poopieslippers

Thanks for all of the on-topic posts. I'm not going to post to this thread anymore. Anyone who wants to follow my progress is welcome to add me as a friend.

I think I regained it because I stopped exercising and was eating pizza for dinner every day because the food in my cafeteria was disgusting. (I'm being honest here.) I stopped exercising because there was 'not enough time' with all of my studying (I had a full credit load ever semester - chem/bio double major). I also…

I meant to put negative in quotation marks....Referring to the post that I didn't see that detailed a negative experience. Not sure if it was yours.

The last couple posts were more along the lines of what I was looking for. Thanks guys. I appreciate your time/help.

Thank you for the link.

Ugh. ::shakes head:: I thank you for your first post and the link you provided.

Sorry for the negative post that I missed. You answered my question, and I thank you for that. I appreciate it.

This is what I was asking for. Thanks. Do you know what sort of heart/lung issues?

I missed this in the barrage of posts haha. Thanks for this post too!

I am not trolling, people were just not answering my question.

Thank you very much.

I know that. Are you saying it's impossible to get that surplus energy from fat stores?

Thank you. This is what I was asking for.

That's not what I meant haha. The fat stores would be metabolized (e.g. used to make ADP into ATP after a bunch of chemical reactions) and then that ATP would be used in the generation of new muscle cells (or to maintain my muscles during/after weight training).

I have done this before, and I was good and able to maintain for over a year. Then I just got lazy and gained it all back. To gain 70+ pounds in 3 years, you have to really not be trying to lose weight. I was not. Lol. I was just wondering if someone has done this and had a heart attack or something.

I asked for advice from people who have done this. Sorry if I was not clear enough. I don't care if I'm ripped after this...I'm just looking to lose some weight. I'm pretty sure that muscle can be built from fat stores....that is what I learned in my graduate level biochem course anyway. Is this definitely 100% incorrect?…

You are correct. Lol.

My skin is still pretty elastic since I am young. I don't anticipate this being too much of a problem. Maybe it will be, idk.

Nobody indicated that they have done what I did (and plan to do). That's what I was asking for....

This does not suggest permanent metabolic damage.

Does anyone have any links to a scientific paper that shows PERMANENT metabolic damage from rapid weight loss? A few of you have suggested this, but I have never heard of such a thing. That sounds absurd.

From my understanding (from my human anatomy and physiology classes, as well as molecular bio), as long as your putting a significant strain on the muscles (i.e. weight training), they will be built (because the body NEEDS to repair them - and by doing so they are built up). There are metabolic pathways that take stored…

Also, it will likely be 5 pounds a week for the first week or two. It will probably slow up after that. Maybe 3 pounds a week? That's what happened last time.

I forgot to mention that I am going to be doing strength exercises (I saw this on here, and I'm trying to follow this plan: http://www.fitness666.com/p/bodyweight-666.html). Therefore, there will be little to no muscle loss (likely gain). If I am gaining muscle and losing fat, it is essentially impossible to calculate a…