Can You Lose 10 lbs in 3 Days?

My neighbor is on a new 3 day diet that claims you can lose 10 lbs. As much as I want to believe this, I’m suspicious that you can lose that much weight in 3 days. Will the weight loss be mostly water or can you really lose 10 lbs in 3 days.

Michelle

Dear Michelle

Your intuition is right ! Even if you starved yourself and didn’t eat anything, you could not lose 10 lbs that quickly. It takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose 1 lb of fat. The average women burns around 2000 to 2100 calories per day, so it would take 15 days of fasting to lose 10 lbs.

We don’t recommend fasting to lose weight but we do recommend losing weight pounds through a sensible diet and exercise program. Reducing daily intake by 500 calories per day and increasing metabolism by taking 25 minute walks will burn between 1 and 1-1/2 lbs each week.  This is the safe and sane way to lose weight and keep it off.

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