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Originally Posted by Lisa~
When I am working with parents of young children, I'll tell them to think of how their child grows. It's not 1% growth in height and weight per week on a steady basis! They stay the same for weeks and then seem to grow 2" in height and 2 pants sizes overnight. Weight loss is the same.
In my experience (this is totally anecdotal!), the body tries very hard to stay the same. If you just stay steady on your plan, then bam, one day there's another big drop like the amazing weight loss you had in the first week of dieting. It often comes about week 4 of a diet, too. You make great progress week 1, some week 2, then week 3 and maybe 4 it's like nothing is happening. Just stay true and wow, at the end of week 4 or 5 there's another big change in either the scale or the tape measure. It's very motivational when it happens and very discouraging when you're trudging through the tough weeks.
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this is one reason I chart my weight and use a trend line - the days of "no change" are reality but the pattern and the trend line are real as well - here is my "1st 50 lbs" chart:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddjhgjft_0cmdwqw