The Truth About Rapid Weight Loss
STILL believe that there is some magic pill or quick fix to losing those unwanted kilos? It would be convenient. But is it worth it?
Check out what those fad diets and quick fixes are really doing to your body!
Rapid Weight-Loss: The Idea and the Reality
1. It rarely works over the long-term.
2. That is, most people (more than 95%) who lose weight rapidly, regain it at some stage.
3. It makes you look old!
4. Rapid weight-loss does not equal rapid fat-loss.
5. A person losing a vast amount of weight in a short time frame (say, 2-5 kilos per week) is losing more water and muscle than they are fat. Lighter does not always equal leaner.
6. When that person regains the weight (and they usually do), they will have more fat and less muscle than when they started.
7. In other words, rapid weight-loss is a very effective way to lose muscle, get dehydrated and change your body composition for the worst.
8. When the extreme dieter finds him or herself back at their original (pre-diet) weight with less muscle and more fat, they will also have a slower metabolism (than they had pre weight-loss/gain) because muscle is metabolically active.
9. In other words, rapid weight-loss screws with your metabolism. Badly.
10. Most (maybe all?) rapid weight-loss plans are not mentally, emotionally, physically or practically maintainable. So why start?
11. People who ‘sell’ such programs and products understand that, when it comes to the very emotional matter of weight-loss, some people will believe and buy anything. Desperate people are easy to manipulate and take advantage of.
12. The optimal rate to lose weight is about one percent of our body-weight per week. 120 kilo = 1.2 kilos per week. 80 kilos = 0.8 kilos per week. 200lbs = 2lbs per week. And so on.