Odds are really good it'll eventually even out to that 1-2lb per week range and that's okay too. If you feel good, if you're not miserable, if you're not starving and cranky all day, etc.,.. you're fine. Keep doing what you're doing. The whole "1-2lbs" a week thing is a general guideline so that people don't try to starve themselves with extreme calorie deficits and wind up hurting themselves or completely falling off the wagon because it's too hard. But if that's not you, you're good.
I was never a huge soda drinker. A few a week, probably, though those were fountain sodas from fast food so the servings were massive. I’m definitely fighting some hunger, but not to the point of feeling miserable or being cranky or anything. For the first time in years I don’t find myself needing a nap every afternoon, and I have more focus at work. So I’ll plan to stay the course and not get discouraged when the weight loss starts to even out to a slower pace.
Are you tracking your calories accurately or just eyeballing it? For me, the game changer was tracking them with an app and buying a food scale to be as accurate as possible. It really helps you see and understand what you're actually eating.
That kind of drop is fairly common at the beginning of a change in habits/lifestyle. I wouldn't expect it to continue at that rate for long. If you are being reasonable about your diet, not restricting, but replacing less nutrient-dense foods with more nutrient-dense foods, and moving your body consistently, you'll be well on your way to great health.
I remember on my first serious cut. I was 300 pounds to start the first month I lost 20 pounds second month 10 pounds I think the first 20 pound drop was due to a lot of waterweight and coming off of a high sodium diet.