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Re:Data Driven Weight Loss: Losing 66 pounds and gaining a s... by JamesBarney on Saturday August 05, 2017 @02:32PM (#14937139)
Why would you think different rates of weight loss would have different effects? I'm not aware of any studies that say that. Also the hypothesized reason weight loss maintenance is so hard is changes to leptin level which related to absolute level of body fat, not rate of body fat loss.
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Re:Data Driven Weight Loss: Losing 66 pounds and gaining a s... by fatso83 on Sunday August 06, 2017 @09:07PM (#14944634)
This is known for decades. If you drop too fast over too long period of time your metabolism changes base burn rate and you will have a hard time losing fat/staying the same weight once your normalize your diet. There is a reason diets like PSMF at restricted to 1-2 weeks. Not healthy over time.
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Re:Data Driven Weight Loss: Losing 66 pounds and gaining a s... by JamesBarney on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:06AM (#14946166)
I've now read several studies about successful long term weight loss maintenance. And none of them mention speed of weight loss as a factor. The Wikipedia article on it doesn't mention it.

Also here's a study that suggests the exact opposite, that rapid weight loss is correlated with long term success.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780395/

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Re:Data Driven Weight Loss: Losing 66 pounds and gaining a s... by sidlls on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:44AM (#14941500)
I am not an expert in this area. I speculate the rate is important due to hysteresis in the system.
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Re:Data Driven Weight Loss: Losing 66 pounds and gaining a s... by JamesBarney on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:12AM (#14946197)
The system definitely experiences hysteresis.(if you drop and regain weight you're metabolism will be slower) But I haven't seen any evidence that the rate of weight loss has any influence on it. I can see the intuitive appeal, but I haven't seen theoretical, epidemiological, or any other empirical evidence for it.
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