FRIDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) --When it comes to weight-loss patterns, the old adage proclaims that "slow and steady" wins the race, but recent research suggests otherwise.
A new study found that obese women who started out losing 1.5 pounds a week or more on average and kept it up lost more weight over time than women who lost more slowly. They also maintained the loss longer and were no more likely to put it back on than the slowest losers, the researchers added.
The results shouldn't be interpreted to mean that crash diets work, said study author Lisa Nackers, a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. ....."
Note they defined quick weight loss as 1.5 lbs per week or more. I often see people describe that as slow or moderate. The "quick loss" participants lost the way I did - what we jokingly refer to as my "laser sharp focus" on my eating plan. I did not deviate from my eating plan for 7 months when I had one planned off plan birthday meal. That's what I needed after years of really disordered eating. I really needed to reorient my brain and change my relationship with food. I know that's not true for everyone.