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Generally a sustained weight loss of 10% is considered to be a good target. It's the around the balance point of "real, tangible benefits" and "can actually be
by JshWright 9y ago
Generally a sustained weight loss of 10% is considered to be a good target. It's the around the balance point of "real, tangible benefits" and "can actually be accomplished and maintained".
There are absolutely people who are successful at losing (and maintaining) more than that, but they are a pretty small minority.
I don't have sources in front of me, but this is based on many conversations with my sister-in-law, who is just wrapping up her dietetics internship (after completing her undergrad in nutrition). I'm sure I can get some sources from her later in the day if you would be interested.
- SketchySeaBeast 9y agoI would be interested in reading on this phenomena. I've heard this 10% before, but didn't find there to be much of a bump myself. The diet at no point was particularly difficult to stick to once I'd developed the initial discipline. I did find my strength performance to decrease after about 3 or 4 months, but I don't know if that's due to a particular hormonal shift, or being on a caloric deficit for an extended length of time, and a general decrease in mass making lifts harder.