If you're losing more than 2 pounds a week, you are on a crash diet, and the weight loss is unlikely to stick around. If you're only eating 700 calories a day, and burning 700 calories a day, your body will be forced into starvation mode and it will fight to keep on every extra pound it has, so all your good effort will backfire.
Losing weight is about more than restricting food intake and exercising a lot. It's about an entire lifestyle change. It's not about a diet. The main mistake I see other people making when they try to lose weight or maintain their weight is that they don't eat enough. For instance, to maintain my current weight at my current activity level, I need to eat 2439 calories or so per day.
For you, given your level of activity, you would need to eat 4091 calories to maintain your current weight. Obviously, you want to lose weight. Let's say you want to get down to 160. You can't do this overnight if you expect it to stay that way. It has to go slowly if you want it to stay off. Shoot for around 2500 calories if you want to keep up your current activity level. Yes, that much. Why? Your body needs fuel. What do you do when you run? You burn the fuel. Your body needs fuel just to operate--not just to exercise. Keep that in mind.
I can't imagine the havoc you are wreaking on your internal organs right now, seriously. This will have lasting, long-term consequences if you keep going the way you are going.
I'd recommend checking out a program like DietPower if you are truly interested in changing your life and really losing weight. What you are doing now is not a lifestyle change--it is a way to damage your body.
Oh, and just so you know--I lost 45 pounds in just over 6 months, the healthy way, and it's stayed off for over a year now.
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