Me, Grimlock! wrote:Evolution Prime wrote:So here is my goal. I started yesterday. I weighed myself at 230 lbs. i set a goal of 10 to 15 lbs for a one month period. I believe I can achieve that.
Apparently losing more than 2 pounds a week isn't good (well, at the start it's okay because some is water weight). Anyway, a pound is somewhere around 3500 calories. So if you work off 3500 calories more than you consume in a week, you've lost a pound; 7000 for two. If you lose more than that, that means you're starving yourself and your body goes into starvation mode. At that point, your body starts feeding on what it's got, and it starts on the muscle before the fat since muscle is more useful.
I'm sure the numbers are different for every person, but I think that's a good guideline. Ten pounds a month when you start out should be okay (the water weight thing), but 15 pounds means you're depriving yourself of 13000+ calories a week (depending on the month).
But check with a diet physician cuz I'm not one and some of my numbers may be wrong.
You are correct more than 2 pounds a week is dangerous.
