Killing myself for Nothing

I cleanse because of all the toxins I have consumed from preservatives and chemicals in our food. The toxins build up in our bodies and the way the body protects itself is by storing toxins and free radicals in fat. As I lose weight, toxins are released back into the blood stream. I cleanse 2 days a wk/3 times a month. If you don't cleanse the toxins as u lose weight you end up with very high levels in ur systems which causes to body to want to protect itself and store them as fat again...rebound.

That sounds like science but is actual just nonsense. You do not need a cleanse.

http://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-detox-delusion/

I've lost 45 pounds and have never "cleansed"-- when exactly can I expect all that fat to just come back regardless of how much I eat?

In addition, 15 lbs per month is almost double the rate of healthy weight loss. It's almost certainly not all fat. You're likely sacrificing your muscle to maintain that rate of loss.

Jillian expects five pounds a week.

Jillian, to put it bluntly, is full of fecal matter.

Ten pounds in a month is absofrickinlutely incredible progress, and you should be proud. You should also not expect it to continue at that rate, because you don't have enough excess body fat to support that kind of weight loss.

Ideally, with 44 pounds left to go, you should be aiming for one pound a week. The only thing you should feel depressed about is that your expectations were unrealistic.

Haha. I have a bit of a soft spot for Jillian, because A. I think she can be funny, B. She can do a series of one armed pullups, and C. I read a slew of diet books last summer, including hers, and she was the ONLY one who didn't make the claim that bread was the devil and that fruit should be limited and bananas avoided altogether.

All that being said, Jillian also gives a ton of advice that has been frequently argued, such as, eating 1,000 calories in one sitting, no matter what the rest of your day looks like, will make you fat, eat your carbs in the morning, etc. Also, I follow this blogger who's a trainer and absolutely hates her. He's always posting screen caps of her doing squats or push ups with improper form, when she's supposed to be demonstrating how to do the move!

So yeah, I'd hardly consider her word gospel. Anyone would say that 10 pounds in a month is great progress. I'd be stoked if I lost 10 pounds even if it took me a year.

10 pounds is more than I've managed in 5 years.

10lbs in a month is huge. It took me like, 4 months to lose 10 lbs!

If our bodies could not "cleanse" themselves, our species would've died a long time ago.

It sounds like you are doing great, keep up the good work! Pretty soon you'll begin to notice that your routine is getting easier. The initial changes are so subtle that it is hard to tell. Be sometime around the 6-7 weeks mark things will start becoming obvious and the changes will give you a second wind of motivation.

Just keep going for a little while longer! You're so close, don't quit now!

measure yourself. you are probably gaining muscle.

Agreed! Don't give up, you are on the way!

10 lbs over a month and you cmplain, I think you have done well. I have been doing this for over a year but because I have an extremely slow metabolic rate my weight does not want to move and even my doctor says it will be hard for me. I have lost 6 lbs in a year but that's OK. I am not in a hurry I just will be happy if it moves.

Sounds a lot like what I deal with.

Everyone has their own goals, but seriously, the point shouldn't be to kill yourself. It should be to get to healthy weight and maintain it.