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Originally Posted by rubecube
I honestly don't know enough about the subject, but is it the sudden weight loss that's largely to blame? Would a more sustained and gradual program cause the same results. At my heaviest I was 225 lbs and probably close to 25% BF. At my leanest I was 165 and around10-12% BF. Currently I'm sitting at around 173 and 14-16% BF. I've found from personal experience that crash dieting is just terrible but that I can get myself into pretty good shape if I exercise hard enough (two a day training) and mildly restrict my caloric intake, and that I only really start to gain weight if I gorge and stay sedentary. I'm not saying that there aren't biological factors at play. With my body type, getting into the sub 10% range is pretty much a pipe dream and I'm at peace with that but is there way for people to get into a range that's healthy compared to where they're at even if it's not what we would traditionally define as fit?
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I sort of have very similar numbers- was around 230 about 4 years ago, lost 60 in the span of 6-7 months, and have thankfully kept it off since. I recall dieting at around 1700-2000 calories, but was incredibly active in that time, either at the gym or golfing almost every day and did not really cheat until it was done.
I think even the 10lbs/month I lost was way too fast, and would probably recommend a little slower with this new research into metabolic damage in mind. The diets some of these people are on are way crazier though- less than 1000/day plus working out... they are losing all kindz of gains.