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Healthy Weight Loss

  • 18-12-2007 10:11PM
    #1
    randomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭


    Hello,

    In the past four weeks I have dropped from 96.5kgs to 89.5kgs. That is an average of 1.75kgs per week. Is this healthy? I am not starving myself and don't feel hungry at any time during the day.

    I am trying to figure out if this figure constitutes healthy weight loss. I have changed my diet, increased my water in take and cut out junk (no fast food or chocolate), and increased my exercise.

    Appreciate any feedback.
    Randomer


Comments

  • #2
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    I'm no expert, but IMO, if someone gets up off their lazy ass (not you OP - a generalisation) and starts exercising, and stops eating junk in favour of a healthy, balanced diet, then any weight-loss can NOT be unhealthy. I don't buy into this whole "anything more than 2lb a week isn't healthy" theory.
    Again, I'm no expert and maybe it has adverse effects on the body's chemistry or something, but I don't think so.


  • #3
    mack1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mack1


    How tall are you? were you very overweight at 96kg?
    If so the first few kgs may tend to fall off quicker.

    They recommend 2lbs/week as a healthy rate to lose weight - thats less than 1kg.

    If you are losing weight too fast I suggest that you look at your diet, are you eating enough kcals? there is a formula in the stickies to work it out.


  • #4
    t_ucd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭t_ucd


    I don't think so - sounds like you're doing everything right! I lost 7 pounds in one week doing the same thing...I don't really buy into the whole "2 pounds a week" thing either. As long as someone loses weight the right way, it shouldn't matter at what rate you lose it, really.


  • #5
    randomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭randomer


    I am 5ft 10. I was definitely overweight. I wouldn't really say fat (a little tubby maybe), but I had developed a belly.


  • #6
    mack1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mack1


    If you lost 7lbs in a week you lost more than fat mate! Probably some fat, some muscle and a heap of water.

    2lbs/week is recommended because there is only so fast the body can burn fat (2lbs is probably close to the mark then rounded to a nice number), if you drastically reduce kcals your body cannot burn fat fast enough to produce it's energy requirements, so it turns to other stuff - ie muscle! This is not what you're lookin for! When you deny the body kcals it goes into famine mode, holding onto the those fat stores that it thinks its going to need.

    If you want sustained fat loss, then steady progress is the key.

    Edit - as I mentioned above, look at the forumla in the stickies, work out your reqs, drop it by 10-15% and you will be fine!


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  • #7
    randomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭randomer


    I just worked out my KCal intake based on today, and it was about 1900 kcal.


  • #8
    t_ucd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭t_ucd


    mack1 wrote: »
    If you lost 7lbs in a week you lost more than fat mate! Probably some fat, some muscle and a heap of water.

    2lbs/week is recommended because there is only so fast the body can burn fat (2lbs is probably close to the mark then rounded to a nice number), if you drastically reduce kcals your body cannot burn fat fast enough to produce it's energy requirements, so it turns to other stuff - ie muscle! This is not what you're lookin for! When you deny the body kcals it goes into famine mode, holding onto the those fat stores that it thinks its going to need.

    If you want sustained fat loss, then steady progress is the key.

    Edit - as I mentioned above, look at the forumla in the stickies, work out your reqs, drop it by 10-15% and you will be fine!

    Maybe I didn't make it clear in my post that I didn't starve myself. I ate when I was hungry and stopped when I was full. I'm sure not all of it was fat but as far as I'm concerned I didn't do anything to harm myself, so there was nothing unhealthy about that weight loss.


  • #9
    randomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭randomer


    randomer wrote: »
    I just worked out my KCal intake based on today, and it was about 1900 kcal.

    I just worked out my carorie intake today, and it was between 1800 and 1900. Can anyone comment on whether this is too low?

    Thanks,
    Randomer


  • #10
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    randomer wrote: »
    I just worked out my carorie intake today, and it was between 1800 and 1900. Can anyone comment on whether this is too low?

    Thanks,
    Randomer

    Thats too low in my opinion, Look up the stickies and how to work out how much you need.


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