CallaFirestormBW
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I want to loose 100 pounds in four months. What is the safest way to do this? I would like to donate my skin to a burn center after the weight comes off. ~Slave Maranda~
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Sorry for coming late to the show -- life on the 3d side of the screen has been hectic!
As I mentioned in an another thread, losing this much weight this quickly is neither safe, nor healthy. I don't know what your starting weight is, but I would speak with a physician first and find out whether 100 lbs is even a realistic goal for weight loss for you. From there, you'll need to get medical testing to find out whether there are areas that might pose particular dangers for you.
It is both possible and safe to lose more than .5-2lbs a week, depending on where you're at. I started out 18 months ago at around 450 lbs, and am under 300 now -- but it's not been a bed of roses. I've tried the "quick off" stuff (including weight loss surgery, which didn't work NEARLY as well as they'd told me it would, and was NOT permanent), and ended up just gaining the weight back, plus 10-20%, within a year or two of losing it all -- talk about frustrating!!!
This time around, I opted for health, rather than size. I started with a program that combined whole-body fitness (also called "functional fitness") and a whole-foods-centered nutritional plan based on metabolic typing -- I've dropped over 150 lbs in the past year, and am still losing consistently at an average of 3-5 lbs per week, which is pretty impressive after a year.
Starving yourself will NOT result in lasting weight loss, and impaired nutrition aggravates cravings, so finding a healthy nutritional plan that you can sustain and including increased physical activity is really the only way to effect lasting change on your body. It's going to take work, consistency, and a willingness to accept the ebb and flow of your body -- anything else will just put you further out of kilter, and make it that much harder to bounce back down the road.
Calla
< Message edited by CallaFirestormBW -- 12/12/2010 1:03:20 AM >
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