The guy who starved his way to a 260-pound loss...

mrmagee3

...is currently doing an AMA on Reddit. I'm posting it here because it's been thoroughly discussed before:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o5ndh/iama_guy_who_went_from_430_pounds_to_170_pounds/

Might have some interesting things, I haven't read through all the comments yet.

dunnodunno

That's just ridiculous.

Mr_Knight

There's no two ways about it - huge caloric deficits work, if the principle goal is to lose as much weight as possible, as quickly as possible.

But it's not a path I would follow...

ashleyisgreat

At least he's not endorsing what he did. I'm sure some people will still see it as inspirational, even though it's dangerous.