Cycling Average Calorie Burn

How is it possible for me to be losing an above average amount of weight per day?

I keep reading different things about weight loss and it says to lose one pound you have to burn 3500 calories. Also it says the average person burns around 1500 calories a day. I eat a healthy lunch like a sandwich from Subway, and I eat a healthy dinner fish or chicken, and vegetables and sometime rice plus all I drink is water. I work out between 2 and 3 hours a day just walking and cycling usually an hour to an hour and a half of each. I burn 1000 calories or less a day working out, but with the average calorie burn of 1500 plus 1000 I could not lose a pound a day, but I seem to be losing 1 to 2 pounds each day! How is this possible?

A lot depends on how long you have been working on it. The first 5 or 10 pounds are always water weight, so if you’ve been doing it for less than a week or two, this wouldn’t be unusual. And some of it depends on how overweight you are. While you are heavier, it is a little easier to lose weight than later when you only have ten pounds to lose. You didn’t mention breakfast, so it’s also possible you are eating too few calories. If you keep this up, you will find yourself reaching a point where you can’t lose weight unless you drop to extremely unhealthy calorie levels or excessive exercise.

On the other hand, if this is the way you have been living for some time, there may be something wrong. You might need to get your thyroid checked.

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