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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. I'm post menopausal,  so things go slow, but:
2. I have lost about 20 lbs since Jan  (I told you it was slow), and would like to lose 10 more. It will probably take 6 more months.  
3. Weights 3x a week, 3 mile walking daily with weights, 1200 to 1300 calories per day. Vegetarian.  
Here's the thing- I will stay at a weight for a very very long time, like 3 or 4 weeks, and then out of no where, I'm 2 lbs lower.  Then I stay there a very long time, then maybe 1 lb. Occasionally I go up, but it reverts in a few days. Probably water weight.  This has been going on  all this time. My Fitness Pal and other calculators, plans always talk abour .5 to 1 lb per week,  but this seems to be how I do it. Hard to stay motivated. 
Is this actually more like how weight loss works?[/quote]

This is actually very typical. Weight loss is not linear. Often when I have one of those big 2 lbs sudden drops it will go up some the next day.

If you weigh yourself daily you will see that weight is always fluctuating.,  but, if you are trying to lose weight and in a deficit the trendline will be going down.

I think the fact that most people don't realize that this it typical is why a lot of people give up on what they are doing, throw the towel in and claim nothing works. They see a the same weight for a week or even small increase after doing everything right and give up. [/quote]

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