Eat the calories?

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  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    brittany_ wrote: »
    Thank you very much for the input...I log my calories burned straight off my elliptical. I did notice MFP tends to over estimate 20-30 more than I actually do.

    So it's considered unhealthy if I end up losing 2.5 to 3 lb a week? (NOT that id want to...im happy losing 2) Is this because I'm less likely to keep it off? Or would it physically be harmful?

    The faster we lose, the bigger the risk of losing unnecessary amounts of lean tissue along with fat, or suffering other health consequences like fatigue, hair loss, etc. One's body can only metabolize so much fat per day, and losing too fast can also cause one's body to slow down less survival-essential processes to conserve energy. Losing no more than 1% of body weight weekly is a common rule of thumb to be conservative.

    This. Plus I've read a couple places that too fast of weight loss can increase the risk of gallstones. I do not want gallstones.

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