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I just want to say that as a person with a former BMI of 44, even in moderation CR has helped me lose much weight much faster than 1 or 2 lbs per week. I do not think this can be avoided and should it really? As long as I am eating the proper calories and nutrients, it does not seem to be a negative.Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...> wrote: I thought of another issue that might be going on here with cryonid. Since you have quite a low BMI, and are only on CR for the last 6 months, it is possible that you

lost too much weight too fast. You don't say what your starting stats were, so I'm guessing at this. . See our files and what Walford says about the importance of losing weight slowly. The idea is to restrict only 100 or so calories a day to begin with and increase that amount slowly depending on how fast you're losing weight - all discussed in "BT120YD"----------From: Francesca Skelton <fskeltonerols>Hi Cryonid: I hope you are going to see a doctor about your cough - especially if it doesn't get better or gets any worse. If you've read our files, you should have seen that we do not recommend extremes. If you haven't already read it, see the file "extreme vs. moderate CR". You seem to be a person who could easily slip into anorexia. So aim for more calories and be sure you get them. Anorexia is serious business and difficult to climb out of, once you're in it's

grasp.on 12/2/2006 9:46 AM, cryonid at cryonid wrote: Hi all,I've been doing CR for over 6 months now and been feeling greatphysically - more focused, refreshed, needing less sleep, etc.. Sogreat , in fact, that only in the last few weeks I realized I'vestarted being too extreme, and decided to start working out seriouslyand trying to gain some weight and some muscle mass.A few things happened that made me concerned:1. I got my body fat percentage measured at the gym and both gadgets(one which you step on barefoot and the other you hold with yourhands) failed to measure me and generated an error. A few days laterthe one on which you step worked and showed 2.9% bodyfat. Is this evenpossible? And if it's not an error, isn't it extremely dangerous? Theguy who works at the gym told me it's the lowest he's ever seen, andthat it's great and he envies me as long as I'm in

good health, but Ifear it's way too low (if it's anywhere near correct). Also, my BMI(yes, I know it's not a great measure, but the gadget measuresthis...) is 17.4 which is also lower than any I've heard about (I'm180cm tall and weight 56kg).2. I've noticed that if I don't eat a lot after workouts I wake upextremely hungry in the middle of the night. This never happenedbefore I started working out (I generally never let myself gethungry). Has this happened to anyone else? Does this simply happenbecause of increased caloric need due to workouts?3. This is the most concerning. Over the last week I've developed anunexplained cough. This never happened to me before - I always cough afew weeks after getting a cold, but never without a preceding cold.I'm beginning to fear I've damaged some important organs.I'm mostly concerned about brain function - I haven't noticed anydecrease or any problems, but isn't an

extremely low bodyfatpercentage hazardous for the brain?So, over the last week I just started eating more (a lot more - I'vebeen eating more or less 1500 calories daily and in the last few dayssince I started worrying increased to about 2000 calories daily). Isthere something else I should do?I'd appreciate any thoughts, advice and generally any input anyone mayhave on these issues. And in any case, it's yet another "be carefulnot to go too extreme" story.