Is it normal to lose 2 pounds in one week?

Answer 1

People's weight typically fluctuates within a certain range. Step onto a scale at various times throughout the day, and you're likely to see a slightly different weight each time, depending on the accuracy of your scale and how recently you consumed a meal/liquid or used the bathroom.

So firstly, you have to understand that a change of two pounds of your scale's reading from one week to the next might not even reflect any real change in your body weight. What you should be more concerned with is whether or not there's a sustained change in body weight over several weeks. An average loss of 2 pounds a week is nothing to be concerned over, so long as your weight remains at or above your ideal weight.