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You can lose 10 kg in 20 days of not eating anything but electrolytes, so it's definitely not one-way ratchet. It's just difficult to do so. Once you eat anythi

• hombre_fatal 6y ago
  When I weigh myself daily, I realize I can fluctuate over 5kg just depending on if I've shat, been fasting for 24 hours, and/or consumed much water that day. I wouldn't start counting score until you have a few months of data to average. All of those "lose 10 pounds in two weeks!" magazine programs just have you emptying your poop chute where you get immediate results. Because they never try to scale to 20 pounds in four weeks or 30 pounds in six weeks.
  • bitL 6y ago
    Those +/- 5kg are coming from the water inside, that's normal. I am talking about real fat burning. Think about it - if you don't eat at all, aren't you going to lose weight? Our ancestors often went through feast-famine cycles and survived, likely because they accumulated fat during feast periods and then spent it during famine periods. Our issue is that we are always in the feast period and can't allow body to enter the famine one. The first three days are usually the worst, then it feels normal (assuming you take your electrolytes).