Getting sick after reaching your goal weight...

Seriously? Sure, you could get sick. And you could be fat and sick, which is much more likely. Stop looking and finding reasons to not get fit. There are plenty out there, and you don't have to look far. But trust me, you're going to die someday. Do it looking good.

Seriously? Sure, you could get sick. And you could be fat and sick, which is much more likely. Stop looking and finding reasons to not get fit. There are plenty out there, and you don't have to look far. But trust me, you're going to die someday. Do it looking good.

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the odds of getting ill while fat are far higher than after getting skinny.

if you do it in a healthy way your odds of getting very ill after being thin are just as high as for the rest of the general population unless you are already in a high risk group for something genetically like cancer or what not and even then if you're thinner your chances of beating it are higher than if you're not.

I think if people try to rush it and don't treat it as a lifestyle change, that they could possibly end up harming themselves.

Personally, my health is improving as my weight goes down and I feel absolutely amazing.

Everyone says to lose weight you need to eat less than you burn. Well that's true to an extent. If your eating to little you can create health problems that wouldn't have been there otherwise. The same can be said if you eat to much. Like with all things in life, you have to find a balance.

I think maybe those cases you cite are not typical of very many people who lose weight. I don't think it's a "cause and effect" kind of thing and I've never read any data that makes this kind of connection. In fact, quite the contrary. Most people, myself included, feel significantly better when they work toward and achieve a healthy weight (provided they do it in a sensible way)...

I read a study about VLCDs and heart disease. Apparently if you are obese and then you lose a lot of weight quickly it can cause heart issues, since your heart is muscle and VLCDs often result in losing a lot of muscle mass. I think if you keep your goals realistic and your deficit moderate you should be fine.

You can lose weight and not be healthy because of what you ate in the process. A friend of mine in high school lost close to 50 pounds by eating a diet of red vines and a small frozen personal pizza every day. A fellow I know had gastric bypass, and primarily ate fatty bar foods. Got thin, but not healthy (I'm guessing, didn't ask about his health.). Oh, he's now fat again. And some people are just going to have some bad luck in the health department, even though they do everything right. Odds are, eat right, exercise, and you're gonna be good.

I do know that losing weight (fat melting) does release toxins in your body, and people who have lost weight appear to have more toxins in their blood, according to one study...

I'd love to see that study citation, because that's a giant bunch of bull.

Everyone who ate pickles in 1880 died. Doesn't mean pickles caused it.

Weight loss surgery has a lot of long term health risks. It's just that for those obese enough to qualify for it staying at their weight is more of a health risk than the surgical risks. Beyond that the only problem I'm aware of that is a complication of losing weight is fatty liver disease, but for most people losing weight slowly it's not an issue. I think any kind of change it stressful on your body, even change for the better, so it makes sense that there is an adjustment period where your immune system is probably not operating at it's peak.

I do know that losing weight (fat melting) does release toxins in your body, and people who have lost weight appear to have more toxins in their blood, according to one study...

I'd love to see that study citation, because that's a giant bunch of bull.

Everyone who ate pickles in 1880 died. Doesn't mean pickles caused it.

Here is one article about toxins in your body after losing weight...you may Google it to find more information about it...I did not make it up...just curios if there is any correlation...
:ohwell:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/324017-body-toxins-from-weight-loss/

Again, I am not trying to discourage anyone from losing weight, I am not discouraged by this. It is still better to lose weight than not to lose it. It is just that I am curious...and I think too much, to deep sometimes. Wish I could be simple...lol :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :blushing:

That article looks like a bunch of bogus to me. I wouldn't give it much thought if I were you. And even if there were some truth to it, it also said that regular exercise helps to reduce the toxins. So there you have it: absolutely no reason to worry. Losing weight (slowly and in a healthy manner) is always better for your body than staying fat.

And I'm not going to lie...it kind of sounds like you're looking for excuses to not try to lose weight and a "woe is me" type of story. I hope you truly aren't, but your posts do kind of come across that way.

Not quite the same thing but the dude next door to my parents house lost like 70kgs... then got hit by a car while riding a bike.

i'm sorry but I lol'ed when I read this. smh at myself

I do know that losing weight (fat melting) does release toxins in your body, and people who have lost weight appear to have more toxins in their blood, according to one study...

I'd love to see that study citation, because that's a giant bunch of bull.

Everyone who ate pickles in 1880 died. Doesn't mean pickles caused it.

Here is one article about toxins in your body after losing weight...you may Google it to find more information about it...I did not make it up...just curios if there is any correlation...
:ohwell:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/324017-body-toxins-from-weight-loss/

Again, I am not trying to discourage anyone from losing weight, I am not discouraged by this. It is still better to lose weight than not to lose it. It is just that I am curious...and I think too much, to deep sometimes. Wish I could be simple...lol :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :blushing:

This is the author of that article. ask yourself if you want to take health advice or believe anything they have to say about health from someone with these credentials

Kay Uzoma
Kay Uzoma has been writing professionally since 1999. Her work has appeared in "Reader’s Digest," "Balance," pharmaceutical and natural health newsletters and on websites such as QualityHealth.com. She is a former editor for a national Canadian magazine and holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from York University.


her degree is political science..

I was just looking at that. Plus, most of the references cited are from detox diet providers, who are hardly impartial sources of information.

It might be a matter of people trying to lose weight in an unhealthy way. Many kinds of fad diets function on cutting out certain food groups or nutritional values altogether. This is a bad idea, because despite what some diets would have you believe, we need carbs, fats and protein in our diets and in a balanced way. And in the case of cutting out certain groups, it's true that people can do fine without -some- food groups, like meat. However, if you're cutting out all your meat and not replacing it with anything for, say, your protein source, this is a problem. While one may be able to successfully lose weight on these diets, these kinds of diets aren't good for you, and I could see them possibly causing eventual health problems.

It could be a matter of overexertion during exercise. Exercise is something we all need, but if you're pushing yourself too hard or exercising too much, this could cause problems in the cardiovascular system.

Aside from those things, though, it could just be coincidence. Life happens when it happens, and in some cases, people may have gotten sick whether they chose to lose weight or not. Unless the diagnosis is directly related to one's diet and/or exercise (e.g. anemia from lack of iron intake) we can't necessarily say that the two are related. However, if you're making healthy lifestyle changes and implementing a balanced diet rather than relying on fad diets and getting a moderate amount of exercise, I think that you should be fine.

Well, it depends. Losing weight too fast can cause a myrid of problems. A lot of people lose weight by "dieting" and not by cleaning up their diet. You can eat a large McDonalds French Fry (500 calories) and a Big Mac (550 calories) everyday and lose weight because you'll be calorie deficient; but that's not going to make you healthy. It's only going to make you skinny. Diet pills will also cause a lot of the problems you listed.

The last time i dropped the weight, I lost around 50kg (134kg-84kg) in around 4-6 months. I was losing around 2-3kg a week. Every week.

Tight diet, and heavy training during the Summer in the heat.

I got the idea from a jockey that had to lose weight for a race. He was running around the track in extreme heat with a tracksuit and hood on.

He dropped the weight for the race, so i took it to extremes and did it every day.

I was hospitalised for 6 weeks, as my body just shut down on me.

Wont ever do that again.

Edit: Also my diet consisted of Water and Diet Jelly. Maybe some cereal and eggs. I was basically living on negative calories.