I can't of dropped 40lbs in 9 days...what is going on ?

[Wantacurry]

I am a very fat 20 stone woman with medical issues.

Currently following a very strict low cal medical eating plan under dietician for the past 9 days, another 13 days to go :(

The digital bathroom scales which are still working correctly for my DH, tells me I have dropped 40 pounds over the last 9 days !

That can't be right, can it ?

I do minimum of 5 miles walking a day (11, 000 steps via Fitbit), 15 minutes of body weight with trx straps exercise x 3 a week and occasional swim at the weekend with my family.

Is this broken scales, water loss or a completed anomoly and I will be much heavier again tomorrow.

Just for completeness. I always use same scales on same point of the floor, when I wake up in the morning. After using toilet but before I step into the shower and naked !

Of course I would be delighted if it was a real loss but logically it just can't be, can it ?

As condiments I mean!! That wasn't all I could eat (felt like it sometimes though).

Amazing weight loss op. Well done, you must be really proud of yourself.
Took me a year to lose a stone

Wow - amazing weight loss. Well done

Well done, that's a fantastic start.
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Very well done indeed lass.

You've given me the incentive to keep going, thank you

Thanks for the kind words :)

I have a long long way to go. Assuming I can keep on going.

Ps. The Fodmap stick cubes are meh. Don't smell/taste of chicken but with pepper in my vegetable soup they are fine.

OP, every single pound is a step towards being healthier. Obviously it will slow down as you lose more, but it will keep going if you do 🤞🏻

Oh. I forgot to tell you guys what the problem with the scales was. A small piece of grit on one of the legs and as the scale body goes up and down on the legs, this grit had stopped one leg working and hence my stupid weight loss. Once the grit was removed it was fine.

My husband had last used the scales a couple of hours before me and the grit must of stuck in time for my morning weigh in.

So before my next (weekly) weigh in. I will check the legs of the scale to avoid the same thing happening again.

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Evening all. And well done on your weight loss, OP!

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Thanks for reading.

well done wantacurry 14lbs is really excellent.

Now 40 lbs down for real !

Well done!!
I’m dieting very slowly - lost 4 stone 3lb so far
Aiming for another 2 stone over next 6 months to a year

Congratulations! What an achievement.

I still have an unmentionable amount to lose but I am now concentrating on losing the next 40lbs. I hope to get there by November or Christmas.

Wish me luck.

Congratulations! That's brilliant. Well done you.

Well done you, thats brilliant progress.

Well done OP that’s amazing!

OMG well done!

Well done! Keep it up.

Well done! Keep updating! Do you look really different?

Amazing wantacurry!! Be extremely proud of yourself! X

Wow!you are doing brilliantly OP! Very well done!

Congratulations and here's to the next 40.