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[enterprise]

you weigh 100 lbs? how old and tall are you?

I'm 5'7-ish

edit: 15.64

I have a friend who's 102, same height and 16.

[Illusional]

wow tiay.. you were about as heavy as i am... muhahaha, but congrats on the weight loss.

raverboy

[Tiay]

hm, I've heard that it's unhealthy to loose weight too fast, but I haven't heard of it causing permanent damage...

My best guess? Organ damage.
depending on your initial weight and fitness, you can really only loose so much fat a week. For an average person, that's probably only around one or two pounds.
If you're loosing more, it means you're loosing water weight, muscle and whatever else your body burns instead of fat. Your body really really needs those things, and I imagine it'd cause organ damage if you dehydrate yourself for too long.
Plus, many of the diets that promise fast weight loss are ones that cut out one whole food group. Like, no carbs. Sounds good, but that's bound to cause an unhealthy and possibly permanently damaging imbalance. On the long run, you need carbs to live.

also; obese people are said to get loose skin if they loose too fast.. and the only other thing I can think of is.... um being underweight is unhealthy?

[Illusional]

for one, you throw your body into ketosis. when you starve yourself, your body will use the protein in your body after it's used up most of the fat and the carbs that your body stores. and then there goes your muscles.

raverboy

[Tiay]

so, I lost about 10 pounds over 2 months. that makes what, roughly 1.25 pounds a week on average? I'm impatient so that seemed a bit slow, but I guess I shouldn't go any faster than that anyway. *sigh* c'mon already, I want to be at 116.. or at least replace some fat with muscle. I'd love to do weight training. but I don't know how and i'm afraid i'd hurt myself.

[IndiReloaded]

it's called the multifidus, not that you're really interested.

raverboy

I lookedup the anatomy photo of that on wikipedia. All I can say to that is "pork tenderloin", baby!

Lilwing, you've been working your tender loin, no wonder you feel it... LOL!

[IndiReloaded]

Tiay,

I went on one of those 'fruit only' cleanses a few months back. Lost about 8 lbs in 10 days. Mind, I'm not overweight to begin with. But, I tell you, I felt great (after the 3rd day, which was the worst), my awareness shot up & I had tons of energy. Supposedly, you get addicted to all the carbs and caffeine and stuff in your bod...

I need to do another one soon. Sept, I think, after I'm back from holidays.

[Illusional]

i still don't get the pork tenderloin thing.

raverboy

[IndiReloaded]

i still don't get the pork tenderloin thing.

raverboy

I think its their deep back muscles that run along the spine... ie erector spinae & multifidus.

[Gigabitch]

I need to do another one soon. Sept, I think, after I'm back from holidays.

I'll do it with you. We can compare grody descriptions of what occurs.

[IndiReloaded]

I'll do it with you. We can compare grody descriptions of what occurs.

Okay. I'm heading down to CalTech for the 17th and back Sept 4. After that. I'll send you the link for the drink recipe & basic info meantime.

Miso, Vash (and anyone else)? Want to do it too? Misery loves company after all...

[Tiay]

what? didn't we just get through saying how not good rapid weight loss is?

You'll loose more water and muscle (things that HELP you loose fat) than fat itself, and that's just dumb.

[anachronistic]

i read that drinking a few beers every day is healthy.


can someone tell me a good way to build up the side muscles of the abdomen? i'm starting to get my six-pack back, but it looks silly with flabby sides.

[Gigabitch]

You have to do oblique sit-ups.

[anachronistic]

You have to do oblique sit-ups.

i must be doing them wrong or something... i don't feel my side muscles getting tired when i do those.. just my abs. any weight lifting techniques?