FATEdestinythank you so much for posting. A real life person showing it CAN be done is hugely inspirational.
Looking at what you dropped you had some weeks which were big drops of 4-7lbs but others where you had an 0.5 or a 1.5. They are all amazing losses but do you recall if this was down to doing anything differently or is it just that weight loss isn't linear?
@NakedAvenger
Significant loses, week on week, was massively motivating. I lost between 2-4lb (sometimes more) in all of the first 16 weeks from Jan-Apr, with my holiday being the only (understandable) exception.
I was big and was eating probably 800-1000 daily calories at the time, which is the reason for big losses.
It's interesting that weight loss slowed at the time i started "proper running" (when started running at least 5k every day). I always had a loss each week, just smaller. With hindsight, I was just giving myself permission to eat more because I was exercising more. I now know there was no need to eat extra for runs which are only 10km, certainly not 5km. But I started thinking things like:
"I need the energy to run"
"it's water weight from using my muscles"
"It's muscles being built"
None of these were true, I don't think. I just allowed myself to eat more calories, more calories than I was burning through extra exercise.
I would be upset with any loss less than 2lb. But then I also realised that I couldn't possibly keep losing 1 stone per month indefinitely. So I rationalized it that this must be the start of more reasonable 1lb/week losses. Then I'd go for it with strict calorie control the next weeks and realise I still could lose a lot each week if I focused.
I have always weighted myself daily, but recorded it weekly. This means there are no surprises. I can see weight creeping slowly either up or down and have time in the week to modify my diet according to how rapidly I want to lose.
On weighing daily - always do it first thing in the morning. As soon as I wake, after having a wee and poo. This allows for consistency, since everyone's weight goes up throughout the day and then drops over night.
So if I saw a gain on Sunday and Monday mornings, from the weekend, I would be very strict on my calorie deficit for the rest of the week. Then I had an overall weekly loss, even though I might have had a gain within that week.
I definaty recommend daily first thing in the morning weighing.