What Happens If You Loose Weight To Fast?

Celebrities, gossip magazines proclaim, lose weight with miraculous speed. "10 pounds in 10 days!" the headlines regularly shout. A popular singer lost "up to 20 pounds" on the Lemon Water Diet, and an international model walked the runway in lingerie just 2 months after giving birth. Can you--should you--try a celebrity diet? Rapid weight loss diets pose many health risks and few lasting benefits, doctors and nutritionists say.

For celebrities, their paycheck may depend on a flawless figure. They have million-dollar reasons for embarking on fasts and extremely low-calorie diets to lose weight rapidly. But celebrities and everyday folk face health problems and dietary setbacks --regaining lost pounds--when they lose weight too quickly. One celebrity, a long-time follower of both raw food and macrobiotic diets, suffers from severe vitamin D deficiency and was recently diagnosed with osteopenia, an illness that can lead to the serious bone disease osteoporosis.

Tania Ferraretto, an accredited practicing dietitian for Nutrition Professionals Australia in Adelaide, is among many dietitians who warn that rapid weight loss is both unhealthy and ineffective. "These effects can range from fatigue or constipation through to more serious health risks like heart disease or osteoporosis." She continues, "Long-term dieters may notice dry skin and nails and hair may even start falling out, and those who lose weight too quickly may have a heart attack."

The Worst Fad Diets

Some fad diets are worse than others, Ferraretto says. Followers of the the Zone Diet have reported constipation, bad breath, stomach cramps and nausea as side effects of the diet. The Lemon Water Diet is a starvation diet that provides its only nutritional value through maple syrup. It can make you sick and gain fat, Ferraretto says, because your body's metabolism slows down when it tries to protect itself from food deprivation.

Post-Pregnancy and Rapid Weight Loss

Women who've recently given childbirth and want to regain their pre-pregnancy figures as quickly as possible may also put their health at risk. Pregnancy normally puts a strain on a woman's body, and it can take a year for her body to fully recover. Crash diets deprive her of important nutrients that she needs to regain her strength and care for her baby, says dietitian Sarah Keogh of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute. She says women shouldn't even think about dieting until at least six weeks after giving birth and should lose weight through healthy eating and physical activity.

Obesity and Extreme Diets

Diets extremely low in calories may have a place in the diets of obese patients, particularly those who must lose weight for surgery, a recent report concluded. Dr. Frankie Phillips said in "GP Magazine" that a very low calorie diet, defined as one that includes between 450 and 800 calories a day, should not be followed for longer than 12 weeks and that medical supervision is recommended for any diet that involves fewer than 500 calories a day. She did not recommend a very low calorie diet for the average person but said it may be helpful for an obese person whose weight has reached a plateau on a standard diet or for someone who needs to lose weight before surgery.

Fad Diet Dangers

If you want to try one of the diets promising fast results, Ferrareto warns of these possible risks: fatigue and iron deficiency in the Baby Food Diet; irrational and dangerous attitudes toward food, nutrient deficiency and irritable bowel or constipation in the Meal Replacement Diets; fatigue, nutrient deficiency and, over time, osteoporosis in the Raw Food Diet and Macrobiotic Diet; bloating and long-term weight gain in the Cabbage Soup Diet.

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How I Lost the weight!! Patricia McKinney

First and foremost I'm proud to say that I'm 47 years old and I have lost 43 pounds and I did it nice and slow!!! I must say that I'm pleased with the progress.

When I first started my weightloss journey, I read a lot things, tried a few things, but in the end I decided to follow my own instinct when it came down to my health. I was always a small girl,  about size 9-10 but, when I had my third child at the age of 33 that's when the weight start coming on. I went from a 10 to a sixteen over the next 14 years and I tell you it's wasn't good.

Last June 2011 I decided that I was going to loose the weight. This commitment was going to be a life changing experience! I started experimenting with a few things that I seen on T.V, as far as exercising and eating healthy, but a short time later I found myself running out of momentum and loosing my motivation. I knew right then I had to find a plan that worked for me and not a plan that worked for somebody else or a plan that was being endorse by celebrities to encourage people to buy their products when in fact most of them don't even use the products.

I changed my whole diet gradually and I worked out without becoming confined to the gym.. when I first started working out it was in my home every other day by using 2 cans of vegetables and rotating my arms or dancing to some hip hop music. A month later I signed up to Planet Fitness and for the first 2 months I loved the gym. I worked out 5 days a week doing 60 mins of cardio and working on my abs. Then in the third month I slowed down from 5 days to 3 days in the gym and the other 2 at home. With my focus on being healthy I began, cutting out all the sugars and eating less carbs. The weight just began to fall off of me.

Now I didn't start the work-out at home until October of 2011. I was just talking about loosing the weight in June and then in October the commitment came. I made it through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New years without eating unhealthy and I was so excited, but I knew that I had to maintain my goal without getting bored or going hard and possibly burn myself out. By Feb 2012 of this year I changed up my work-out plan, since we didn't have a really bad winter in Connecticut I started doing a lot of walking outside. When it was to cold to walk outside, I went to the mall and walked around for about 45 mins and our local mall is Big. Changing my scenery and workout method kept me motivated and encouraged to keep going.

Some of my basic items consist of, plenty of water, green tea and unsweetened almond milk. My food consist of organic eggs , Kashi granola cereal, Fiber-One bread, Kashi oatmeal, organic chicken and wild Alaskan salmon ,brown rice, plenty of veggies, fruits,  low fat yogurt, dry walnuts and weight watchers Ice cream (which is very good and has a lot of fiber).  From time to time I do treat myself to some delicious organic Sea Salt chips with the dip (Mmmmm, yummy)!!

Today April 7th and 6 months later I'm still motivated and pressing towards my goal and sticking to a plan that works for me. My body has fully detox itself  and from the results today it won't allow me to intake the bad food I use to eat.  Even if I try, I will break out in hives and itch, which is so uncomfortable- so that's telling me something (I can't go backwards). I started at a size sixteen and now I'm in a pair of forever 21 size 10 jeans. I still have a lot of work to be done on certain parts of my body but for the most part I'm satisfied and very greatful!

If I had to endorse anyone today or give credit for my weightloss, it would first and foremost be God, for He has given me the strength and guidance to go forward. Also, to my husband and children for motivating me.  Lastly, to my team for sticking by and encouraging me and to the angry fitness trainer Alfonso Moretti Jr for a wonderful blog that kept it real and a became an inspiration to me...
Check him out at www.angrytrainerfitness.com

A HEALTHY AND NORMAL WEIGHTLOSS.

What constitutes "healthy" and "normal" weight loss can be confusing. If you want to lose 5, 10 or 20 lbs., your best chance of reaching your goal and staying healthy is to lose weight gradually, dietitians say. If you reduce your caloric intake by 500 calories a day, you will lose a pound a week, according to the accepted standard that 3,500 calories equals a pound of fat. An average woman needs about 2,000 calories a day to maintain her current weight and would need to reduce her daily intake to 1,500 calories a day to lose a pound a week. Your particular caloric needs depend on your height, weight, age, gender and level of activity. You can consult a dietitian or use an online calculator to estimate your needs.

Diets that promise fast results may not be healthy. The Master Cleanse, for instance, is an extremely low-calorie diet that suggests you can lose up to 20 lbs. in 2 weeks. Some celebrities have gone on record to say it worked, although one has also publicly said she regained the weight. The Master Cleanse involves drinking a beverage containing water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It provides about 800 calories a day, most of them from the maple syrup. Tania Ferraretto, an accredited dietitian, says the Master Cleanse and other extreme diets can cause mild side effects, such as fatigue and constipation, as well as more serious problems, such as hair loss, osteoporosis and heart disease.

If you're losing weight unintentionally, it may be a sign of a health problem. Over-exertion, dehydration and acute stress may cause involuntary weight loss. These can be remedied with rest, water and relaxation. Sudden weight loss can also be associated with more serious health problems such as hyperthyroidism, cardiopulmonary disease and cancer. If you are suddenly losing weight, and simple measures such as drinking more water and cutting back on an exercise regimen don't help you recover the weight, you should consult a doctor, says Lt. Arthur Pemberton, who has researched the causes of weight loss and muscle weakness for the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia

Studies also have shown that the prescription for obese people to lose weight to improve their health may actually be harmful, say M.K. Simonsen and colleagues at the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen, Denmark. Simonsen said he examined nine studies that evaluated the link between intentional weight loss and mortality in obese people. He said he was surprised by his findings. Two studies showed obese people were less likely to die after losing weight, three studies showed they were more likely to die and four found no connection. The men and women in all of the studies were healthy before losing weight, Simonsen said in the 2008 study published in the journal "Nutrition Reviews" and reported in "Drug Week" magazine.