Slow vs Fast dieting?

goldthistime

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

I'm working on vanity weight right now, and people would probably say that for the amount I want to lose, I'm trying to do it fast. It's at a rate to lose a pound a week rather than half a pound a week, but this is where my appetite and exercise habit line up at a happy place.

The problem for me has been that I've been stuck here for a year because that happy place kept me binging because me it IS overly restrictive with so little to lose, but when I implement consistent weekend refeeds, it's pretty easy to stick to deficit eating for 5 days a week.

I'm also working on vanity weight and following a similar pattern. It's easier for me to be a little more restrictive for 5ish days in a row and then loosen up for a couple, averaging out to a loss of approximately 0.5lbs a week, than it is for me to stick exactly to 250 cal deficit day in and day out.