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Originally Posted by julsbabygirl I've started a diet eating only 500 calories in food and drinking all the soda that I want, no water. So far in the past week i've lost about 10 pounds. Even though it's worked so far, I've heard that once you start eating normally again your metabolism is screwed up for life? Is that true? |
What you are doing is definitely all wrong. Diets don't work. People that go on "diets" gain all or more weight back as soon as they start eating normally again. I don't know where you got the idea to eat 500 calories and drink all of the soda you want but that is just ridiculous. You must realize that.
If you are not doing something you can stick with the rest of your life why bother? You will loose and gain it back. Pointless.
The only way to successfully loose weight and keep it off is to figure out how many calories your need a day for your height, weight, age, activity level and so on. Then stay within that range each day. If you need to loose weight subtract 300-500 calories a day from that number.
Move your body, exercise 5-6 days a week. Cardio that included something that gets your heart pumping most of those days. HIIT, interval training, race/speed walking.
Drinking water is excellent. Don't get your calories from beverages. Save that for food. Count your calories and your serving size. Stay away from processed foods, sugar free, fat free, diet soda and other drinks, diet foods, trans fats, frozen, canned or boxed foods when possible. Limit your sodium but don't make the mistake of cutting back too far. You need sodium. Just as you need fat. It is about how much and what kind.
Mix up your workout so your body does not adapt. Waling is great. Add a few days of interval training, HIIT or some other type of cardio that gets your heart rate up.
Take up weight lifting. The biggest mistake people make when it comes to loosing weight and fat is thinking they will bulk up if they lift weights and build muscle. Not true. Girls don't bulk up from heavy/hard lifting 3-4 days a week. Men don't either unless they are specifically training to bulk.
Women do not produce enough testosterone naturally. Building muscle is the key to fat loss. The more muscle you have the faster your metabolism is and the more calories you burn just being alive. There are also many other health benefits to building lean muscle.
You are definitely damaging your metabolism. It can be repaired but why mess with it to begin with.
Rethink what you are doing. Educate yourself on proper nutrition.