I recently graduated from university, and found in the last months leading up to my graduation, i significantly let myself down – i put on almost 8 kgs!
I have been reading a lot of the articles you have posted and found myself a little relieved and a little perplexed.
Having coming back home for a holiday, 1 month and a couple of days to be precise, I decided that with the availability of healthy food, a gym right around the corner, and my mom to help keep me on track, this might the perfect (and only) opportunity for me to drop those kgs, and fast.
For about 1.5 weeks now, I have been trying to burn around 1000 calories minimum with a combination of cardio/weights per day, and i have cut out carbs from my diet almost completely, save for a spoon or two of rice or buckwheat pasta a day, so it is safe to say that my caloric intake would not be more than 1000 a day.
Is what i am doing alright? Will I be able to drop the 6kgs by the time 3 weeks come to an end? I know its sounds rash, but after trying a gazillion types of workouts, this is my last resort, and quite frankly, my last hope.

I really appreciate anything you have to say.
Thanks in advance!

Is this a permanent impact or something that irons itself out after a while?

For example, if one lost 50lbs through 33%-50% deficit, would their metabolism be permanently lowered as opposed to a person who took longer to lose the same amount of weight via a 10% deficit?

And by permanently lowered, I mean even if the weight were gained back, the metabolism would be permanently ‘damaged’.

Based on RAPID FATLOSS HANDBOOK, which I have read

If a person takes a great full spectrum amino supplement would that allow for a human to reduce food calories and spare organ breakdown in the body? Essentailly seriously reducing calories with out reducing “the building blocks” and essential nutrients for survival?

Your articles are fantastic.
However, I do have a question.
I’ve read both here, and in one of your books (Rapid Fat Loss Handbook) that engaging in a lot of activity (mainly aerobic) while on a very low calorie diet can slow weight loss efforts?
Why is this?
If one has a high caloric deficit and then increases that with exercise, according to the energy balance equation wouldn’t that increase weight loss? I understand that with such a big deficit, the negative hormonal responses of your body are increased but you yourself have said that they’re not enough to eliminate the deficit completely.

If you could clear this up for me it would be much appreciated!!

Never cheated though. Cheating is the killer. It’s not just the calories from the cheat but how it screws your willpower up for the long haul.

P.s. I think the best way to “measure your deficit” is to look at your long term loss rate and impute the deficit from that. If you are doing consistent activities and a certain diet and have 3#/week loss rate, then you must mathematically have a 1500 calorie deficit. Forget figuring it out from the ground up. Just use what the loss rate implies.

Thanks.