A thousand-calorie-per-day deficit is actually going to get you more like 2 pounds a week, averaged over the long term. To average 3 pounds a week, one needs about a 1,500 calorie per day deficit.

Ya no kidding, I didn't want to just blow her out of the water. This is hard enough as it is. But ,then again the truth is so much more interesting. My bad.

They dont scare me. Why jump on everybody?

Thanks to everyone whos shown support. I've lost another (nearly) 5lbs and I feel pretty good.

No, not at all! I'm a "set your expectations low and be pleasantly surprised" person, so for me, expecting to lose 4 pounds a week on a 1k deficit would leave me miserable when I only lost 2. When I was losing, my little planning spreadsheet projected out my loss a little more slowly than I knew I ought to see if I stuck to my plan, and I found it very motivating to be half a pound or a pound lower than projection at the end of a month.