Can anything bad happen if you lose more than 1 pound a week?
I know a lot of places only recommend losing 1 pound a week. What happens if you lose more, even on a healthy diet and exercise regimen? Do the effects differ if you are at normal weight, over weight, obese and super obese?
The regimen is what counts. The downside to quick weight loss is twofold. First, you tend to lose muscle mass as well, particularly if you are not resistance training. Secondly, the faster the ‘diet’ or weight loss, the harder it tends to be to keep it off. Crash diets rarely work, and weight is hard to keep off for physiological reasons. Your body tried to maintain a ‘steady-state’ weight, which is to say it tries to minimize fluctuations, especially rapid ones. When you lose weight rapidly, your body works even harder to get back to its original weight. You have to be consistent and committed to a lifestyle change involving a balance of healthy nutrition as well as exercise. This will create a new setpoint for your weight (over time), and it will become easier to maintain a lower weight. If it is truly a lifestyle change and you look at it that way, you should not have a problem, though.
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