Re: How much can you lose?

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up to two pounds a week is healthy. I'll tell you why. For someone

to loose say 4 lbs a week that person has cut roughly 12,000 calories

a week from their diet. If you continue that your body all of a

sudden says holy crap, i'm starving. And starts conserving your fat

and then burns muscle. Leading to fatigue and all systems in your

body literally fighting to keep every calorie. It starts storing fat

as energy not knowing what you will do next. And that makes it

harder the 'next time' you try to loose because your body has memory

of it.

It also depends on how your loosing it too. If you are going into

starvation and dipping below 1200 calories (the absolute minimum for

anyone to survive), your body will go into starvation mode and hold

on to it's fat for dear life and rid it's muscle.

However this does not apply to a person who has a lot of weight to

lose because it will come of quicker at the start for someone with

lots to lose.

> I've read that the most fat weight you can lose per week is 1 and

> 1/4th pounds, and anything else would be muscle. But then I read

> that 2 pounds a week is still a healthy loss for how much I weigh

> (140). At my weight, 3/4 of a pound a week isn't that big of a

deal,

> but I'd still like to get this straight, does anyone here know how

> many lbs of fat u can lose in a week?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

A healthy loss is 1/2 to 2 lbs a week. The reason is, if you lose any

more than that you start losing muscle and you don't want to do that.

It does damage to your metabolism, making it harder to lose in the long

run. It might not seem like much but it adds up. The less you have to

lose the slower it will go. It is simple math really. A pound is

roughly 3500 calories. You need at least 1200 cals a day for best body

function. If you go below that, you lower your metabolism because the

body goes into defense mode. It wonders when it will get food next so

it starts to conserve, lowering your metabolism. The other thing is,

you can only workout soo much. If you over do it you get burned out and

fatigued and then set yourself up for injury. So, the best weight loss

method is a combo of cutting calories and increased activity. All

things in moderation. The thing is, it is important to think about the

big picture. Not just getting the weight off but developing habits that

you can do for a lifetime so the weight will stay off.

I don't recall seeing you post before? Are you new? If so, welcome! How

tall are you? How much do you want to lose? I ask because 140 sounds

pretty good to me! :-) I'm Gena, 38, married 19 years, have 2 girls, 19

and almost 13. In Oct 2000 I was 284 lbs, so far I am about 208. I have

learned it is important to be be patient and work on habits and

behaviors. Learning to eat better. Getting off the " diet " mentality and

working on things that you can keep doing. I hope that answers your

question.

Gena

> I've read that the most fat weight you can lose per week is 1 and

> 1/4th pounds, and anything else would be muscle.  But then I read

> that 2 pounds a week is still a healthy loss for how much I weigh

> (140).  At my weight, 3/4 of a pound a week isn't that big of a deal,

> but I'd still like to get this straight, does anyone here know how

> many lbs of fat u can lose in a week?

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[Guest guest]

Yep I DID post an introduction when I joined, but that was quite a

while ago. I'm 18, 5'6 " 140 and I want to lose 18 pounds.. I look

fine, but I guess I just have this wierd 'skinny girl' fantasy lol.

I used to weigh 185 when I was in highschool and it was just terrible

the way people treated me, so I think weight will always be an issue

for me..... I'm also hoping to go to college this fall, and it would

be nice to finally KNOW that I look fine, without a doubt. Anyway it

was nice to meet ya. And thnx to everyone who responded to my

post, I'll add the 1.25lb/week thing to my weight-loss-myth list

~Mandy

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> Hello,

> A healthy loss is 1/2 to 2 lbs a week. The reason is, if you lose

any

> more than that you start losing muscle and you don't want to do

that.

> It does damage to your metabolism, making it harder to lose in the

long

> run. It might not seem like much but it adds up. The less you have

to

> lose the slower it will go. It is simple math really. A pound is

> roughly 3500 calories. You need at least 1200 cals a day for best

body

> function. If you go below that, you lower your metabolism because

the

> body goes into defense mode. It wonders when it will get food next

so

> it starts to conserve, lowering your metabolism. The other thing

is,

> you can only workout soo much. If you over do it you get burned out

and

> fatigued and then set yourself up for injury. So, the best weight

loss

> method is a combo of cutting calories and increased activity. All

> things in moderation. The thing is, it is important to think about

the

> big picture. Not just getting the weight off but developing habits

that

> you can do for a lifetime so the weight will stay off.

> I don't recall seeing you post before? Are you new? If so, welcome!

How

> tall are you? How much do you want to lose? I ask because 140

sounds

> pretty good to me! :-) I'm Gena, 38, married 19 years, have 2

girls, 19

> and almost 13. In Oct 2000 I was 284 lbs, so far I am about 208. I

have

> learned it is important to be be patient and work on habits and

> behaviors. Learning to eat better. Getting off the " diet " mentality

and

> working on things that you can keep doing. I hope that answers your

> question.

>

> Gena

>

> > I've read that the most fat weight you can lose per week is 1 and

> > 1/4th pounds, and anything else would be muscle.  But then I read

> > that 2 pounds a week is still a healthy loss for how much I weigh

> > (140).  At my weight, 3/4 of a pound a week isn't that big of a

deal,

> > but I'd still like to get this straight, does anyone here know how

> > many lbs of fat u can lose in a week?

> >

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