How to Diet for Healthy Weightloss – not Starvation
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February 25th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Starvation diets…?
How much weight can someone with a slow metabolism lose in a month with a starvation diet? I.e. eating hardly any food at all.
How does the weightloss of starvation diets compare to those with healthy diet and workout plans?
I’m trying to find info for a PHSE class project on eating disorders, so if anyone knows any other statistics/facts it would be greatly appreciated.
February 25th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
This pro-ana site gives a fair bit of information on stuff like that.
http://www.fading-obsession.com/
Enter the site, then look in the left bar of links for info.
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http://www.fading-obsession.com/
February 25th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
hi,
i don’t have many statistics for you, but i do have personal experience to back me up. i’ve had every food/exercise related disorder you can imaggine. but anyway, starvation diets, the weightloss, even for a person with a slow metabolism, will be quite significant at first. this is if you’re like eating nothing. but unlike healthy weightloss, the majority of this weight loss will be water and muscle. this is because muscle is more energy costly to maintain for your body,(because its more metabollicaly active than fat) so when your body chooses a tissue to burn when it runs out of food, it chooses muscle. you also lose some of your bone density, as your body isn’t getting enough calcium, it draws from reserves in your bones. this is why women with anorexia are more predisposed to osteoporosis. once you’ve lost all that water weight, the weight loss slows (but still continues because your not taking anything in) coz your body holds on to energy, conserving everything you take in, effectively slowing your metabolism, and reduced muscle means reduced energy expenditure. the difference between healthy diet and workout plans is that the weightloss is more gradual, but consistent, and actually benefits your metabolism in the long term- esp if you include strength training. people who exercise healthily may not weigh as little as people who eat next to nothing, but they generally have better body composition whilst "starvers" become skinny-fat people- where all they are is skin and fat. (btw muscle is denser than fat, so people the same weight can be different sizes) aah, ive gone off on a tangent… i hope i’ve helped you.
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
That is an excellent answer by maya c. A healthy program causes about 1 to 2 lbs of FAT loss per week.
A starvation diet causes tremendous WEIGHT loss. However, only about 1 to 2 lbs of that is actual FAT loss. The rest is lost muscle and water (along with bone and other vital components), resulting in an actually higher percentage body fat. The lost muscle will slow the metabolism and cause the person to gain the weight back (as fat) as soon as he/she terminates the diet. This will make the person much fatter.
Here is more information about fat loss and some about starvation:
http://www.spartafit.com/main/fat%20loss.php
http://www.spartafit.com/articles/requirement%20for%20calories.php
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