Can I lose 2 pounds a week with this routine? Diet and exercise?

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Why does it take me a week of diet and exercise to lose a pound but when I have a few "cheat" meals in a weekend a gain back 2.5 pounds?

I had been doing great. Losing about a pound a week with diet and exercise. I went camping with friends this past weekend. We drank beers at night and didn't eat the healthiest of food. There were little kids involved so no excersize either. I was surprised and saddened when I got on the scale this morning and was 2.5 pounds heavier. It takes me 2.5 weeks to lose this amount of weight but only 3 days to gain it back. Doesn't make sense to me?

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It makes sense to me.  In the past, it has taken me a year to lose 10 lbs, but only two weeks of eating...

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Is it bad to lose 3 pounds a week if you're doing it through healthy diet/exercise?

I've done the math with the calories, and I could lose 3 pounds a week if I eat 1200 calories a day, and run 2 miles a day (which is what I usually do for track) and then doing pilates 5 times a week. Would this be bad? I'm not severly overweight, 1...

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no, as long as its a result of eating what your body needs and exercising.. one week i actually shedded...

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Walking daily for a half or one hour would help. Drink plenty of water. Eat more regularly with small...

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You absolutely can lose 7lbs in one week with the combination of diet & exercise. Just make sure...

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No but you can loose three pounds a week but it takes a lot of dedication and work. you also might have...

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yes but takes lots of work you must really want it

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A healthy weight loss is no more than two pounds per week - any more and you are losing muscle, not...

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you probably could but it would be very hard to maintain the weight loss. depending on your weight you...

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Sorry. Your original question may be ambiguous or need details. Please restate and try again.

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Diet and exercise plan to lose 5 pounds every week? ?

I know plenty of people have done it. and they ate too, they didnt cut off limbs :P. I know its possible, maybe not very healthy, but tell me what i should eat for my 3 meals and what ...show more

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eat 1200 calories a day DRINK TONS OF WATER no fat no sugar burn 600-900 calories a day thats around...

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