When is dehydration dangerous?

[jennifer_bloom]

I've been dehydrated multiple nights in a row due to rapid weight loss this week, I have lost around 3 pounds since my barbecue on Sunday and it is now Thursday, on Tuesday, I had gained 2 pounds after the barbecue from digesting the food I ate there. As of Thursday, I am 1 pound skinnier than I was before the barbecue happened. My weight loss supplement helps me lose weight but it also leads to thirst, sometimes the thirst is so intense it affects my sleep.

[es20490446e]

If you are thirsty, you need to drink.

Actually the same with food. If you are hungry, you need to eat.

The question is what you eat, and if you are really eating the only amount you need to stop hunger, or more than that.

If you only eat the right amount, eventually your body demands eating less. You shall not feel full, just satisfied.

Use smaller dishes, and consider serving you multiple times instead all at once. Serve yourself 80% of what looks good to you, and allow yourself to serve you again if you still feel somehow hungry, not full.

The point is not losing weight, but to train your body to actually notice when it needs to eat and when not. It's not about forcing yourself, but finding the right point of pressure.

The same as when you receive a massage, or when you exercise. Not pain, just the right amount of pressure. Pleasurable pressure.

Eating in a calm undistracting environment also helps a lot. If you are watching movies, or the ambient is too exciting, is easy to overeat without you noticing it. Eat slightly slower than usual.

[es20490446e]

Also avoid snacks. Try to reduce the amount of times you eat during the day. You shall not be constantly eating.

For reference I found that the optimal amount of times for me is 3. My first meal is very light, only fruit, and after two hours I have a bigger meal. Then after 3-4 hours I have my last meal.

[es20490446e]

Finally perseverance beats excellence anytime.

You shall find a format that is pleasurable, rather than require constant willpower.

And take into the account the natural variances. Sometimes you need to eat more, sometimes less.

The same as when you exercise: sometimes you are motivated to do a lot, others you are a bit tired.

You keep going, but with the amount that feels balanced to that moment. Versus just quitting all together. Navigating the lows and highs.

Think it about getting a massage on a part of a body that has a contracture. If you apply no pressure the massage doesn't work, if you apply too much it hurts.

It shall be just the pressure that you feel intensity, but not painful. Pleasurable intensity.

Life is the right amount of intensity.

[es20490446e]

The most common mistake I see in people is pressuring themselves way too much. Then they just quit due to exhaustion.

If you don't feel like doing it, it means you are pressuring yourself way too much. Do somehow less.

[tulgablake]

Dehydration becomes dangerous when its severe with symptoms like confusion, fainting, lack of urination for long or rapid heart break

[Speaking_Frankly]

Dehydration, whether its acute or chronic, is never good as your body is trying to work with less water and fewer electrolytes than it actually needs to function properly.

Bodybuilders dehydrate themselves for the best aesthetic to judges but their muscles and organs are screaming to be hydrated as they're in a weakened state.

Professional fighters often dehydrate themselves to fall within the cut-off weight. Likewise, they're in a weakened state. Some have literally died because of dehydration, especially when diuretics were used.

With supposed weight loss treatments that work by laxative or diuretic mechanisms, they too can cause serious and even permanent damage to organ systems, if not cause organ failure due to dehydration.

Dehydration is especially dangerous when electrolytes have an imbalance as your heart relies on a very fine balance to maintain its rhythm. If you really need to ask this question with your weight loss journey, you need to speak to a medical doctor and a qualified nutritionist.

[Clear_Skies10]

This reminds me of a math problem
If Jennifer lost 3 pounds on Thursday, but she gained 2 pounds the previous Tuesday because she was at a barbecue on Monday, how much weight did Jennifer lose?

[jennifer_bloom]

I lost 1 pound in total.

[Clear_Skies10]

You are correct.
It appears as if the weight-loss supplement possibly isn't worth it. Extreme dehydration and disrupted sleep just to lose 1 pound a week sounds like a difficult strategy to maintain long term. You may have to just focus on proper diet, portion control, and exercise to lose weight in a way that doesn't compromise you health in other ways.