Day 6 liquid diet ! 6 pound loss !
kbentley435
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So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
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Um. Don't be offended, but this seems like a really daft idea. It's not healthy to be eating so little. And as soon as you stop doing this, you'll put it all on again?19
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May I ask what else you actually tried before resorting to what amounts to a starvation diet?
Liquid diets and/or very low calorie diets often result in a huge wieght drop the first week or two. It's mostly water weight you are dropping. Go back to eating solid food and you will gain it back very quickly.
1000 calories a day is too low for the vast majority of people, and shouldn't be done without medical supervision.
What you are planning is not healthy, not sustainable, and, if you somehow manage to carry it out to the extent you are describing here, is quite likely to result in serious health issues. You have children. Even if you don't care about yourself, I'm guessing they care about you (I have four girls myself).6 -
This is a horrible idea.
What's your calorie intake at currently before you plan to move it up to 1,000 calories? Sounds insanely low, and MFP doesn't take too lightly on pushing VLC diets.
MFP sets a MINIMUM of 1,200 calories per day, and depending on your height/weight/activity level, you'll most likely be way above that.1 -
You didn't actually lose 6lbs of fat in 6 days.12
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How many calories are you eating each day?
This sounds absolutely miserable and unsustainable. The weight that you lost in the last 6 days has been mostly water and will come back once you start eating solid food again.
The 1,000 calorie diet that you plan to start after this severely restrictive liquid diet will not be healthy or sustainable, either.
I would not advise exercise unless you plan to actually fuel your body properly.8 -
Just.... wow. Horrible, unhealthy plan for all the reasons above.7
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
I would not advise exercise unless you plan to actually fuel your body properly.
+1
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To answer your question, you probably should not be working out. You are not properly fueling your body for an effective and successful workout.2
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Like others have mentioned, this diet is not the really best idea and you aren't really losing fat at the moment.
You're losing water weight and if you continue you'll start seeing that "weight" loss slow down, or worse, it would continue (albeit at a slower rate) but you'll be losing mostly muscle, not fat. Losing muscle shoots you in the foot in multiple ways:
1. It lowers your resting metabolic rate - i.e., you'll be burning less calories per day just existing, making weight loss harder and weight gain easier.
2. It takes a lot more work to gain muscle than it is to lose it, so it's best to try and keep on to what you have.
3. From a non-health perspective if you have two people at the same weight with different muscle amount the more muscular person would look leaner.
Also, diets like these can cause metabolic disturbances (mess up levels of things like sodium, potassium, etc.) which can get you in big health troubles - including death.
You likely didn't put on 15-20 pounds in 2 weeks so don't expect to lose it in 2 weeks. If it was that easy to lose 20lbs of fat in 2 weeks we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic. Give yourself and your body a chance to lose this weight in a healthy, safe, and permanent way by adopting a healthy lifestyle.6 -
kbentley435 wrote: »So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
I've seen some dumb ideas in here, but this one has to be one of the dumbest.10 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kbentley435 wrote: »So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
I've seen some dumb ideas in here, but this one has to be one of the dumbest.
Makes the Easy Mac guy look like a gold star!5 -
I'm suspicious of posts like these. New member, very few posts, extreme tactics... most likely a troll.7
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kbentley435 wrote: »So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
I'd imagine there'd be a lot more pissing.9 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kbentley435 wrote: »So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
I've seen some dumb ideas in here, but this one has to be one of the dumbest.
Makes the Easy Mac guy look like a gold star!
Hey! The #EasyMac diet is a thing of genius. And I'd choose it over the liquid diet in a heartbeat.4 -
If this is a serious post, please reconsider. In addition to the advice above, you had a baby 3 months ago. I really don't know what the extreme rush is. Do you want to be able to pick the babies up? Because the way you are doing things you are going to lose a lot of muscle. If you do reach your desired weight this way, I will tell you, you probably aren't going to like what you see.1
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In addition to all of the problems with your plan already brought up, are you breastfeeding your baby? This will all but destroy your milk supply from lack of calories/nutrients.3
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I recommend no working out at all unless you are gonna be eating, the whole plan is too extreme, I know sometimes we get desperate and want things to work faster but this is not the way nor the liquid diet not the 1000 cals! diet, please refrain from such plans and try other ways0
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kbentley435 wrote: »So I was very skeptical of a full liquid diet but nothing else seemed to be helping me since I had my fourth baby three months ago. So I eat one smoothie a day, one can of Campbell's soup split into lunch and dinner servings and plenty of juices and water and pissing some days. I have lost about a pound a day so far, so I'm stoked. I have been tempted to just quit but after seeing the scale today I'm determined to do this the full two weeks I planned for and hope to see a loss of 15-20 Pounds ! Then I'll have a 1000 calorie restriction diet for two weeks and then do another two weeks of full liquid diet untill I am at my desired weight. My question is how much should I work out to while on the liquid diet ? I like to do squats, crunches and walking for cardio.
I've seen some dumb ideas in here, but this one has to be one of the dumbest.
Makes the Easy Mac guy look like a gold star!
Hey! The #EasyMac diet is a thing of genius. And I'd choose it over the liquid diet in a heartbeat.
the #EasyMac guy is actually not doing too shabbily, hitting his macros, staying within his calorie goals, soaking up all that glorious sodium (lol).
this, on the other hand, is as mentioned above, a pretty horrible idea.
the only thing i see in common is high sodium levels in both (campbell's soup is no joke).
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this is a recipe for disaster...as after you starve yourself for a week you are going to go back to old eating habits and the six pounds in water weight you lost will come back..1
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I'm sorry OP, but your suggested plan is unhealthy and dangerous. You should really reevaluate your goals.
I hope you're not breastfeeding that baby too... because yeah, you can kiss your milk goodbye, let alone your baby's nutrition. Hoping this isn't the case though.0 -
To answer your question, you probably should not be working out. You are not properly fueling your body for an effective and successful workout.
With a calorie intake that low, she probably shouldn't even be getting out of bed, let alone exercising.
OP: Please reconsider. What you're doing is *not* healthy or sustainable weight loss.0 -
In addition to all of the problems with your plan already brought up, are you breastfeeding your baby? This will all but destroy your milk supply from lack of calories/nutrients.
This. My sister is solely breast feeding and has to eat a ton to make sure she has a steady supply to feed the little one. OP, if you are serious, you need to stop, consult your doctor and your child's doctor to come up with a plan that is sustainable for you and you baby.0 -
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