I know how tempting it is to drop weight incredibly fast, but the problem is that you are almost always using extreme measures to do so, habits you cannot keep up for the rest of your life, and if you're doing that you will gain back.
I know because I've done it too many times.
The other reason I warn against it is that let's say you only lose 30 pounds -- that's a HUGE achievement, but you'll be so disappointed you didn't hit the 40 that it will cloud your perspective.
Again, I know this from experience. You'll probably gain back.
I've recently experienced a gain due to emotional reasons, but prior to that I had limited my calories to about 1300-1500, was exercising regularly, and dropped about 42 pounds. And kept it off. The gain has been unfortunate, and I'm looking to correct it, but part of the thing was that I was just saying, "Okay, today I'll hit my calories and not go over. Today I'll work out."
In fact, I began gaining the day I put a big goal for myself at the end of the month on the calendar. It stressed me out. What if I only lost 5 instead of 8?
This is a very long way of saying that ANY weight loss will be fantastic, and if you're starving yourself and you aren't seeing the results you want to, you've probably set your goal way too high.
I mean, how many months have gone by where you haven't lost any weight? Wouldn't you rather be even five pounds down from last month? Think of it that way.
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