So, I am a bit of a hypochondriac, and I tend to make mountains out of molehills when it comes to anything health related. I have recently begun my weight loss journey, and I have been very proud of myself for my progress so far. I have made some very drastic changes to my eating habits, along with exercising nearly every single day.
I am male, 31, and stand at 6'4". When I started all of this, I weighed in at 333 lbs. That was nearly 5 weeks ago. Today, I weighed in at 316.5. Now, when I hit 318, which was last Friday, I was extremely happy with myself. I finally felt like I was making some serious progress. But, over the weekend, I began to have some intrusive thoughts about health anxiety.
"What if I'm losing weight too quickly and I'm hurting myself?" "What if I'm losing weight so fast because I have cancer or some other sort of horrible illness?" So on and so forth.
So, I'm coming to you guys to ask, is this a reasonable pace for a guy my size to be losing weight? I read online that you shouldn't really be losing more than 2 lbs per week, but I wonder if that applies to someone who is as heavy as I am.
I have't been counting, but I would wager that my caloric intake is about 1,400 - 1,600 per day, but that is just a guess. I know for sure that, before dinner, my intake is about 800-900, but we cook many different types of foods, and it's hard to gauge what our dinners would be when it comes to calories.
Am I just freaking out for no reason, or is this something I need to worry about? Thanks in advance, y'all.
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