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    • Posts: 6,652 Member
      mccindy72 wrote: »
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      Especially since you know he's also talking about himself.
      I know, right? Takes one to know one. One happened to befriend a lawman, one happened to befriend outlaws. That's why I liked the scene so much.

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      Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
      I see on here all the time that it's unhealthy to lose more than 2 lbs a week. Is there research to back that up? Is it always unhealthy, even when someone is morbidly obese? Those who have had weight loss surgery lose more quickly than that, don't they? WLS does have risks but it's also got some pretty positive statistics behind it.

      It's because of the differing energy yields between 1lb of muscle and 1lb of fat and how this correlates to your TDEE. Most sensible fat loss regimes seeks to maximise fat loss but minimise loss from other areas like muscle, bone, connective tissue etc.

      So, if you are eating 1,000 calories under maintenance and you see a loss of 5lbs for example the assumption would be that it is disproportionately coming from sources other than fat. (see the section muscle is not the same as fat for more info).

      It's a rough guide. Many people suggest that the maximum rate of safe fat loss would be 1% of total body weight per week but there are a number of variables to consider as to whether more is justifiable. Clearly if you are at imminent danger of organ failure due to excess weight then getting it off as quickly as possible out rides muscle loss and so on. The vast majority of people do not fall into this category and if they did should be under urgent medical supervision.
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      Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
      I see on here all the time that it's unhealthy to lose more than 2 lbs a week. Is there research to back that up? Is it always unhealthy, even when someone is morbidly obese? Those who have had weight loss surgery lose more quickly than that, don't they? WLS does have risks but it's also got some pretty positive statistics behind it.

      I think @DeguelloTex lost more than two pounds per week, especially initially.
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      edited August 2015
      kshama2001 wrote: »
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      I think @DeguelloTex lost more than two pounds per week, especially initially.
      When I first started, I averaged 3.5 pounds a week for a couple of months. Maybe a little longer, but I don't have the numbers atm. It was about 2 pounds from diet and 1.5 from exercise.

      I had well over 100 pounds of fat from which to draw, though.

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      tincanonastring wrote: »
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      I think what you're describing is water weight changes related to dietary choices the previous day. You'd have to eat ~35,000 calories over your maintance in one day to pack on 10 pounds overnight.

      Thats why I said I gained it over four days and it felt like it was 35,000 calories of food & booze. I agree that its mostly water otherwise there would be no way to have swings like that. I hope to shed most of it in a week with some aggressive running and a more sensible diet. I was also at the bottom side of losing 5 pounds the week before so it was easy to put it back on quick.
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      While I do believe that a slow, steady weight loss is the most healthy and sustainable way to lose weight and keep it off, I've been finding it difficult to uncover actual studies done on the 1-2 lbs. per week point. The Mayo Clinic, CDC and US Dept. of Health & Human Services all tout that statistic but none of them have sources linked to it.

      Anyone ever found the scientific backup for it?
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      rsclause wrote: »
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      Thats why I said I gained it over four days and it felt like it was 35,000 calories of food & booze. I agree that its mostly water otherwise there would be no way to have swings like that. I hope to shed most of it in a week with some aggressive running and a more sensible diet. I was also at the bottom side of losing 5 pounds the week before so it was easy to put it back on quick.

      Didn't see the 4-day part, sorry. Still, that's about 12-15 days of maintenance intake over what is essentially a long weekend. There's just no way that's a fat gain, so I wouldnt even sweat it if I saw such a fluctuation. Just getting back on track afterwards would even out the water weight issue.

      When I have stretches like that, I try to log it after the fact. I know it's not always accurate because beer (and whiskey), but I can usually get pretty close by using receipts and/or empties to prod my hazy recollections. The calorie damage is never quite as bad as my sense of regret would have indicated and usually matches up with my net weight gain after the water weight stabilizes.
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