Losing weight has become the task of many people around the world today. It is possible to lose weight very quickly, through diet and exercise, but is there a point were excessive weight loss can become bad for the body? the answer here is most definitely yes.
The most weight you should be losing per week is just about 2 pounds. The body has to be able to adapt to the weight you are losing and needs time to compensate. Also, a lot of uneducated weight loss hopefuls end up starving themselves because they end up cutting more calories than they should. These “starvation” diets work initially but when they return to their old eating habits, the “dieters” quickly shoot back up to their old weight and oftentimes, they surpass the weight they were at before they started the diet. Cutting calories by that much and making a habit of it can also lead to certain eating disorders such as anorexia.
The best way to lose 2 pounds a week effectively and healthily is by trying to cut your caloric intake by 1000 calories per day. Since 3500 calories equals 1 pound of fat, 7000 calories is 2 pounds that you would have no eaten throughout your week. This, combined with eating the right food and doing regular exercise should get you to the 2 pounds per week that you have been trying to work towards. If you have just started your workouts and dieting, take it slow. Don’t try to just jump into a strict diet with a hard workout regimen because you WILL burn yourself out. Take it slow, set goals for yourself, and stick to something you know you can do and then work towards making the major changes once you know you can do it.
Tags: eating disorders, food, starvation, Weight LossThis entry was posted on Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 13:48 and is filed under 2 Pounds per Week Rule. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
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