how fast should you lose weight?

27 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise health‑focused segment, Eric Roberts cautions viewers against trying to lose weight too quickly. He explains that crash dieting—eating very little while doing excessive cardio—causes the body to burn not only fat but also muscle. Loss of muscle reduces metabolic rate, so once the extreme diet ends the weight is typically regained. Roberts uses a company‑firing analogy to illustrate how removing essential resources (muscle) can cripple long‑term performance. He concludes with a concrete guideline: a safe, sustainable weight‑loss pace is about 0.5 % to 1 % of total body weight per week, and that this rate is sufficiently fast.

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weight faster isn't better. And I know you want to lose weight as fast as possible, but you actually don't. When you crash diet and barely eat anything, do nothing but cardio, and lose 3, 4, 5 pounds per week, your body doesn't just burn fat, it starts burning muscle too. And less muscle means a slower metabolism, which means the second you stop, you gain it all back. It's like if your company was panicked and it started firing all of its best employees. You might save some money in the short term, But eventually the company would go bankrupt because its best employees aren't there to keep it running. So do not get caught in the trap of trying to lose weight too fast. And when you think to yourself, this isn't going fast enough, remember, 0.5 to 1% of your total body weight per week. If you're in that range, you are going fast enough.