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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just be careful about dropping too much too quickly, or going too low calorie-wise. You can permanently eff up your metabolism for a short term gain.[/quote]

This is completely untrue. Stop spreading ignorance. [/quote]

I am ifnoi? This isn't even controversial. It is widely accepted, well known knowledge. 
"When you lose weight, one of the hardest things to do is to keep it off. In one study of a VLCD, 40 percent of participants gained back more than they lost. When you drastically reduce calories, even if you need to lose weight, your body thinks you are starving. As a protective mechanism, your body slows your metabolism – but this makes it harder to keep losing weight. It also means that when you start adding more calories, you can regain weight very quickly. Many people will find they regain faster than they lost after this kind of drastic diet"
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1lb a week won’t put you in starvation mode. You cannot permanently damage your metabolism, stop using the word permanently. What our bodies do do is called metabolic compensation. Our bodies actually become more efficient which is what is frustrating. Throw hormones into the mix and that’s a critical factor.

I have patients who have gotten down to dangerous levels in terms of weight (unrelated to dieting, but related to a specified condition) and the ones who have recovered go on to live a normal healthy weight. I’m talking people who end up with a BMI in the low teens, not 1lb loss a week. [/quote]

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