hi lyndagayle. No, sorry, you're not a turtle! (But you can visit us here any time you like!
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Typical weight loss pattern on LC:
Weeks 1-2: -10% of amount to lose
Weeks 3-4: very little lost; maybe even a pound or two gained
Weeks 5-X [5-15 pounds from goal]: whatever the person's loss rate will be. This is when you know if you're a turtle or not. If you're cheating once a week, you can't claim turtlehood!
You might lose for two weeks, nothing for two weeks--it's the average per week loss that is 'your rate'
Last 5-15 pounds: "are these darned pounds EVER going to come off?" (ok, not a rate, but that's the experience.)
So...10% for you would be 4 pounds. Not only are you not a turtle, you're fast!
Check the beginning weights of those who lose 10-20 pounds in two weeks--they tend to be 100 or more pounds overweight. Or they're men. (might as well be a different species than women, the way they lose!) Or, worst of all, they were terribly bloated (one cannot lose more than 2 pounds of fat per week and probably not that much--anything else lost is water weight) and so probably severely hyperinsulimic with all the attendant health risks--not something to wish for!