How much weight can you lose a week?
I have heard that after you lose so much weight a week...it is no longer fat being lost but water weight and muscle....
I read mostly 1-2lbs a week of fat is how much the body can lose only...Then I have read also some that say 3-4lbs is pushing it and anything after that is basically muscle and water weight....
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07-09-2012, 05:08 AM #1
How much fat can you lose a week?
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07-09-2012, 05:16 AM #2
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07-09-2012, 06:51 AM #3
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Agree with above. A morbidly obese 400 pounder can lose 30 pounds in a month and not have anything to worry about while someone at 10% bodyfat aiming for 8% bodyfat can only really lose a pound a week.
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07-09-2012, 07:12 AM #4
Roughly 0.062 lbs of fat per pound of body fat per week.
Based on max deficit for fat loss being around 31 calories per pound of body fat (f). Max deficit in a week = 7*31*f = 217 calorie deficit * f -> Fat loss from this is: 217 *f / 3500 = 0.062 * f.
So if you were 200 lbs and 20% bf, you have 40 lbs of fat, you can lose roughly 2.48 lbs of fat per week.Barely decent crew
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07-09-2012, 07:20 AM #5
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In addition to this, some of your loss will also be LBM that is -not- muscle (provided your protein intake is fine and you're lifting heavy) being removed now that it is no longer needed due to removal of fat, such as blood, connective tissues, etc. Your body doesn't break these down in the same manner as emptying fat stores, which is one of the reasons you have "whoosh" weeks where even though you've not changed your routine, your weight suddenly drops more than it has been, as your body breaks down excess LBM.
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07-09-2012, 12:08 PM #9
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Think about those 250lb+ girls who goes for gastric bypass ^^ my cousin lost 60 in a month so yea
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