The CDC says slow and steady weight loss about one to two pounds per week is the best for losing weight and keeping it off forever.

Yet the fastest weight loss programs are reversing diabetes in real people.

So which one is right?

That's exactly what we're going to be talking about in this episode of the Eric Roberts Fitness podcast.

Today, I'm going to map out the pros, the cons, and a smart framework for losing weight fast without wrecking your muscle, your hormones, your sanity, or without risking gaining it all back after you lose it.

Guys, I'm excited for this podcast today.

I hope you're having a great day thus far.

This is a topic that I think is a lot more nuanced than people will like to talk about,

even myself personally to a degree.

I would say, oh, you know, slow and steady is the way. But there are

times when you should be losing weight faster. There are scenarios where even in our online

coaching program, we will set somebody up to lose more than one to two pounds per week. And again,

I'm going to talk about why. I'm going to talk about the exact strategies and how you can do it in a smart way. So first, I want to define what rapid means. So,

like, what is fast weight loss? What is normal weight loss? I'm going to be defining rapid

or fast weight loss as anything more than 1.5 to 2% of your body weight

lost per week. So for example, if somebody is 200 pounds, if they lose 1% of their total body weight

per week, that would be about 2 pounds per week. I would say that's

about average normal, probably on the higher side of normal, but I would throw that into normal

weight loss. If used, if that same 200 pound person starts losing 3, 4, 5 pounds per week,

that's what I would consider fast weight loss.

But again, we have to use the context of this.

It's not just a number of pounds lost per week.

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