Hey Loseit Community,
28/M/170lbs
I've been chugging along on my fat loss journey for a few months now, making nice steady progress of -2 lbs/week on average. This sub has been so helpful. I'm usually lifting heavy 3-4 days a week and seeing decent progress in my compounds, which is the nice part of starting out. Diet is at 500 cal deficit or so, as I'm still trying to narrow in on my actual TDEE.
However, my daughter's birthday was last weekend and I spent much of the time last week planning, prepping the house for company, and eating out instead of lifting and tracking calories/macros. When I stepped on the scale Monday morning, after cupcakes and alcohol and the like, I expected to have gained back a couple pounds, or at the very least have maintained where I was. Instead, I had lost a pound. Tuesday, I lost two more pounds. As of this morning, I've lost two MORE pounds. So I went from 175 on Sunday to 170 on Wednesday.
I've been out of the gym for about a week, and I obviously plan to get back on track this week. I've been eating pretty normally, maybe even a little more than usual. My scale displays a pretty consistent muscle to weight ratio of loss (about 50%), but I know it's not a very reliable metric. I watch it anyways just for something to reference.
Could muscle loss happen that quickly? If not, what else do you think might cause the fluctuation? 5 lbs, while not a lot, is pretty sudden, and I obviously want to retain as much muscle as possible. Thanks for your input!
EDIT: Someone pointed out that -2 lbs/week would look more like a 1000 cal deficit. That's probably more accurate.
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