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weight loss tracker week 5
Week 5 of weight loss and it wasn’t a brilliant one.
Effects of Rapid Weight Loss
Adnan Sami did it and now Bipasha Basu claims to have done it! What are we talking about? Of course weight loss! But not just any kind of weight loss, we are talking about sudden weight loss. The ‘Ugly duckling to Beautiful Swan’ transformation inducing weight loss!
Weight Loss no doubt increases the persons self confidence and general health levels but also helps them to look and feel better about themselves! But there are certain conditions to it, the main being it shouldn’t be rapid weight loss but a structured weight loss that is achieved by a combination of the proper diet and exercises.
However with the people of 21st century being obsessed with all things fast – fast paced lives, fast food, fast internet connectivity, fast trains, fast cars and so on. Everyone today wants to lose weight fast! Even though rapid weight loss seems like a good option for today’s busy bodies, it brings with it many potentially harmful side effects.
What is Rapid Weight Loss?
Rapid Weight Loss is nothing but sudden weight loss that occurs either due to medical conditions such as a gastro-intestinal disease, a dysfunctional thyroid, diabetes or due to certain medications. Sudden weight loss can also be achieved by lowering one’s calorie intake by going on a diet.
However unlike other forms of weight loss achieved by dieting and exercise, rapid weight loss is often temporary and leads to harmful effects. Following is a list of the effects of rapid weight loss,
Muscle Loss
Rapid weight loss is often accompanied with loss of muscle, as with this kind of sudden weight loss the body slips into ‘ketosis’, a state in which the body begins to burn muscle for energy! Plus with fat not being an effective energy source, the body tends to preserve it as an energy source, using it only as the last option. This leads to more muscle being burned for energy generation purpose by the body, leading to muscle loss.
Slowed down or Decreased Metabolism
When faced with a sudden weight loss, the body tends to go into ‘preservation’ mode, where it focuses more on the preservation of its energy sources. This results in a sluggish or slowed down metabolism that burns fewer calories and less fat, forcing the body to burn muscle for energy generation.
However one must keep in mind that with Rapid weight loss, the decreased metabolism results in instant weight gain when one resumes their normal eating habits.
Loose Skin
Even though our skin is elastic, it needs time to adapt to the changes in our body. But with rapid weight loss, the skin does not get the needed time to adjust to the sudden shrinking of the various body parts, a result of which is sagging skin. Loose skin due to sudden weight loss is mostly visible around the abdomen and in the arms and thighs of the individual.
Hair Loss
Hair Loss is a common occurrence when it comes to rapid weight loss caused by dieting. As most diets aiming for a considerable weight loss advise either a liquid diet or a low calorie diet, both of which lack proteins.
Hair needs protein for its growth and upkeep. In case of a rapid weight loss, where even the metabolism is decreased, protein absorption from the food consumed is low. With lack of protein in the body, the hair becomes brittle and eventually breaks.
Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional deficiencies are again a common occurrence for those who undergo rapid weight loss, as a slowed down metabolism affects the nutrition absorption process. Moreover, weight loss achieved by means of dieting (read – liquid diet, low calorie diet or crash dieting) sorely lacks in nutrition.
Along with nutritional deficiency that causes many problems such as a weakened immune system and a host of other problems due to it.
Dehydration
Dehydration occurs with rapid weight loss firstly because muscle consists mostly of water and with muscle burning; water is lost from the body. Secondly dehydration occurs because water intake is restricted to facilitate rapid weight loss, as water is known to cause bloating.
Other effects of a rapid weight loss are that it causes gallstones, insomnia and even depression in some!
So now that you know of the effects of rapid weight loss, we are sure that you’ll lose weight the right way i.e. a proper diet and regular exercise.To know more about Effects of Rapid Weight Loss
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well i have hypothyroidism and its hard to lose weight-and i recently got the depo provera shot and since then i have gained twenty pounds-i cant really workout alot cause i had knee surgery and i havent regained full capability of my knee-so i cant run an di cant do much-i am on levothyroxin for my thyroid, occassional combivent-and i am a college student and i work like one day a week for five hours-what weight loss pills or supplemens would you suggest?
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Answer by ♥Kinza ♥
Go to your doctor!! it is incredibly silly to mix drugs without consultation with your DOc!!
It really looks like you are staying on track though.
Trying to. This week didn’t feel like a good one though.