To consider someone losing three stone of weight in two months

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Very concerning

@Vates what do you call wating right and cuttinf out the crap? I'm desperate to change my eating habits and it cant be obvious ti me as im still huge 🤦‍♀️

I absolutely would love to do this. I'm huge and if I could lose 3 stone it would be a huge start. I want to retrsin my appetite. However so often people seem to put the weight back on.

It would concern me because whenever I have seen friends lose this quickly, it all goes back on and agin, usually with more on top. Because the eating patterns aren't sustainable. I sympathise, but it is way easier to keep weight off if you lose slowly by reducing portions, making healthier choices and increasing exercise than by strict dieting.

It is easily possible if she has cut a few 1000 calories a day with exercise from 15 stone.
I worried about Dsis how quickly she lost weight once she made her decision she lost 5 stone last 2 took longer she has kept it off 6 years later.

I've had a think about this thread. I've had a drink, and am a bloke, so when I post bear that in mind

@NewspaperTaxis. Your post makes no sense at all. The OPs friend has already lost the weight 😕

@NewspaperTaxis WHAT?!? 😂 Are you on the gin?!

A good 10lbs of that could be bloat/water weight if she's anything like me. Apart from that, 15 stone is very big, she'll feel better with it off, and if she doesn't go back to her previous unhealthy eating habits then she'll keep it off. Crack on I say.

Everything I've read suggetss its better to lose gradually or you risk putting it all back on.

A large percentage of people lose weight and then revert to old habits and put weight back on regardless of how slowly they lose the weight

Accountability is a sure way long term of not regaining weight - so continuing to be weighed weekly at goal weight can prevent this happening long term

When you first start dieting, weight can come off very quickly but there is a difference between weight loss and fat loss.

I lost about 30lbs over the March lockdown and a huge amount came off in the beginning which was thrilling and so motivating to keep going. But then I stayed the same weight for a few weeks. Because I had lost a decent amount of fat but had equally lost quite a few pounds of water retention due to a healthier diet and exercise, plus drinking lots of water each day (all these things contribute to reduced water retention).

So the figures are always highest in the beginning. This is not a trajectory for the remainder of her journey though - the fitter she gets the slower she will lose but she will also be looking better already.

I hope she is successful!

A large percentage of people lose weight and then revert to old habits and put weight back on regardless of how slowly they lose the weight
Agreed it doesn't matter how fast or slow you lose it once you go back to old habits you'll regain it.
My Dsis stays under 1500 calories a day she lost 5 stone she is a size 10 over 6 years now.
Her hungar pattern changed.
The biggest thing she learnt is hungry passes.

Depends how overweight they are. If (say) 6 stone plus then they are v v overweight and the first lot would often come off quickly as soon as they reduced calorie intake.

Now I'd had a drink when I posted but it still makes sense to me - until I read that the OP had already lost the weight anyway, so in which case not quite sure why everyone is pitching in to offer advice. Guess the OP means, was/is this dangerous? Almost spilt milk, you might say.

Did the OP ever come back on this thread to clarify anything?

Oh, yeah, alright, the OP made a few laconic posts.

It’s just all the advice always says to lose weight slowly is best for keeping it. I would imagine rapid weight loss can lead to excess skin and stretch marks to.

Are you jealous, OP? It sounds fine to me. Depending on how tall your friend is, she's probably still very overweight at 12 stone. So to go from 15 stone to 12 stone in 2 months isn't as drastic as, say, 9st to 6st.

I was 192lbs on October 12th. I was 143lbs this morning. I am 5'6 1/2.
I am following an extremely low calorie, keto diet.
I have been asking myself for a while if I am extremely strong-willed or if I am veering I to eating disorder territory.
However, no one around me has expressed any concern.

It is not the first time I am losing weight and I do not have looser skin than when I lost it slowlier.

Into, not I to...

No I’m a healthy weight and always have been so I’ve no experience of losing weight.

Butt out. Seriously. Do not start with the "concern". Everyone thinks they own women's bodies even other women. Too fat, too thin, losing weight too quicky, too slowly, too skinny, too muscly, don't work out you will get big masculine muscles.

Leave her alone. Do not comment on her body or her choices around her body management unless she specifically requests your opinion.

My weight goes up dramatically when I change medication and I have to lose it again, so I have done that about 3 times now, gone from about 14-15 st to 10-11 st in just a few months.

I find it easiest just to make a start and go hard at it, 1200 cal or less and 5:2, cutting down booze and carbs plus exercise. Your friend may just suddenly have become motivated (maybe seeing an unflattering photo, a favourite dress didn't fit, or a health scare, including covid-19) and taken a similar approach.

For me, 1-2lb loss a week would just be too slow when I have several stones to lose and I would lose momentum. I think when it's a considerable loss, the benefits of getting to a healthy weight are what spur people on to act fast once they've finally made the decision to do so and outweigh the risk of cosmetic issues like stretch marks.

Plus I find it easier to get used to eating differently rather than just changing things a bit, the lines are clearer and easier to stay within.

All in all, your friend might just have made a really big effort and gone all out to change her habits. If you're still concerned, check in and see how she seems.

So to me it sounds as though you liked her being the "fat friend" and now she is doing something about it you don't like it or potentially the attention and compliments she is getting. You are trying to mask this as "concern". If you were concerned you would see that her original weight was of more concern. There are plenty of vlcd out there that are perfectly healthy ways to lose weight. Indeed Cambridge weight plan is recommended by the NHS.

Either support your friend or keep quiet.

RememberSelfCompassion - I am struggling too, started well which for me was cutting out chocolate and reducing my other high calorie foods (or rather ones I was scoffing loads of!) cheese in particular. I can only say what worked/works for me which was to stop eating so much and calorie counting. When I cut my calories I lost weight. But, no, I don't have an answer for anyone else.

No, just mind your own business.