I'm giving it my best shot, man — laughing about it, but mostly just keeping it together for her.AOD9604 said:
Really happy for you, man. Just remember to look after your mind too, not only your body
Yeah, week 1 was most likely water — I dropped close to 7 pounds in those first days, and that clearly wasn't fat. Things have leveled off since then. Nothing in the data says that shedding fat at a fast yet reasonable pace does any harm. Based on a TDEE calculator — and without counting the 10 miles of cycling I've done every day since starting — my calorie deficit works out to roughly 3.2lbs per week.
After that first big whoosh, the following weeks were slower — and since that slowdown didn't line up with how much I was eating, it was clearly just my body settling into a new normal. I take in 1700 calories a day, and for me that's doable long term: no hunger pangs, no turning against food, just a quick sense of fullness plus the ability to keep cravings in check. Case in point — the candy dish at work no longer requires me to burn through every last bit of self-control to walk past it without grabbing any.
