When Fast Weight Loss Becomes Unhealthy
You've made the decision to lose weight as quickly as possible.
You have your diet in place and you expect to follow it
religiously. At this point, you may be wondering how much weight
you can lose in a given week and whether fast weight loss can be
dangerous for your body.
There are a number of things that can affect your weight loss.
For instance, family history, or genetics, can play a
significant role. Also, your weight loss may depend upon how
much exercise you're engaging in, as well as how much stress you
are under. Your metabolism, or how quickly you burn calories,
can also have a major effect.
Theoretically, you could lose as much as 20 pounds a week.
However, much of that weight could be water weight. That means
that, once you go off your diet, you are likely to gain much of
that weight back. Also, unless you engage in strength training,
you will be losing muscle as well as fat, since about