I lost 40lbs in 7 weeks. Would not recommend. It was from chemo and radiation making so that I vomited any food, and needed a liquid food pump inserted. Your body will be wrecked at that calorie loss.
Nothing, it’s just a bad idea
Also, just go see a doctor, because each situation is unique and it’s stupid to believe the “calories in calories out” shit
Well scientifically it is exactly calories in to your metabolism vs calories burned out.
Whether your body is absorbing those, or too depressed of a system to burn at a normal rate would be the doctor’s investigation.
What is the “calories in calories out” shit?
Ignoring metabolism and focusing solely on food calories consumed and exercise calories burned.
While calories are basic physics/chemistry/biology, they say nothing about the health of the individual. Not eating anything for a month to burn through your fat reserves isn’t going to leave you thin and trim.
That is metabolism. CICO will make literally anyone gain or lose weight. Nothing in the universe violates thermodynamics. You maintain a healthy caloric deficit and lose weight. End of story.
Not eating anything for a month is an eating disorder.
The big difference is the effect of a calorie for each person differs. How the body chooses to burn a calorie differs. If person A reduces their diet by 3000 calories in a week they might lose a pound. Person B might not. CICO is literally thermodynamics, you’re very right. How our bodies react to thermodynamics varies quite a bit.
What you’re describing is basically your metabolic rate. Everyone has a different one. If yours is super efficient, you need to eat less than other people.
That’s the whole story. You can still reduce calories to lose weight. It’s literally the only way.
If it’s impossible to lose weight and still eat sufficient nutrients to survive, then you are one in a million and go see a doctor. Everyone else, start adding vegetables and fiber to your meals.
What I’m talking about but maybe didn’t do a very good job of explaining is metabolic adaptation. It can take months before your body adjusts, before you figure out what calorie deficit is needed and it varies wildly from person to person. Our brains can burn calories to be more creative or slow down to preserve ideal body weight. Which can negate a wide amount of calorie usage. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/07/05/its-time-to-bust-the-calories-in-calories-out-weight-loss-myth.html
Yep, it takes a while to figure out where your calorie intake should be, and it changes over time.
But to be clear, in no way does that mean some people can’t lose weight with a calorie deficit. It means it’s complicated to find your deficit, and you won’t ever get nice linear progress. I think a lot of weight loss problems are because people get sold on diets and expect steady results. That’s not real.
This isn’t a diet. If someone wants to be fit, they need to learn to eat like a fit person because one day they’ll be a fit person and then they’ll have to maintain that. Forever. So no keto. No carnivore. No intermittent fasting (unless you really can do that forever. I’m going on 5 years). Just eat more fiber, less calorie dense things, and find things you like that are sustainable for you.
Sorry, just realized I’m ranting. This is one of those topics that gets me going because there’s an entire industry designed to make you lose weight, gain it all back, and suck the money out of your wallet in the process. It doesn’t need to be like that. It’s not that complicated. There’s no trick to it.
#mikeneedsaplan
Severe illness or a gulag.
50 lb over 8 weeks is pretty insane. 1 lb/week is pretty good. 2 a week is pushing it.
50 isn’t going to happen without consequences.
I did a pretty extreme weight loss a few years back, and in two months, I lost 20 pounds.
Even that was a bit more than is recommended without strict medical supervision. Two pounds per week is kind of the upper bound of “normal” weight loss. Don’t attempt more without a very, very good reason, and an even better doctor.
That sentence makes no sense. Figure out the amount you would need to eat and work out to MAINTAIN your desired weight and start doing that. Let it take however long it takes, then keep doing that to maintain, or tweak it to improve.
50lb in 2 months sounds dangerous as fuck. You could stop eating and probably lose that much, fuck up your metabolism, and immediately gain it back without even eating as much as you did before.
Losing that much weight in that amount of time means you have a critical medical condition. However in two months you can easily learn better, healthy nutrition and become more active, even have a lightweight exercise program. This will serve you better in the long run. There is never an easy way to become more healthy in a short term, except death.
If you stop eating entirely for 2 months you might just barely make it.
EDIT: Or sing up for the next season of Alone, which is basically the same thing.
What is Alone? A tv show or somethiing?
Outside of necessary amputations or liposuction, there’s no healthy way to do that. Especially in a way that’s sustainable.
Chop an arm?
This would kill you.
I had weight loss surgery ~2yrs ago. Started out at ~335lbs and have lost ~100lbs. Most of that was lost slowly over the course of the first year after the surgery.
So, even with weight loss surgery you are unlikely to loose 50lbs in two months. Unless you are starting at a very very high inital weight.
50lbs is an unhealthy goal. Both for your mentality and for your body. Health recommendations put about 2lbs a week as the upper limit on weight loss without health issues. Even people who are on weight loss programs and injections are told to stick to this amount as best they can.
As someone who lost 50lbs last year I get the urge to just “get it done” trust me. But it won’t help long term. Pick a routine, watch your calories, and stick with it. Success comes from progress, not quick fixes.
And if you want my secret tip, you’re gonna be hungry, but when you do eat, shrink your serving sizes, and wait. If you’re eating don’t make a whole meal (ex. Two pb&js, chips, and fruit) make a serving (one sandwich, or just the fruit, or a measured serving of chips, don’t just eat out of the bag), eat that and some water, and give it time. You won’t be “full” but the hunger will go away and you can keep going.
Meth is cheap
Or for a legal option, you can walk in to most weight loss clinics and they’ll give you all the robin eggs (phentermine) you want. They’re also great for long road trips.
I mean sure, but think of all the hardworking meth dealers who could use that money. Have some empathy. They already sold off their kids
A tapeworm infection.
