Is It Unhealthy To Loose 20lb In A Month?
I’m a 17 year old guy and 6′2 and I used to weigh 250lb, but it was a combination of muscle and fat. I’m the strongest guy in my high school and can bench press 230lb. However, I started feeling a little insecure so I started Dieting and working out more and in 3 months I lost 10lb and was down to 240lb. I continued eating healthy(no junk or fat foods at all) and continued working out for the next 3 months but I didn’t even loose 1 pound. So I was fed up, plus there is this girl I really like and I wanna look good for her so I really cut down on my eating, I skip a meal a day(a lot of the times I don’t eat anything the entire day other than a apple) and working out to the extreme(not just weight lifting but also cardio) to the point where I can’t even feel my body anymore and its not even been a month yet and I lost 20lb and dropped to 220lb and still dropping. I feel stronger then ever, but I also feel very light headed a lot of the time and my veins are starting to stick out of my neck and arms. So yeah, I was wondering if it’s a little quick to loose 20lb in a little less then a month? Also if it is unhealthy, if I continued it for like 2 more months do you think the benefits will outweigh negatives?
.The slower, the better, to keep the weight off…however up to 3 lbs/wk is thought to be reasonable. Anything more than that, and you greatly increase the chances of re-gaining because you’re probably using unreasonable/unhealthy methods to lose it (methds that cannot and should not be continued long term).
So, you’re going a bit fast if you’re over 12 lbs for a month. Skipping meals slows the metabolism and makes weight re-gain SUPER easy when you start eating properly. The body isn’t getting the fuel/nutrition it needs, so you open yourself for other health issues…and your workouts will be very poor compared to what you could do if you were giving your body the proper fuel. What it’s doing now is burning muscle tissue for energy…because it cannot survive on nothing, and you’re not feeding it enough.
NEVER skip meals if you want to lose weight and keep it off…and be healthy. NEVER drop your calories below 1200/day (and that’s for females, yours should probably be no lower than 1700 or so). At your height, you should be consuming a LOT of calories just to maintain your weight…and if muscular your metabolism will be even faster.
The benefits will NOT outweight the negatives if you keep it up, because you will pack all the weight back on within the year, and probably some extra.
Get it under control man…you’re not going about it the right way.
January 19th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
.The slower, the better, to keep the weight off…however up to 3 lbs/wk is thought to be reasonable. Anything more than that, and you greatly increase the chances of re-gaining because you’re probably using unreasonable/unhealthy methods to lose it (methds that cannot and should not be continued long term).
So, you’re going a bit fast if you’re over 12 lbs for a month. Skipping meals slows the metabolism and makes weight re-gain SUPER easy when you start eating properly. The body isn’t getting the fuel/nutrition it needs, so you open yourself for other health issues…and your workouts will be very poor compared to what you could do if you were giving your body the proper fuel. What it’s doing now is burning muscle tissue for energy…because it cannot survive on nothing, and you’re not feeding it enough.
NEVER skip meals if you want to lose weight and keep it off…and be healthy. NEVER drop your calories below 1200/day (and that’s for females, yours should probably be no lower than 1700 or so). At your height, you should be consuming a LOT of calories just to maintain your weight…and if muscular your metabolism will be even faster.
The benefits will NOT outweight the negatives if you keep it up, because you will pack all the weight back on within the year, and probably some extra.
Get it under control man…you’re not going about it the right way.
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former obese person
January 19th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
That’s very unhealthy and not safe! Not eating is not smart at all. You are doing your body so much more harm than good. When you start eating normally again you will gain all of that Weight back. Not to mention blacking out is not much fun. You can really hurt your body by doing this. You need to find a safe diet plan and stick to it don’t put your body threw hell its the only one you get!
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