How much weight can you lose by not eating for a week?

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I tried it. Firstly I must say I do not have an addictive personality or focus much on my body or looks. I did it in an attempt to try and personally understand friends of mine. I started at 176lbs and initial weight loss was quick probably due to emptying my body of the waste (poo) over the first couple of days. I drank only water and tea, white with one, as I normally would. I did my normal work involving moderate exercise and lost 11lbs, not even a stone! Worrying and unexpected symptoms nearing the 7 days were: problems with vision flickering & focusing; giddiness and fatigue started very early when exertion was needed. NOTE: Half the weight was back on with in a couple of days. Loosing weight fast is not a viable method for people who need to loose weight, and is Definitely Very Dangerous to people who have little weight to loose. Ravonseed.

Actually, your metabolism will go into "starvation mode" and slow down. This is why recovering anorexics gain more weight back than they originally had before the eating disorder. Trust me; I've been there.

If you're really going to do the drastic scary weight loss strategy, eat a small amount every day, divided into four or five small snacks.

An intake of a small portion of food every few hours throughout the day will speed up your metabolism, AND you're guaranteed to still lose weight in a very small amount of time because of the substantial decrease in calories.

** i would just like to add that i dont know if it is just to do with my age/weight/metabolism but i started out at 8.8 (im 20 years old)and i drastically cut down on calories for around 2 weeks for my birthday party, i lost a stone in 2 weeks, and i actually still ate, just very little, and when i started eating again (not quite normally, but around 1000 calories a day) i havnt gaind any of it back at all, and im really happy with my weight now, and eat three healthy meals a day just small amount each meal. .... just wanted to add this to this answer because i read alot of answers saying u only lose water weight if you starve urself then u gain it back straight away if u eat, yeh maybe some people, but not me, so it may work for you to, totally depends on the person!! x

you are supposed to leave 800 calories in your body. so maybe just eat 800 or less and you'd still loose weight.

you lose 21IBS a week by just eatin 0-500 calories so a day u will lose 3

in a week 21 bc 7*3=21

yeah but I would not try it because ur goin to gain back as soon as u startin eat normally again!

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