How to Lose Weight Fast

(And Why You’ll Put It All Back On Again)

If you want to lose weight fast, I have excellent news.

You absolutely can.

You can drop several pounds in a short space of time. Sometimes very quickly.

People do it all the time.

They also put it all back on again — often with interest.

This isn’t because they’re weak, lazy, or “bad at dieting”.

It’s because fast weight loss works by breaking systems you actually need to live.

Let’s explain why.

How Fast Weight Loss Actually Works

Fast weight loss relies on one or more of the following:

• Extreme calorie restriction

• Cutting entire food groups

• Eating in a way that only works when life is calm, controlled, and boring

• Ignoring hunger and calling it “discipline”

At first, this feels effective.

The scale moves.

Clothes feel looser.

Compliments appear.

But what you’re mostly losing early on is:

• Water

• Glycogen

• Muscle

• Your tolerance for normal life

Your body notices. Quickly.

Your Body Isn’t Confused — It’s Responding

When food intake drops sharply, your body does what it’s designed to do:

• Hunger hormones increase

• Energy expenditure drops

• Food becomes louder, shinier, more interesting

• Appetite rebounds once restriction lifts

This isn’t failure.

It’s survival.

The faster you lose weight, the harder your body pushes back to regain it.

The Rebound Phase (A.K.A. “What Went Wrong?”)

The plan worked… until it didn’t.

Life intervened:

• A stressful week

• A social event

• A holiday

• Poor sleep

• A Tuesday

You eat “off plan”.

And because the plan was rigid, extreme, and joyless, there’s no soft landing.

So instead of:

“I’ll just eat normally again”

It becomes:

“I’ve blown it — may as well start again Monday”

That cycle isn’t accidental.

It’s built into fast weight loss plans.

Why Losing Weight Fast Feels So Convincing

Fast results feel motivating.

Slow stability feels boring.

But boredom is underrated.

Boring food habits:

• Survive busy weeks

• Survive stress

• Survive holidays

• Survive real life

Exciting, dramatic plans don’t.

If a way of eating only works when everything else is perfect, it won’t last.

The Real Cost of Losing Weight Fast

Repeated cycles of fast loss and regain don’t just affect the scale.

They:

• Erode trust in hunger cues

• Make food feel risky or out of control

• Encourage all-or-nothing thinking

• Teach you that weight loss requires suffering

Eventually, the problem isn’t weight.

It’s that food has become a full-time mental job.

What Actually Works Instead

Not a hack.

Not a detox.

Not more “discipline”.

What works is stability before speed.

That means:

• Eating regularly

• Keeping all food groups

• Making food boring enough to fade into the background

• Losing weight slowly enough that your body doesn’t panic

This isn’t exciting.

It’s effective.

And crucially — it’s repeatable.

The Scrummy Take

You don’t need to lose weight fast.

You need to stop gaining it back.

That requires a way of eating that works:

• On stressful Tuesdays

• During holidays

• When motivation is low

• When life is messy

Scrummy isn’t about doing more.

It’s about removing the stuff that keeps breaking you.

Lose weight slowly.

Keep it boring.

Let food become background noise again.

That’s the bit that actually lasts.