hi!
I would care more about the avergae weight loss, vs how many each and every week.
I know personally that the trend with me has been good week, bad week, good week etc. And i'm not talking about calories- I've been very consistent. So I think some people just hang onto the fat as long as possible and then drop at once instead of little by little..and then when I'm down, its frequently 3lbs at once.
I agree too about keeping the exercise seperate from the eating..
I am not a calorie counter persay, (I eat a designated meal plan with lots of choices ) BUT whenever I plug my numbers into fitday I've been 1150-1300 calories. I also need about 1800 to maintain, so the calculators say (i'm 164lbs)
I exercise about 3x a week on the recumbent bike for 85minutes, and do turbo jam when I feel like it , maybe 2x/week. I think the exersice doesn't have a huge impact on weight loss for me, but it does help my appetite, stress level, and making me feel healthier and less like a big blob of lazy cellulite. lol
I think it may be even more critical to exercise while maintaining, bc that gives you an extra "play" of a couple hundred calories several times per week so you can still have some joy
Anyway I kinda got off point but what I mean is that I would keep the exercise factor seperate UNLESS it was really extreme like you were an olympic althlete or running 500 miles a day..kwim? even then I would probably make sure the "extra" cals were protein based. The ppl on Biggest Loser apparently worked out like crazy and they still followed a lower calorie diet, so I don't think that particualr aspect of it puts you in starvation mode.
If that makes any sense..lol