The truth of what losing weight too fast does
Heres the story: Just bear through the story cuz you need to see that to understand the end.
I started wrestling when I was 5. In 8th grade i started to compete at lower weight classes. Basically the theory in wrestling is you cut down to the lowest weight possible so you can wrestle people you are normally bigger and stronger than. Since everyone does this it negates itself, but if you don't you will be a 180 pound guy wrestling guys who normally weigh 220.
Anyway in 8th grade I was still growing but wanted to excel in athletics. I was 5'5" 120 1bs and had 5.5% bodyfat (natural) just a ripped kid. I cut down to 105. How did I do that? Just losing water I would lose 5 pounds from running and sauna and then only drink 1 or 2 back. It was an ugly cycle. The day of weigh in I would be 105 and 20 minutes later I would have drank enough fluid to be 113. Freshman year I grew I was 140 5'6" and at 7% bodyfat. Still real cut up I cut down to 119. Constnatly dehydrating myself.
I was dehydrated for about 6 months out of the year. Just drinking enough to hold me by till weigh in time. Finally I got a scholarship to college. ANd here is where it gets crazy. I came in jacked up weighing 180 at 7% bodyfat. 5'7" MY scholarship was contingent upon wrestling 157. So I really didn't have much if any fat at all to lose. So I was losing 23 pounds of water. I basically owuld do it the day before or 2 days before a match. My record is 23 pounds in 24 hours. (not one pound being fat). I would dehydrate by running, sauna, exercise bike, etc.
I went through college senior year qualifying for NCAA's Division 1. That year i wrestled 184 and had bout 10% bodyfat. Body starting to catch up. Every year I wrestled and "cut" weight, right after the season i would gain it all back and some like they always say. Well, after NCAA's I was so burnt out from working out I wanted to take some time off. I Had been working out 3 times a day 6-7 days a week for 8 years. I mean intense cardio 2 a days lifting, and hardcore wrestling practices. Not to mention half hte time i was dehydrated.
Well, Now I am 7 months out of college I have a corporate job and just decided to get back into working out because I had gotten so out of shape. My Junior year of college I was 180 lbs 7% body fat, ran a mile in 5:30, 100 meter in 10.9, Benched 225 21 times, and Squated 405 12 times. But imagine being at 7% or 6% bodyfat and having to lose 15-20 pounds. you don't have it to lose. The only thing you can do is stirp your body of water weight. to the point where if yo udrink a 16oz bottle of water you gain a pound you won't piss off because your so dehydrated that your body soaks it all up like a sponge and won't release it. I would crave gatorade. Stand in shop-rite for hours picking out the perfect gatorade. Anyway like I said when your at 7% body fat losing 20 lbs drains you. So I was done working out and now I am 7 months out of college. I am 5'7" 220 lbs. 19% bodyfat. I ran a mile yesterday it took me 10 minutes. I put up 225 11 times and I don't even want to go near the squat.
I just started a lifestyle changing diet. See for those 7 months I wasn't pigging out, wasn't, going nuts. I jsut wanted a break and wanted to relax. Now look at me, I feel like a slob. I am so lucky I have a real good natural genetic build...Otherwise I would look terrible. Somehow I still fit in most clothes but their uncomfortable. Anyway I am lifting Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. And doing cardio Tues, thurs, sat........I just finished my first week of dieting and working out. MY metabolism is dead. A year ago I could eat 2 cheesesteaks, french fries, and milkshakes everyday and I would be at 7-9% bodyfat year round.
Now I have gained bout 35 poiunds and put on bout 10% bodyfat (meaning I obviously lost muscle). So overall crash dieitng kills your body. My metabolism is dead at the moment. Hope things turn around soon. I used to have a six pack without flexing, a chest to die for, and u better be damn sure u needed tickets for this gun show. Now if i flex my gut u can see a glare of abs. Hope to get it back. I am so sore can't even type. I lost 3 pounds this week but I know its all water basically because I haven't worked out in 7 months and I was drinking juice and iced tea and now I drink water on the rocks all day. Anyway just wanted to share the dangers of crash dieting, stopping working out, and not making this a lifestyle change.
