How fast can you lose mass?

[sdmkbeck]

I have been dieting incredibly wrong the past week and as a result ive lost a good 7 lbs. Im hoping its just water weight. I made sure i kept a high protein content (1g per lb), but my calories were at a big deficit. But, how fast can/does the body lose muscle mass? When i look in the mirror it appears i lost all body fat, but at the same time it looks like my muscles got smaller too. Is this a result of losing the water that was retained in the muscles? Any opinions/explanations will really ease my mind. The most important of my questions is how easy/fast can muscle mass be lost.

[sdmkbeck]

To add to this i have been taking jack3d, creatine hcl, vitamins, fish oils, and oxyelite pro.

[AlwaysTryin]

I have been dieting incredibly wrong the past week and as a result ive lost a good 7 lbs. Im hoping its just water weight. I made sure i kept a high protein content (1g per lb), but my calories were at a big deficit. But, how fast can/does the body lose muscle mass? When i look in the mirror it appears i lost all body fat, but at the same time it looks like my muscles got smaller too. Is this a result of losing the water that was retained in the muscles? Any opinions/explanations will really ease my mind. The most important of my questions is how easy/fast can muscle mass be lost.

You can lose it very quickly depending on how severe you are talking...

I'm guessing you are on a "low carb" diet???

[sdmkbeck]

You can lose it very quickly depending on how severe you are talking...

I'm guessing you are on a "low carb" diet???

Yeah i started taking aderol again for my ADD and its REALLY hard to eat on that ****. So for like a whole week i struggled to take in 2000 calories. Some days even less. But i always made sure i got atleast 150g of protein no matter what

[insomniac0]

oh yes you can lose extremely fast. 3 years ago in my ED times I lost almost 50lbs in 2 months time (not just muscle of course, i assume about 10lbs of it was fat)

[sdmkbeck]

oh yes you can lose extremely fast. 3 years ago in my ED times I lost almost 50lbs in 2 months time (not just muscle of course, i assume about 10lbs of it was fat)

ugh really . so with the information provided above how much of the weight i have lost would you say is muscle? could you even accurately measure?

[danmanxx]

Addherol ****ed up my early days. I hardly ate, and now I'm paying the price for it, stay off of it.. It's toxic junk. Sure I was #10 in my 5th and 6th grade class but I couldn't sleep or eat and I was unhappy. Go on straterra. Just ranting about BADDherol..

[Exezy]

you dont lose muscle thaaat fast. You didnt build it over night and it wont disappear over night either

[sdmkbeck]

you dont lose muscle thaaat fast. You didnt build it over night and it wont disappear over night either

Can you back that up with some evidence/personal experience/anything at all?

[SolidSteel86]

Can you back that up with some evidence/personal experience/anything at all?

You just don't.

Simply, your body eventually achieves a sort of homeostasis at your higher body weight and wants to stay there, which is why people have to really kick it into gear sometimes to lose weight.

People with muscle wasting diseases don't even lose 7lbs a week.

[sdmkbeck]

You just don't.

Simply, your body eventually achieves a sort of homeostasis at your higher body weight and wants to stay there, which is why people have to really kick it into gear sometimes to lose weight.

People with muscle wasting diseases don't even lose 7lbs a week.

Thanks thats what i was looking for. +rep

[SolidSteel86]

For claification, glycogen stores and water loss can account for most of the weight loss you had.

[sdmkbeck]

For claification, glycogen stores and water loss can account for most of the weight loss you had.

Would this also explain some of the deflation in my muscles?

[Exezy]

Would this also explain some of the deflation in my muscles?

yep

[MarkVI]

Well we'll see, I've been in the hospital for 3 days and have had maybe 500 calories a day and maybe 1200 caloires for a few days before that. I feel just fine in terms of muscle loss/body comp.

Just can't eat :\

[MikeK46]

The most important of my questions is how easy/fast can muscle mass be lost.

Well, first off you won't lose much in a week, so don't freak out. You kept the protein up, which will definitely help....did you lift at all?

One of the biggest factors here is how much bodyfat you're carrying. The more bodyfat you have, the less muscle protein will be broken down. This is why obese people can safely be put on a very low calorie diet for a while. If you're lean, however, then you'll break down muscle much more readily if you're in a high caloric deficit.