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To lose 3-5 pounds per week is crazy! That's 10800 - 18000 calories less than used per week. That's 1550 - 2570 calories less per day. A sedentary person needs
by vlasev 12y ago
To lose 3-5 pounds per week is crazy! That's 10800 - 18000 calories less than used per week. That's 1550 - 2570 calories less per day. A sedentary person needs somewhere between 2000 and 3000 calories per day. You were either eating half as much food than you needed or there is a more likely explanation.
It's obviously a combination of eating less and losing water weight. Your body can maintain about 1 lb of glycogen and 3 lb of water associated with that glycogen. Not eating carbs will likely lead to a big decrease in this weight. Also the fat itself is stored in 1:1 ratio with water. So your 3-5 lbs per week is likely either a 1 or 2 time thing where you progressively lose all your glycogen. Together with a moderate calorie restriction you end up losing some fat and an equivalent amount of water.
- ilija139 12y agoFinally someone with reason.
- totalrobe 12y agoCheck out reddit.com/r/keto. There's plenty of people losing 15 - 20 lbs per month.
- burger_moon 12y agoI've been at about 2 lbs weight loss a week on a 1350 calorie diet since mid December. I know 2000 calories seems to be a standard but after a couple weeks I don't really feel any different consuming <1400 cal a day than I did when I was consuming 2500. I also sit at a desk all day so I'm pretty sedentary. I doubt I could maintain this deficit if I was still doing manual labor. (I'm not doing a keto diet, just an eat less diet)
- getsat 12y agoWhat is your TDEE, if I may ask?
- toomuchtodo 12y ago> To lose 3-5 pounds per week is crazy! That's 10800 - 18000 calories less than used per week. That's 1550 - 2570 calories less per day. A sedentary person needs somewhere between 2000 and 3000 calories per day. You were either eating half as much food than you needed or there is a more likely explanation. Not only are my macros significantly skewed towards fats now, I am indeed consuming less calories (only 1000 cal/day of Ketochow) while still feeling satiated. My TDEE is ~2200 cal/day.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> To lose 3-5 pounds per week is crazy! That's 10800 - 18000 calories less than used per week. The actual range for the weekly calorie deficit is more like 1800 (3 pounds, 100% muscle @ 600 Cal/pound) to 17,500 (5 pounds, 100% fat @ 3,500 Cal/pound) And if you are doing losing weight through calorie deficit with a basically sedentary lifestyle, the percentage of weight loss through fat is probably going to be no higher, and possibly substantially lower, than your starting body fat percentage. The key reason for working out while losing weight is maintaining muscle mass.