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Anonymous
Hypothetical question time:

If somebody was to go almost anorexic and lose 60lbs very quickly - mostly fat, but some muscle and water weight since it'd be based off of eating very little - and then started to lift heavily and up the caloric intake after reaching the desired goal weight... what would the result be?

Muscular and trim, or just a total mess?
>> Anonymous
Total mess.
>> Anonymous
1. The loss of muscle will hinder any attempt to lift heavily.

2. Your body will store the increased calorie intake as fat.

You'll lose it fast, then you'll gain it all back in the same manner.
>> Anonymous
>>481904
Right, but say you're eating a 1200 calorie per day diet to lose it super fast, then you bump it to 1300 or 1400 calories per day and start lifting lightly, and as time passes bump it up back to 1500, then 1700, then 1850, and 2000 calories while lifting more and more...

Won't it be a good turnout? You can't say like "NO YOU'LL BE A BLIMP" because I'm sure somewhere, some starving african has made it to a 1st world country and started eating 2,000/day diet and not blimp'd
>> Anonymous
it takes longer to build muscle than it does to burn fat

you'd spend months if not years trying to gain back what you lost during your diet
>> Anonymous
>>481890
You planning to start filming The Machinist 2 right before the 3rd Batman flick, Bale?
>> Anonymous
>>481927

I lol'd
>> Anonymous
>>481890

Back it up, brah. Starvation consumes a great deal more muscle than fat.

Why?

Muscle is much easier for the body to break down. It only goes to fat as 1) a last resort, or 2) when it knows that it can spare the energy to convert fat into something it can use.
>> Anonymous
Umm I did it. 210 to 160. Lots of fat, maybe 20% by the end, but once you get on the right diet, the muscle comes easy and the fat withers away as you gain it. Now I'm at 14% fat, and still goin. Anorexia will only work if you're a total fatass to begin with, like I was.