Is it possible to lose 3 pounds a week by running a mile every day?

Answer 1

The much more important concern is: Is it healthy to lose 3 pounds a week by any means at all? The worst thing you can do is lose weight quickly, and then put on more than you lost. This is not just a cliche; it is a know risk factor for some health issues. Lose slowly and reasonably. Check out the program "I Can Make You Thin", on television. I don't recall the name of the guy who developed the program. It is a very common sense and relatively stress-free approach to eating and losing weight. Always check with your primary care physician before doing anything to lose or gain weight.

It's all well and good when you first see the pounds melting off when you engage in a drastic weight lossprogram. You don't realize at first what you are doing to your metabolism, and what you are driving your body to do in order to survive. Then, when you begin to lose control and gain weight back, you regret that unreasonably fast weight loss-- but by then it's too late. Avoid yo-yo dieting. Under some conditions, it may even be relatively healthier to remain a little overweight than to yo-yo and make yourself very sick.

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Yea, you can. I've had a lot of unhealthy habits, but I've lost up to 10lbs in a week (never gained it back either btw). Not good for you at all, but it's possible. Very very bad for you, but still.. it's possible.