If You're Losing Weight Too Slow 🤬

23 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Eric Roberts humorously lists absurd extreme measures—cutting all carbs, never eating out, and “cutting out your will to live”—to illustrate how ridiculous it would be to try to speed up a weight‑loss rate that is already healthy. He then explains that losing about one pound of fat per week is actually solid progress, even though it may feel slow compared to social‑media examples. Roberts warns that trying to lose more than one to two pounds per week typically requires severe calorie restriction, excessive cardio, and the elimination of enjoyable foods, which can lead to muscle loss and a “skinny‑fat” appearance. He emphasizes that such over‑restriction isn’t worth the trade‑off and encourages viewers to stay consistent. Finally, he directs viewers to a link in his bio for free resources that can help with fat‑loss goals.

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If you're only losing 1 pound a week, then here's exactly what you're going to do to fix that and speed up the process. First, you are going to cut out all of your carbs. Second, you are going to cut out going out to eat. And third, you're going to cut out your will to live. And I just hope you know I'm kidding because losing 1 pound per week of fat Is incredible progress. I know it doesn't feel fast enough, or I know you probably see people losing weight quicker on social media, but in order for you to lose more than 1 to 2 pounds per week, you will have to cut out your favorite foods, not go out to eat and enjoy yourself, do tons of cardio, or just over-restrict yourself and hate your life. And I promise you, it's not worth it. Not to mention, you would probably be losing muscle mass if you're losing more than 2 pounds per week, and then you'll end up skinny fat where you lost weight but you don't really look the way you want to look, and you don't want that. So keep crushing it, and if you need some extra help with your fat loss, click the link in my bio. There's some free stuff there you can check out.