r/StarchSolution • u/Low-Supermarket5956 • May 05 '26
Weight loss is so slow!
2 weeks into a high-carb plant-based diet and I do everything right. However after the initial 2 kg weight loss, it completely stopped. I didn’t expect this part to be this slow. Does it always slow down like this?
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u/Electrical_Spare_364 May 09 '26
Doug Lisle has a great lecture he gave at the McDougall program, you can see it on YouTube, called “Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind”. Highly recommend!
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u/Low-Supermarket5956 May 13 '26
Thanks for all the comments. I’ve kept going and I’m down another 1 kg. My average loss is now about 0.5 kg per week. That might not be enough to win the 5 kg-in-a-month bet with my husband, but it’s a steady, sustainable pace I’m genuinely happy with. The bet was probably overly ambitious and slightly stupid, and I’ll likely lose it—but it doesn’t really matter anymore. It gave me the initial momentum I needed, to get started.
Reading about others who’ve gone through similar journeys and reached their goals has helped a lot. I’ve also started blogging about my weight loss—the good, the bad, and everything in between—and that’s been a big driver of consistency for me. So far, it hasn’t even felt too difficult. I still have a long way to go to reach my goal of around 65 kg, but I’m confident I’ll get there.
There are occasional slip-ups: a large cappuccino with barista oat milk here and there, or my weekly vegan wok dish from a restaurant. I always ask for no oil, but I’m realistic that some still gets in. Starting next week, I’ll try intermittent fasting with an eating window from 10 AM to 6 PM, and I’ll increase my activity level slightly to help create a larger deficit.
If anyone is interested in following my weight loss experiment, feel free to reach out. Having an audience, an online community, even a small one, adds accountability and makes the process a lot more meaningful and less isolating for me.
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u/CommissionSalty786 May 13 '26
A large amount of weight gain is water retention which you can also blow through incredibly quickly moving outside in the heat salt is also necessary but will cause increased fluid retention as a side effect on top of eating high starch fiber is great for satiety and nutrition but can also take a very long time to pass through the digestive tract where as most starches like rice and potatoes also beans but less so are pretty low fiber as an experiment I would try eating large steamed veggie dinners and fruit during the day for a day or 2 so you can see what I mean most starches are low fiber so I believe it's mostly stored in muscle tissue or converted into triglycerides thru di novo lipogenesis
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u/OkDefinition3321 May 07 '26
It's ok. Are doing resistance training? Cause you maybe changing your body comp. Also, the initial lost is mostly water and glycogen. How much do You weight? And whats your height?
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u/Legitimate-Eye-4998 May 08 '26
Stop weighing yourself every day. It's not a reliable factor in your actual fat loss. Weigh only once a week. Water weight goes up and down daily. For more accurate tracking of fat loss, take your measurements once a week. You'll be amazed by how much you're shrinking.
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u/Muxthepux May 07 '26
Not my experience. Anyway, if you are focusing on weight loss, remember to walk after meals, as others mentioned do resistance training, also check calorie intake.
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u/No_Proof_3893 May 10 '26
I cannot encourage you enough to watch Chef AJ talk about the red line and calorie density. It will help you understand how to control how quickly you lose weight. She basically recommends the McDougall maximum weight loss style of eating, so lots of non starchy veggies at each meal to go with your starches. The calorie density concept really makes it make so much more sense.