What to expect
Weight loss to start generally early with rapidity followed by a slower, longer period of weight loss. In some cases, weight loss may plateau. This is when it may become challenging to prevent weight regain. Expect initial weight loss of 10 % of body weight. In the initial weight loss, you’ll begin to notice changes in your appearance and how your clothes fit but the real measure is the change in your weight on the scale. It usually happens within the first few weeks especially noted with concurrent GLP-1 receptor agonists that is now popular. These drugs bind to receptors in the brain and gut, regulating appetite, hunger, and blood sugar levels. In the beginning, your weight loss will be mostly due to water loss. Furthermore, if you are on a low carb diet, it will result in less water being stored in your body and a net loss of water. Weight loss tends to happen more rapidly in people who follow a low carb diet than in those who follow a low-fat diet, depleting your body’s carb stores faster, along with water. With the low carbohydrate stores in your body, it will look for other source of fuel which is forcibly the storage of fat that you have accumulated. And your fat loss starts to happen in the next phase of your life’s struggle with adiposity. Other than low carb diet, results depend on your age, sex, starting weight, and physical activity level. For example, men are likely to lose weight more quickly than women and older adults may lose weight more quickly than younger adults. Additionally, you’re likely to lose weight more quickly if you have a higher starting weight and exercise more often. Last but not the least, motivation is the key, and building trust in oneself that she or he can do it makes a world of difference and to make it your own passion in life. (incentivize)