What is the most weight you can lose

per day? per week? I have been trying a new diet and have lost 8 pounds in 5
days. I have never lost so quick before. Is this even possible?? I am freaking
out a little bit. I only have about 15 pounds to lose and have been having an
impossible time losing it after trying EVERY diet, including liquid fasting
(stopped working) and nothing worked. But all of a sudden I dump 8 pounds in 5
days. Has this happened to anyone before?

What about anorexics? People who starve totally...how much do they lose a day,
a week? I am just curious because 8 pounds in 5 days seems like an unreal
amount for someone eating. Thanks
Vanessa

KittenLove99 wrote:

per day? per week? I have been trying a new diet and have lost 8 pounds in 5
days. I have never lost so quick before. Is this even possible?? I am freaking
out a little bit. I only have about 15 pounds to lose and have been having an
impossible time losing it after trying EVERY diet, including liquid fasting
(stopped working) and nothing worked. But all of a sudden I dump 8 pounds in 5
days. Has this happened to anyone before?

What about anorexics? People who starve totally...how much do they lose a day,
a week? I am just curious because 8 pounds in 5 days seems like an unreal
amount for someone eating. Thanks
Vanessa

15 pounds of what? Glycogen depletion where you didn't get enough
liquids to restore it?

No, you can't lose 8 pounds of fat in five days. But you can certainly
have water weight changes around 5 pounds and lose another pound or two
on a catabolic diet.

But at that rate I'd still have to ask: pounds of what? Are you
cannabilizing your muscles (including your heart) and leaching out
density from your bones, or are you tapping into your fat stores
preferentially? Rapid weight loss is associated with the former rather
than the later and is CLOSELY associated with rapid regain (plus some)
when you stop dieting.

Five days of anything isn't going to kill you, but if you really do want
to bring down your body fat percentage then you're going to have to get
smart about it. Want some links?

Dally

KittenLove99 wrote:

per day? per week? I have been trying a new diet and have lost 8 pounds in 5
days. I have never lost so quick before. Is this even possible?? I am freaking
out a little bit. I only have about 15 pounds to lose and have been having an
impossible time losing it after trying EVERY diet, including liquid fasting
(stopped working) and nothing worked. But all of a sudden I dump 8 pounds in 5
days. Has this happened to anyone before?

What about anorexics? People who starve totally...how much do they lose a day,
a week? I am just curious because 8 pounds in 5 days seems like an unreal
amount for someone eating. Thanks
Vanessa

15 pounds of what? Glycogen depletion where you didn't get enough
liquids to restore it?

No, you can't lose 8 pounds of fat in five days. But you can certainly
have water weight changes around 5 pounds and lose another pound or two
on a catabolic diet.

But at that rate I'd still have to ask: pounds of what? Are you
cannabilizing your muscles (including your heart) and leaching out
density from your bones, or are you tapping into your fat stores
preferentially? Rapid weight loss is associated with the former rather
than the later and is CLOSELY associated with rapid regain (plus some)
when you stop dieting.

Five days of anything isn't going to kill you, but if you really do want
to bring down your body fat percentage then you're going to have to get
smart about it. Want some links?

Dally

Want some links?

Dally



Yes please

Rich wrote:
Dally offered:

Want some links?

Yes please

Well, the absolute best site I could send you to is Mistress Krista's -
she's got everything in there you'll ever need, but maybe you could
start by going to this page:

http://www.stumptuous.com/dietsdontwork.html

And then read everything on the Eating section at the main site at:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

Here's one that talks a bit about why you need to train and eat smart to
burn preferentially from fat stores. It's part of a much larger site
that goes into deep scientific detail on how energy is used, too, but
start with the easy stuff:
http://www.hussman.org/fitness/deficit.htm

Here's a couple about why you want to measure body fat percentages
rather than weight - it's really silly to aim for some random number
when every body is different.

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm

And here are two different body fat calculators: they give radically
different answers for me and I trust the first one more than the second
one, but the second one might be better for people who were never obese:

http://www.biofitness.com/bodyfat.html
http://www.he.net/~zone/prothd2.html

For some nuts and bolts tools for weight loss I recommend you track your
food at http://www.Fitday.com. Pay particular attention to portion
sizes - this requires that you measure for a while. Measuring and
logging are excellent tools to have in your diet toolbox and you'll find
yourself coming back to them once in a while for the rest of your life
when you need a sanity check on your diet.

To learn how to do free weights (after you've read everything at
Krista's site) go to http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.html for a primer on
what exercises work what muscles and how to do them.

If you're going to get away from the scale (and I hope you've figured
out that you need to by now) then I recommend you log your
transformation someplace that pays attention to your changes from
several points of view. This one shows pictures, measurements, body fat
percentages as well as weight in a table format.
http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/ You can find my profile by
searching for Dally. Take a look at it and notice how slowly I'm losing
weight. In the past four months I've only lost 4 pounds. But I've lost
another inch off of my hips and more than an inch off of my waist. Do
you think a pound a month is too slow? It's not for me because I get
feedback from other ways that my changes are coming along.

There's more, but this is enough for now.

Dally
244/174/168
42/26/23%

Rich wrote:
Dally offered:

Want some links?

Yes please

Well, the absolute best site I could send you to is Mistress Krista's -
she's got everything in there you'll ever need, but maybe you could
start by going to this page:

http://www.stumptuous.com/dietsdontwork.html

And then read everything on the Eating section at the main site at:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

Here's one that talks a bit about why you need to train and eat smart to
burn preferentially from fat stores. It's part of a much larger site
that goes into deep scientific detail on how energy is used, too, but
start with the easy stuff:
http://www.hussman.org/fitness/deficit.htm

Here's a couple about why you want to measure body fat percentages
rather than weight - it's really silly to aim for some random number
when every body is different.

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm

And here are two different body fat calculators: they give radically
different answers for me and I trust the first one more than the second
one, but the second one might be better for people who were never obese:

http://www.biofitness.com/bodyfat.html
http://www.he.net/~zone/prothd2.html

For some nuts and bolts tools for weight loss I recommend you track your
food at http://www.Fitday.com. Pay particular attention to portion
sizes - this requires that you measure for a while. Measuring and
logging are excellent tools to have in your diet toolbox and you'll find
yourself coming back to them once in a while for the rest of your life
when you need a sanity check on your diet.

To learn how to do free weights (after you've read everything at
Krista's site) go to http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.html for a primer on
what exercises work what muscles and how to do them.

If you're going to get away from the scale (and I hope you've figured
out that you need to by now) then I recommend you log your
transformation someplace that pays attention to your changes from
several points of view. This one shows pictures, measurements, body fat
percentages as well as weight in a table format.
http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com/ You can find my profile by
searching for Dally. Take a look at it and notice how slowly I'm losing
weight. In the past four months I've only lost 4 pounds. But I've lost
another inch off of my hips and more than an inch off of my waist. Do
you think a pound a month is too slow? It's not for me because I get
feedback from other ways that my changes are coming along.

There's more, but this is enough for now.

Dally
244/174/168
42/26/23%

but this is enough for now.


I'll say.........

Dally
244/174/168
42/26/23%

What do these numbers indicate

Thanks

Rich

In article , KittenLove99
wrote:

per day? per week? I have been trying a new diet and have lost 8 pounds in 5
days. I have never lost so quick before. Is this even possible?? I am freaking
out a little bit. I only have about 15 pounds to lose and have been having an
impossible time losing it after trying EVERY diet, including liquid fasting
(stopped working) and nothing worked. But all of a sudden I dump 8 pounds in 5
days. Has this happened to anyone before?

Give thanks and keep on trucking!

--
Diva
*****
The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman

In article , KittenLove99
wrote:

per day? per week? I have been trying a new diet and have lost 8 pounds in 5
days. I have never lost so quick before. Is this even possible?? I am freaking
out a little bit. I only have about 15 pounds to lose and have been having an
impossible time losing it after trying EVERY diet, including liquid fasting
(stopped working) and nothing worked. But all of a sudden I dump 8 pounds in 5
days. Has this happened to anyone before?

Give thanks and keep on trucking!

--
Diva
*****
The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman

Rich wrote:

but this is enough for now.


I'll say.........


Dally
244/174/168
42/26/23%


starting weight/current weight/goal weight, but since I'm focused on
reaching a goal body fat percentage more than a goal weight, I also show
my starting body fat percentage, my current body fat percentage and my
goal body fat percentage.

A woman aiming to be 23% is not going to be a fitness model. That'd be
a curvy size 12 on me, with excess fat on my hips and maybe a bit of
heft to my calves and upper arms. An athletic look might be at around
18%. I put my goals down to indicate what I'm looking for. This site
gives some broad range ideas of what body fat percentages mean.

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm

Dally