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Old April 12th, 2009, 06:06 PM posted to alt.support.diet
Doug Freyburger
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Default Can I have some advice here

wrote:

Ok I have lost about 28 pounds in the past month or so and I have had
people tell me left and right I am loosing it to fast. What do they
mean by me loosing it to fast what is supposed to happen if I loose it
to fast?


If you are able to lose very quickly, then you are equally able
to regain very quickly and the time scale of gain is shorter
than the time scale of loss. Yyou have a higher risk of falling
off the wagon than slow losers.

When going for all or nothing, nearly every case the end
result is nothing.

Combining these and noting the history of many dieters
your risk of crash and burn yoyo dieting is much higher than
most.

Now consider the calorie issue. Fat is 3500-4000 calories
per pound. Human metabolism ranges from 1000 calories
up and the less you eat the lower the calories burned.
Essentially if you're losing at a rate of over 2 pounds per
week it is highly unlikely that it's all fat. Losing other than
fat isn't good. When this arithmatic doesn't work - More to
lose gives faster to lose it so folks with well over 100
pounds to lose can pull off 2+ pounds per week as they
lose if they are very careful about chosing foods carefully.
To sustain 7+ per week you'd need to have well over 200
pounds to lose and as you lose it the rate would need to
taper down.

Of course no one ever complains about their own losing
quickly but it still isn't a good idea. The chance that what
you're doing is healthy is low and the chance that what
you're doing is injurious is high.