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Not when you are morbidly obese like the author was. When you are that big( pushing 300lbs) it's not uncommon to loose 5lbs a week at the start.
Why is the weight loss mechanism different under those circumstances?
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Higher Metabolism, more water weight to shed.
This is great and certainly don't want to discourage anyone. Some people need extreme transformations like this to be successful. Most people, however, don't. You'll have a much higher success rate if you're patient and change just one little thing at a time. Once you're comfortable, you move on to the next. I myself have lost over 30lbs and increased strength tremendously (power clean 250+). I went about it by doing…
I'd have to say of the three things, the one that definitely has to be given up to lose the weight is beer. Beer is not only caloric, but contains alcohol. When alcohol is ingested, the body's fat metabolism practically stops until it's out of your system. Drinking a beer each day would almost make it impossible to lose fat efficiently. It wouldn't matter if you were eating under, because your body would not be able…
I'm 31. A recent physical revealed that I have both high blood pressure and high cholesterol. They've put me on meds for the bp (which is now under control rather well) but they wanted me to try a lifestyle change before putting me on cholesterol meds. I was ~ 10 lbs overweight, nothing major - and while I wouldn't say I am fit by any means I wasn't out of shape either. But they wanted me to lose the 10 lbs and so th…
Not everyone is salt sensitive. Talk to them about measuring your salt sensitivity (or you can do it at home, but less reliably). If salt is hard and the rest is easy, you may find losing weight and exercise the two you worry about, and ignore salt.
I'm 31. A recent physical revealed that I have both high blood pressure and high cholesterol. They've put me on meds for the bp (which is now under control rather well) but they wanted me to try a lifestyle change before putting me on cholesterol meds. I was ~ 10 lbs overweight, nothing major - and while I wouldn't say I am fit by any means I wasn't out of shape either. But they wanted me to lose the 10 lbs and so th…
It's weird how that stuff works. I'm 32, my last physical revealed that I'm 63 lbs overweight, I smoke (pack a day), drink fairly regularly, my blood pressure is fine, my cholesterol is fine, and have a great insulin response. Lung capacity is definitely not where it should be though. I also eat almost entirely meat and carbs, save for lettuce/salad. I can drop 5 lbs in a couple weeks just giving up soda, 10 lbs if I…
I'm 31. A recent physical revealed that I have both high blood pressure and high cholesterol. They've put me on meds for the bp (which is now under control rather well) but they wanted me to try a lifestyle change before putting me on cholesterol meds. I was ~ 10 lbs overweight, nothing major - and while I wouldn't say I am fit by any means I wasn't out of shape either. But they wanted me to lose the 10 lbs and so th…
It's weird how that stuff works. I'm 32, my last physical revealed that I'm 63 lbs overweight, I smoke (pack a day), drink fairly regularly, my blood pressure is fine, my cholesterol is fine, and have a great insulin response. Lung capacity is definitely not where it should be though. I also eat almost entirely meat and carbs, save for lettuce/salad. I can drop 5 lbs in a couple weeks just giving up soda, 10 lbs if I…
Some people hit a plateau and get discouraged or think they're done and start eating carbs again and shoot right back up. Others continue on at a healthy 1 - 2 pounds/week until they reach their goal.
It really is that simple. There are many ways to lose weight, but dropping sugar (in all it's forms) is the most straightforward. It's the closest thing to a 'weight hack' I've ever seen.
If you are currently overweight, just cut out carbs completely for 3 months..don't bother to count calories; don't fret about nonsense like whether your food is organic, or free range, or locally sourced. Just stop eating sugar. No rice, no potatoes, no bread, no sugared soft drinks, no pasta.
You should trade some of that fat with muscle gain (especially upper body), instead of shedding it all. Develop a consistent weight lifting routine at the gym. You'll feel a lot better about yourself. Stationary cycling might make your legs great, but your upper body will probably start to look "skinny fat".
I upped my exercise, cycling 30-40 miles a day, every day for the first couple of weeks. Good to see!! When you are burning this level of level of energy every day, its actually to keep a stable weight. (Author must have had some base fitness, too so good for him.) At its core, Weight change is simple input/output math. The key variable is %deplete your glycogen levels (as % of full everyday.) That is the "cache" of…
Since this is another weight loss post on HN, I'll tread out the old lines again[1]: If you only care about weight loss: calories in vs calories out. However If you care about maintaining muscle while losing fat, the story is still pretty simple, and calories still count, but the macro ratio of those calories are very important. In this case, keep protein high and get the rest from carbs and/or fat. I personally reco…
I tried it for years. I burn 2200 cal/day so I can eat a large Cinnabon every day (800 cal) and still lose weight.
The problem is it fucks your insulin resistance and turns into diabetes.
So, I don't consider a solution viable if one of the side effects is death.