5 thoughts on “17 days, 7 lbs”

  2. harder to keep off quick losses

    It’s not a risk to health or anything, more that the faster you lose it the harder it is to not gain it back.

    Such is the problem with yo-yo dieting, the body starts to hoard fat and water to deal with binge/purge cycles.

    Having said all that – 3.5 lb a week for a couple of weeks seems ok to me if in the overweight range, don’t expect or try to keep it up tho – I think 2lb a week is the usual recomended level (and obviously that decreases rapidly as your BMI approaches a good level)

    1. Re: harder to keep off quick losses

      Oh, I know about crash dieting. The thing is that I’m *not* dieting at all.

      I’m just getting some proper exercise for the first time in several years. To be fair, this weekend was pretty extreme, for me – apart from the Wii Fit, I did 5 hours gardening on Saturday, and 3 hours (Wii) tennis on Sunday.

      I do set my goals at 2lbs a week.

      1. Re: harder to keep off quick losses

        nice work, you probably already eat healthily then judging by the shopping lists that go past in my LJ friends page 😉

        1. Re: harder to keep off quick losses

          We do eat reasonably well, I think – we cook from scratch most days, and never buy convenience foods.

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