Why is it unhealthy to lose 10-15 pounds a week?

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I can't imagine you are losing anything but water if that is happening. And it can. There is a debate, but I have lost quite a bit of weight and regained some. Some times if you regain weight, its mostly water from poor diet . The water gets stored in your old fat cells. There's a tipping point when the water is not just water, but the fat cells fill up with fat again. I know I have stored up to 12 lbs of water before and lost it rather quickly by lowering sugar and carb intake. That can be the case. Usually it will slow down .

If you're in a besieged city being starved by an enemy army, and getting zero food, then your body feeds off of its self. First your body uses up your fat cells, and then your body feeds off of your muscle cells.

I'm no doctor, but I know that the average nonobese American eats about six pounds of food a day. So to accomplish losing ten pounds in a week you would have to eat zero food for a week, and your body would have to "eat" two days worth of "food" by cannibalizing itself. I don't think that even folks being starved in death camps loose THAT much weight THAT fast. Common sense would dictate that that would not even be doable, and that it would not be healthy if it were doable.

Ordered some brooks Adrenaline GTS 17 spent all day trying to try shoes on and found these fit good. Hard to find size 13 wade shoes. Also ordered a under ar,or gym bag and bought some excercise pants at Walmart. Now I have to wait for shoes. Would it be better to keep exercising in my boots or wait for the shoes?

10–15 lbs. per week seems impossible. Even trying would be dangerous because you could starve to death or seriously impair your bodily functions (which shut down if you eat too little).

You can lose weight fast, but doing it without doctor's supervision is very dangerous. This guy ate nothing but liquids and vitamins for about a year, but he had doctors monitoring him closely:

https://sciencealert.com/the-true-story ... mitstart=1

I kind of know what it feels like to be eager to lose weight. I found that focusing on other stuff helps. Tell yourself you are just going to follow your diet/exercise plan for now and check in with your body size in a month or so. Don't be focused on your weight right now; fill your days with other stuff, get new hobbies, volunteer, watch lots of movies, distract yourself. Maybe see a therapist or read some self-help books because you sound sad. Even though you won't lose weight or get a girlfriend right away, you can increase your ability to cope with waiting.

If you were pregnant and had the baby, then it is possible.

DONt have the motivation anymore. Though again starving to death would save me the trouble.

Seems I’m a super terrible person beyond being worthless trash.

You're not all that, Sly....and you know it!

I hate it when you write like that.