On 15 Aug 2005 09:10:59 -0700, "Doug Freyburger"
wrote:

Dunston wrote:

What I'm curious about is
what sort of weight should I be losing per week?

The time scale for fat loss is month to month, not week to
week. Everyone hates this but hating it doesn't stop it
from being true.

Averaged from beginning to the start of maintenance, it
appears that 4 per month is the best rate for keeping it
off. I've never been sure whether this is because
extreme plans tend to have folks crash off of them so
it's the folks who take their time that remain on plan,
or if the rate naturally tapers off as you have less to
lose and no matter how much you started with it spreads
out to 4 per month by the time you hit goal.

You're doing fine. Early loss includes water. Fat is
3500-4000 calories per pound (listed as 9 per gram).
Carbs are listed as 4 calories per gram but the body
stores them dissolved in water. When you add up the
glycogen carbs plus the water it's dissolved in, it
omes out to around 600 calories per pound. This means
that fat loss is gradual (and the reason for the time
scale above) and water loss fast and bouncy. Once the
body runs out of stored carbs it's gone, though. There's
no such thing as 40 pounds of water loss!

Ok thanks, I'm only a couple of weeks in so I'll check and see my
weight loss over the month.