How I lost 10lbs (of fat) in 7 days

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  • Iron_Pheonix
    Iron_Pheonix Posts: 191 Member
    The average maximum % of fat loss a week is around 1/2%, safe weight loss is 1-2lb a week....,,however this is assuming you didnt start at 300lb in first place. 35% is very high body fat and I applaud you for wanting to try and lose the weight....however if you had watched that program properly you would have seen that it wasn't all about weight loss. The advantages of the fasting was actually lowering the IGF1 output which would force cells to renew rather than produce new ones which would keep organs and the like younger and healthier.

    Unfortunately callipers are only accurate if done by the same person, with measured points (did he measure and mark you up before taking the readings three times?) and by someone whose being taking readings for quite a while. The scales are never accurate so I'd ignore those entirely.

    Take note: it is not healthy nor desirable to drop 10lb in a week.

    California girl looks good but I can assure you she didn't get that amount of muscle by eating in a deficit!!
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    You can get an experienced person (& the same person) to do regular skinfolds using a caliper & have a test every 2-3 months. You look for the overall progression.
  • laura6009
    laura6009 Posts: 24 Member
    bump x
  • wannabtight
    wannabtight Posts: 187 Member
    Thank-you so much for sharing!!! what a great motivator you are! I am going to add you to facebook if you don't mind?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    What was your starting weight and starting body fat % and then current weight current body fat %. Also, even calipers can be inaccurate. Essentially, if I went low carbs for a week or two, I can fool body fat calipers to assume I lost more fat. In order to lose 9 lbs of fat, you would need to eat 31,500 calories less then you burn.

    There is a link in the beginning of the article. I understand that it is pretty much impossible to lose 10lbs or PURE FAT in 7 days. This isn't exactly what I meant. But if you look at my printouts in the link, you'll see why I used "How I lost 10lbs of fat in a week" as the title for this post.


    Or you can post this. Work blocks those links.

    Starting bf% 38.6, mass of body fat, 36.2kg
    After a week bf% 35,9, mass of body fat, 32.1kg

    Can I have your actual weight, not the mass of body fat.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Well done! Don't let any of the "haters" throw you off course. We can only do what works for ourselves personally. Very brave of you to share. Thanks!
    Disagreement ≠ hate. Scepticism ≠ hate.
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    OP, if you look at CaliforniaGirl's food diary you can see she does not eat at some extreme net calorie deficit. Her caloric totals are good - that and exercise discipline gets her where she is. Are you willing to do much more than a 20 minute walk for exercise? She does. Don't get me wrong, some exercise is better than none, but trying to copy what works for her without doing ALL of it won't serve you well.
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    Actually it's not... at the bf % I'm currently at, it's pretty much impossible to starve yourself, unless you don't eat for 72 hours. I am using this method of eating/exercising because of what i've read in critically acclaimed books like The 4 hour body by Tim Ferris The Venus method and Lean gains and Eat Stop Eat. If you want to know more about IF, watch the Horizon documentary "Eat, fast and live longer". I have no intention of trying to convince people about this, I have better things to do with my time, but it does annoy me when people criticise things they have not bothered to research or have any experience with.

    I just thought you ought to know that my comments on your thread come from experience both as a health professional and someone that has been doing IF for 5 months & lost 21lbs on it. So therefore not someone who has not both researched IF but have lived an IF lifestyle for 5 months. I do not however do the 'leangains' window IF but a a 4:3 ratio plan as per my GP & the Horizon programme. this is more suitable for post menopausal women..which the eating window is not!
  • coffee_rocks
    coffee_rocks Posts: 275 Member
    OP, if you look at CaliforniaGirl's food diary you can see she does not eat at some extreme net calorie deficit. Her caloric totals are good - that and exercise discipline gets her where she is. Are you willing to do much more than a 20 minute walk for exercise? She does. Don't get me wrong, some exercise is better than none, but trying to copy what works for her without doing ALL of it won't serve you well.

    Plus, this quote from CaliforniaGirl's profile

    " lost my weight (60 lbs) by just eating less (and exercise of course!) "

    No mention of 4 hour eating and fasting, or windows of eating, or fad diets. Just saying.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member

    It's enough for me. Don't you think you getting a little too involved in trying to prove me wrong?
    If you really think what i'm doing isn't right then just leave it alone, feel sorry for me and wait for the article titled "All you guys were right, i'm sorry"

    I'm not here for you. You're going to do whatever you want to do. I'm here, in the middle of the road holding flares in each hand and waving them wildly while shouting "BRIDGE OUT" to every oncoming driver that is thinking about following you into this disaster.

    dangerbreakdown.jpg
  • Miggy52
    Miggy52 Posts: 164
    Bump....
  • jotti101
    jotti101 Posts: 41 Member
    Hi, firstly well done for the determination and the weight loss.

    I am a new starter on this site and to be honest I think its a great motivator when I read posts like this.

    There are a few similarities on your post that I myself have gone through but I know after damaging my health by food deprevation its not always the best option.

    Calorie counting is what I have taken up this time as I do not want to eliminate any food group but I am certainly going to up my exercise routine.

    Thanks for the post anyway.

    Jotti101.
  • jadashute08
    jadashute08 Posts: 56 Member
    Bump
  • akaMrsmojo
    akaMrsmojo Posts: 762 Member
    I lost ten pounds that quickly, then the hospital forced me to bring the baby home from the hospital.
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    I lost ten pounds that quickly, then the hospital forced me to bring the baby home from the hospital.

    Darn hospitals. :laugh:
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Actually it's not... at the bf % I'm currently at, it's pretty much impossible to starve yourself, unless you don't eat for 72 hours. I am using this method of eating/exercising because of what i've read in critically acclaimed books like The 4 hour body by Tim Ferris The Venus method and Lean gains and Eat Stop Eat. If you want to know more about IF, watch the Horizon documentary "Eat, fast and live longer". I have no intention of trying to convince people about this, I have better things to do with my time, but it does annoy me when people criticise things they have not bothered to research or have any experience with.

    The issue isn't with IF . . . IF is a great approach that works successfully for many people, it's with YOUR approach to IF. If you're set for 1200 calories net and you're burning 600 calories you should be eating 1800 calories gross during the hours you are eating, not 1200. So, before you get your panties in a bunch about people taking issue with IF, it's not an issue with IF it's an issue with your 600 net calorie diet.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    IF is fine if you like to eat that way but you do still have to eat enough. Combining 1200 calories with IF doesn't mean the IF did a damn thing to contribute to weight loss.
  • tabinmaine
    tabinmaine Posts: 965 Member
    Sure I get it. But I'm following this woman's advice http://www.myfitnesspal.com/californiagirl2012 Does it look like she crashed and burned? ;-)

    That explains a lot then, cause she is NOT respected in this community and you would be wise to WALK away .....quickly
  • Betty_Blowtorch
    Betty_Blowtorch Posts: 16 Member
    Sure I get it. But I'm following this woman's advice http://www.myfitnesspal.com/californiagirl2012 Does it look like she crashed and burned? ;-)

    That explains a lot then, cause she is NOT respected in this community and you would be wise to WALK away .....quickly

    Okay, a little question for us noobs, who is Californiagirl2012 and why does she have a bad reputation? I've only been on here since late November and really haven't heard of her before.
  • trud72
    trud72 Posts: 1,912 Member
    week one is ALWAYS 90% water loss,never fat sorry,,,
    and fad diets DO NOT work! you will always end up putting more back on! :sad: if only they worked i would a size 0(or less if there is a less?! :huh:
    and do you ever think that it might just be eating healthy and exersiceing? might just work???

    sory but i totally argree with Jilly on this one :noway:
    good day x :smile:
  • lesita75
    lesita75 Posts: 379 Member
    I lost ten pounds that quickly, then the hospital forced me to bring the baby home from the hospital.

    LOL!!!!!!!!
  • jazzleighinternational
    jazzleighinternational Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks for sharing!!!!
  • helenx55
    helenx55 Posts: 48 Member
    Please dont be disheartened when next weigh in you dont lose anywhere near 10lbs because you wont!
    you were de-toxing.
    You say you have a lot to lose? you wont lose it only eating this amount of calories. why have pig out days when you can have loads to eat every day and STILL lose weight.

    I wish you the best but education is the key to losing weight.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    TLDR to the OP, but after reading a few concise replies, it looks like you spouted off a bunch of crazy info on how to starve yourself. Just what the world needs. More quick fixes with results that don't last. Thank you for your contribution to yo-yo dieting!
  • sunlover89
    sunlover89 Posts: 436 Member
    Thank-you so much for sharing!!! what a great motivator you are! I am going to add you to facebook if you don't mind?

    Of course that's fine :-)
  • Addictedtosuccess
    Addictedtosuccess Posts: 29
    Friend u need to get kicked off this forum. It is so sad you have sabotage a place like this where people who are already struggling with losing 10lbs in like 3 months.
    My guess is:
    A: you are full of - - - -
    B: you have some sort of illness
    C: you are looking for attention
    Or...D: all of the above.

    If you have lost that much weight in one week, congratulations. You just passed a new world record and i am sure doctors and media wants to hear from you!
  • jazzleighinternational
    jazzleighinternational Posts: 12 Member
    A job well done and this is something your sticking too. My brother is a NP and is rude as hell when I tell him how excited I am about every five or ten pounds I lost. And you know what why do Debbie and **** Downer not just share in the excitement someone has when having fat, weight, inches. Hoooray, Yea, And Congrats to all for every healthy choice you have made!!!!

    We all apparently have achallenge and that is why we happen to be on my fitness pal.

    Thanks a million for the encouragement. After 2 years of struggling after back surgery positive blogs are so HELPFUL!!!!
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    Actually it's not... at the bf % I'm currently at, it's pretty much impossible to starve yourself, unless you don't eat for 72 hours. I am using this method of eating/exercising because of what i've read in critically acclaimed books like The 4 hour body by Tim Ferris The Venus method and Lean gains and Eat Stop Eat. If you want to know more about IF, watch the Horizon documentary "Eat, fast and live longer". I have no intention of trying to convince people about this, I have better things to do with my time, but it does annoy me when people criticise things they have not bothered to research or have any experience with.

    Malnutrition is about more than calories, the body cannot store many essential nutrients. The accuracy of bioimpedance and, to a lesser extent, calipers are reliant on hydration levels especially in the female, fasting plus training will deplete glycogen and probably electrolytes and thus dehydrate you, drinking plenty of water cannot reverse that. Switch to a personal trainer who has more qualifications/ knows this. Too much of the basic PT qualification is very low level and too many of the youngsters get 'information' from highly dubious sources like magazines and bodybuilding websites, find someone with an honours degree in a related discipline.

    And if you want to call not reading the commercial diet books you list, but referring to rather too many proper scientific textbooks and papers published in reputable peer reviewed journals for my last degree (lifestyle healthcare/ physical activity/ nutrition) not bothering to research crack on. If you want to call working in a variety of healthcare disciplines for twenty three years a lack of experience crack on. I'm far from the only person with qualifications and experience on MFP, in fact I am not 'top' in either category.

    I skimmed a couple of the studies that are relied on a few days ago for another thread, one from 1990 and one from 2000. IIRC each had just 11 participants who were described using words like young, lean and healthy. That is often the difference between textbooks and commercial diet books, between health writers and eminent scientists, the conclusions they draw. You can't logically extrapolate from 22 individuals to the entire population nor from the lean to the obese, would you take a prescription drug or have a medical treatment that had been tested for safety and efficacy on so few?
  • LottieLou13
    LottieLou13 Posts: 574 Member
    What was your starting weight and starting body fat % and then current weight current body fat %. Also, even calipers can be inaccurate. Essentially, if I went low carbs for a week or two, I can fool body fat calipers to assume I lost more fat. In order to lose 9 lbs of fat, you would need to eat 31,500 calories less then you burn.

    There is a link in the beginning of the article. I understand that it is pretty much impossible to lose 10lbs or PURE FAT in 7 days. This isn't exactly what I meant. But if you look at my printouts in the link, you'll see why I used "How I lost 10lbs of fat in a week" as the title for this post.


    Or you can post this. Work blocks those links.

    Starting bf% 38.6, mass of body fat, 36.2kg
    After a week bf% 35,9, mass of body fat, 32.1kg

    Are these the numbers taken from the printout on the Boots machine? I also weigh in on those but I stick to the same one each time, wear the clothes, shoes everything. But, I take everything it says with a large tub of salt. I can do 3 readings one after another on it, each time the BF will be different which therefore is reflected in the LBM being different. They also sometimes measure my height differently.... just half an inch difference in my height can change my BF % by as much as 5%

    TL:DR
    No you didn't lose 10lbs in fat in 1 week. The machine in Boots is more inaccurate than any metaphor I can think of right now. 5:2 isn't the only way to do IF. Encouraging people to net 600 calories a day is an awful thing to do. Just because its worked for 1 week for you, doesn't make it right or healthy.

    Good luck with the rest of your journey, and welcome back to MFP when you come to your senses :flowerforyou:

    Oh and to any new people just starting their journey....please close this thread off your browser and go to this one instead...

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    You know that it is not physically possible for you to have lost 10 lbs of fat in a week, right?

    Some of it was water... and some of it was muscle.

    You shouldn't mislead people just to get them to read your post. It's not fair to the people who are not already informed.

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