What is unsafe weight loss?

[Anonymous]

Define the risk.

Most people are more successful with diets that provide significant weight loss. So if you lose weight quickly, you are more likely to stick to the diet and keep the weight off.

People don't have to go to the hospital or suffer long term issues from losing 13 lbs per month unless they are already a healthy weight. He was overweight, and had a lot to lose.

By contrast, I lost 30 lbs in the same amount of time, and I wasn't even overweight. I'm fine and in good health. In general, being overweight is less safe than losing weight quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think is “unhealthy” about it?

The truth is no, it’s not “unhealthy”. Decreasing calories for 4.5 months out of a lifetime? Nope. It’s really nothing.

I find that most people who say stuff like this are jealous that someone was able to power through and do something like this vs. any real actual concern over health isssues.

We’re talking about more minor degrees of unhealthy, PP, meaning muscle loss instead of fat loss. Muscle is harder to rebuild. As others said, the key factor is whether he was able to keep it off. If you only so this once, it’s no big deal. If you do this several times, you deprive yourself of essential nutrients and at a certain age this had repercussions on your health, in terms of accelerated bone loss, dental issues, loss of musculature, etc.

NP.

I think the bolded is a bad argument against weight loss for most people. I am 185 pounds because over the past 5 years I have been able to lose 10-15 pounds pretty much every year. I gain it all back. If I did not lose these pounds, I will easily be about 210 pounds by now; I would just keep gaining every year.

Even if this guy gains the weight back, he will be gaining at a lower starting point instead of gaining weight on top of 237 pounds.

Most people who are overweight oevereat. Going on a diet for a few months will not stop overeating long term. But the diet creates a reset so that the consequent overeating does not lead to obesity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think so. I can loose 20 pounds in one month, and it I’ve lost 50 pounds in 4 months. Completely healthy. My problem is I always gain it back! 🤪

If you can’t sustain the weight loss, it isn’t healthy.

This.

Much better to change your eating and exercise habits long term resulting in a gradual loss of weight that you don’t put back on.

We can all agree that it is much better. But it is much difficult to change permanent eating and exercise habits than it is to go on an intense short term diet.

I have tried to change my eating habits a million times. It's not happening anytime soon. However, I am capable of going on short intense diets and losing some of the weight. I might gain it back, but at least I will not gain it on top of the weight I was before I went on a diet.

[Anonymous]

Yo-yo weight loss isn’t good for your heart. Rapid weight loss is very likely to result in gallbladder disease. Slow and steady is best but it’s very hard for most people because we are inclined to desire instant gratification.

[Anonymous]

If he took uppers to achieve it, it’s unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think so. I can loose 20 pounds in one month, and it I’ve lost 50 pounds in 4 months. Completely healthy. My problem is I always gain it back! 🤪

The word is "lose", dammit. You can LOSE 20 pounds in one month, not LOOSE 20 pounds. Lose vs. loose: these words are not interchangeable.

Nice rant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually I believe the recommended is not to lose more than 1% of your body weight after the first two weeks (where there are often big losses of water weight) unless under a doctor’s care. Did he perhaps do this under the care and supervision of a doctor?

What fantasy land is this where someone has a doctor who has time to give 2 shits about someone's weight loss? Maybe concierge care but most people are seeing whoever is available when they have a crisis, for 5 minutes max.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Define the risk.

Most people are more successful with diets that provide significant weight loss. So if you lose weight quickly, you are more likely to stick to the diet and keep the weight off.

People don't have to go to the hospital or suffer long term issues from losing 13 lbs per month unless they are already a healthy weight. He was overweight, and had a lot to lose.

By contrast, I lost 30 lbs in the same amount of time, and I wasn't even overweight. I'm fine and in good health. In general, being overweight is less safe than losing weight quickly.

Why did you diet off 30 pounds if you weren't overweight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think so. I can loose 20 pounds in one month, and it I’ve lost 50 pounds in 4 months. Completely healthy. My problem is I always gain it back! 🤪

The word is "lose", dammit. You can LOSE 20 pounds in one month, not LOOSE 20 pounds. Lose vs. loose: these words are not interchangeable.

Nice rant!

NP. I support PP because I also get really annoyed by this common mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think so. I can loose 20 pounds in one month, and it I’ve lost 50 pounds in 4 months. Completely healthy. My problem is I always gain it back! 🤪

The word is "lose", dammit. You can LOSE 20 pounds in one month, not LOOSE 20 pounds. Lose vs. loose: these words are not interchangeable.

She was a loose woman, had to lose her. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually I believe the recommended is not to lose more than 1% of your body weight after the first two weeks (where there are often big losses of water weight) unless under a doctor’s care. Did he perhaps do this under the care and supervision of a doctor?

What fantasy land is this where someone has a doctor who has time to give 2 shits about someone's weight loss? Maybe concierge care but most people are seeing whoever is available when they have a crisis, for 5 minutes max.

I see a weight loss doctor at INOVA. I opted for non-surgical options. So yes, you can be under the care of a doctor specifically for weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define the risk.

Most people are more successful with diets that provide significant weight loss. So if you lose weight quickly, you are more likely to stick to the diet and keep the weight off.

People don't have to go to the hospital or suffer long term issues from losing 13 lbs per month unless they are already a healthy weight. He was overweight, and had a lot to lose.

By contrast, I lost 30 lbs in the same amount of time, and I wasn't even overweight. I'm fine and in good health. In general, being overweight is less safe than losing weight quickly.

Why did you diet off 30 pounds if you weren't overweight?

Vanity, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually I believe the recommended is not to lose more than 1% of your body weight after the first two weeks (where there are often big losses of water weight) unless under a doctor’s care. Did he perhaps do this under the care and supervision of a doctor?

What fantasy land is this where someone has a doctor who has time to give 2 shits about someone's weight loss? Maybe concierge care but most people are seeing whoever is available when they have a crisis, for 5 minutes max.

Right? This idea that losing weight is dangerous and a doctor needs to monitor it is crazy. I doubt your doctor monitored your weight gain.