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I have been dieting and lifting weights (well Bowflex) for 7 weeks now. I have lost a total of 23lbs.
One thing that I have read repeatedly pretty much every where I went is that if you lose more than 2-3lbs (for men 1-2 for women) a week, you are losing muscle and bone density because on average, the body can only shed that much fat. By losing muscle, you are actually fighting against yourself as the more muscle you have the harder your metabolism works (this is my lifting weights is one of the best exercises for losing weight).
Also, as another person wrote, your inital weight lose is usually about 5-7lbs of excess water in your body. So taking this in concideration, you probably lost about 2-3 lbs of fat and the rest was water.
Good for you though - but don't quit if you don't lose as much next week.
Flow
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