Well like on thursday I think it was (5days ago today) I started my diet. I have been walking and riding my bike almost everyday and eating very healthy I have had NO cheat meals. On average I have been eating about I tihnk around 2500 or a little less I have been trying to eat more. I started out at 234lbs. and now I down to 224lbs. and weighed my self just now and got 222lbs. Can anyone tell me why I am loosing weight this fast? I am concerned? I dont want to loose it this fast I heard its unhealthy and stuff and someone go over this with me thanks.

Btw I am 15, 5' 9'', male

Are you weighing yourself consistently? If you weigh yourself after a hard workout, you may be 5 or more pounds lighter than otherwise, due to lower glycogen and water in your body.

This might also occur if you changed to a low carbohydrate diet.

Being so young, your body can fluctuate in weight pretty easily, and as tjl mentioned, when you weight yourself has a lot to do with your weight. Make a consistent time to weight yourself - like once a week, after you go to the bathroom but before you eat breakfast. This will ensure at least somewhat similar conditions for each weigh-in and give you more consistent results.

When most people start any kind of diet they end up taking in fewer Carbs so the effect is still there even if they aren't trying to eliminate them

Carbs cause your body to retain more water, by dropping calories you could have lost about 5lbs just from water

Word! When I was low carbing, I lost a lot of weight at first, and every carb up I would gain weight (even though I ate about the same amount of cals) and after the carb ups I would lose weight again.

Okay thanks a lot guys =] I was just making sure I was still healthy and I was going to like die or something haha thanks all for the information.

EDIT: On a side note is there any drinks I can drink for my diet that arent has boring has water just like once in a while?

The body is regularly challenged by, and must react to, a variety of stresses.

Think about this "logically"

1. Before starting diet, calories were high and the body had a chance to adapt.

The body was within its "comfort zone" so-to-speak: An Anabolic State. It was getting more calories than it needed, and happier than ever putting on the fat tissue. It had, more than likely, more than enough carbs, proteins, and fats, and other micronutrients, it needed to survive.

It was cruising in full metabolic gear specific to the person. (or to you)

Suddenly, however, you apply the brakes:

2. You changed your diet trend--rather drastically--from the trend of the past--stirring up a "potential" atmosphere for a "quick adaption" due to the stimulus applied:

A. A 5 day calorie deficit. (as compared to a long length of calorie surpluses)

B. Calorie deficit WITH a carbohydrate deficit = water loss and the a prime atmosphere for fat loss. Not to mention the "potential" of side effects of being low on carbohydrates (dependent on the person and deprevity of carbohydrates)


And........


Since you were cruising, for lack of arguement ("normally"), you suddenly went off a cliff with your diet approach, which the body can tend to react strongly (both good and bad), and thus.......


Requiring an "adaptive response". (specific to you)

FEEL THE POWER OF BODY'S ADAPTIVE RESPONSE!

And, be wise within your fat loss goal about the adaptive reponse:

This continues but can vary per person.

This adaptive response is the very thing that can hang people in their fat loss quest.

Because they tend to forget, that after the initial and sudden change, the body will AGAIN adapt (down the road) to what you are doing to it (in training and within the diet structure).

I want no one's spirit sucked out. We have enough of this going on in the world, and need more people trying to have people realize how they "can suck it in".

You take this "adaptive machine" we have and suck it in your mind.....remember it, and remember it WELL, deal with it correctly, and you will earn your goal.

The body doesnt like having itself for dinner, and will adapt and "try to overcome" by making "periodical" adjustments; likewise, you must adapt and overcome the attempts through knowledge of diet and fitness.

Here is a self test to see if you are finished:

Do you have a "pulse"? "Yes".Then it isnt over yet: GET YOURSELF ROCKEN!

(Chillen)



Remember bodily adaption and remember it well.


Chillen

Always awesome chillen I am still waiting for my little Poem lol

I guess you havent seen: "The Wager" journal yet.





Best wishes


Chillen

Just read now I kinda wish you were a girl

LOL. Last time I checked......hmm......let me see, Yep, I am a male.


I read this a while ago:

This poor B@stard, got his "stick" super glued to his thigh when he was sleeping. Some girlfriend, pissed at her boyfriend did this........

He had to go to the emergency room. They used nail polish remover to get it unstuck.


I guess he learned not to piss her off, LOL.

Best wishes


Chillen

Okay so all the males on this Forum do not get Chillen pissed off or he will make you go

I posted that for a laugh.....Actually if it were me or you, it wouldn't be too funny. What happens when one wakes up with a morning "woody"...

Uh.....that would sort of cause a complication.

Best wishes

Chillen