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Can you tell me what number of pounds approximately would i lose in one week eating 500 calories a day?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Maybe nothing.: By throwing yourself into starvation mode, you decrease your metabolic rate, lose mostly muscle and end up regaining weight very fast. Not a good idea.

Dr Munshower and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 7/3/2014

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