If you have a problem with DIETS do not read.

Clearly many off you cannot read, I said be positive yet you feel the need to criticise. This is supposed to be a motivational website and clearly you do not know how that works.

How has your post helped in anyway, kinda pathetic that you need to be negative to make yourselves feel better, huh?

Thank you to everyone who took it seriously! Goodluck with your journeys

To whom was this post directed?

Perhaps you could make a list of those posts you found helpful vs. those you found not helpful. That kind of feedback will help us to make more helpful posts in the future.

(I suspect the differentiation will be made on whether or not the post was what you wanted to hear and not of the actual validity or helpfulness of the post, but I certainly don't want to be presumptuous.)

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Clearly many off you cannot read, I said be positive yet you feel the need to criticise. This is supposed to be a motivational website and clearly you do not know how that works.

How has your post helped in anyway, kinda pathetic that you need to be negative to make yourselves feel better, huh?

Thank you to everyone who took it seriously! Goodluck with your journeys

But you said.....

HELP!!

I don't care how disgusting or hard the diet or exercise tip... all ideas are welcome.

Thanks in advance for any help

People gave help. You didnt like it. Darn.

I am guessing you wouldnt have liked my suggestion about amputating a limb then?

Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on ours.....

Clearly many off you cannot read, I said be positive yet you feel the need to criticise. This is supposed to be a motivational website and clearly you do not know how that works.

How has your post helped in anyway, kinda pathetic that you need to be negative to make yourselves feel better, huh?

Thank you to everyone who took it seriously! Goodluck with your journeys

Just because this is a 'motivational website' does not mean that everyone should agree with you. I'm waiting for the 'the site is full of bullies' thread now. :laugh:

By the way, as of tomorrow I've decided I'm going to start taking crack. But this is a motivational website, so I only want positive responses to this idea!

Marley, lets see a link to that diet then, sounds interesting.

I have lost a lot of weight very quickly in the past several times and also did it for a special event such as a holiday etc. when I did it but as I'm sure you know and have been told by the negative posters it's not good for your body and will come straight back on etc. etc.

Anyway! Having said that there are two ways I lost weight quickly, ie. around 10-14lbs in 1 month. The first time it was by going very low carb. I literally cut out all starchy and high sugar carbohydrates including fruit from my diet for this period, only ate steamed fish and grilled meat as well as steamed green vegetables and a few other protein foods like eggs, a small amount of cheese etc. I tried to keep it low fat and I cut out alcohol too. It was hard especially when eating out and things like that but you have to tell yourself what you're doing it for.

I seem to remember that by doing this (without counting calories) I was able to lose about 10lbs in 2 weeks and at the time I was around 135lbs with fairly high body fat. I didn't measure my body fat afterwards but my clothes were falling off me.

The second way I've lost a lot of weight was by doing the Maple syrup diet but it's VERY extreme. You buy this syrup from health food shops and combine a bit of the syrup with lemon juice (fresh) and cayenne pepper. Google it if you're interested. I think there are two ways to do the diet, you can either drink the drink and eat 1 meal per day - low in carbs and you'll lose less weight but I did it the way it was designed to be done ie. drinking only the syrup drink mixed with water (2 litres per day) and eating nothing at all for 10 days. I think in that time I lost 14lbs. Another time I did it for 7 days only and lost 10lbs. As soon as you start eating normally though the weight does come back on but for a holiday it will give you a head start I suppose.

Lastly when I was 178 lbs I wanted to get my weight down as I'm quite short. At the time I didn't know anything about calories in vs calories out so basically I started exercising 6 days a week and switched to eating healthier foods ie. no bread, no pasta although I did have a little rice and potatoes but cut down on fat and changed cooking methods ie. grilled instead of frying foods and ate more veggies. I didn't count calories but looking back I was eating 1000 calories per day no more than that but the weight fell off really fast and in 5 months I'd dropped over 50lbs so I guess that means I lost around 10lb per month (but I was quite big to start with).

I tried those things a long time ago (around 8-10 years ago) and I'm a lot older now and am struggling to lose the weight I want to as I'm currently back up to 144lbs but it's proving to be much harder as I'm older and also trying to do it the 'right' (healthy) way this time ie. eating more. Nothing has really worked for me since January 2013 even though I'm exercising daily and eating more protein as well as weight lifting as recommended on here so I'm gonna try low carb eating again, though not in quite as an extreme way this time. I also tried eating more (up to 2000 calories per day at one point) but I didn't lose so now I'm eating around 1400 on average not eating back exercise calories but it's not working.

I am now gonna go lower for a while to around 1200 and maybe as low as 1000 in the month before my holiday if I still don't get most of the weight off that I want to lose. I am aiming for nearly 30lbs though, not 7 so in your case try eating 1200 until your holiday as you're not exercising much and watch your carbs and I'm sure the weight will come off.

If your not able to spend much time training don't worry about it as I've found that exercising more doesn't help me lose weight or even allow me to eat more necessarily - I just feel fitter and stronger..

Clearly many off you cannot read, I said be positive yet you feel the need to criticise. This is supposed to be a motivational website and clearly you do not know how that works.

How has your post helped in anyway, kinda pathetic that you need to be negative to make yourselves feel better, huh?

Thank you to everyone who took it seriously! Goodluck with your journeys

I am going to jump off a cliff and fly tomorrow - but I only want positive comments about this!!

Sorry, one of the best things about this website is the number of people who will be honest with you. It is a support forum which means trying to help people do things safely and effectively, not a "cheerleading" forum.

Yes. A lot of people have given a lot of good feedback regarding your question. If this were just a "cheerleading"/ " keep doing what you're doing" site, I'd still be eating as little as possible without dying and doing only cardio 'til I couldn't cardio anymore.

This goal of 7 pounds a month is realistic BUT your gonna have to work your *kitten* off

Lyle explains how to end the diet in a healthy way to prevent any weight rebound , it's a really good read ur gonna learn alot from it

Or... just exercise 5 times out of the week normally, and you'll be set for all holidays!

Lyle explains how to end the diet in a healthy way to prevent any weight rebound , it's a really good read ur gonna learn alot from it

So Lyle is such a great, helpful guy that you offer a link to a pirated version of his e-book (which he sells on his website)? Great way to help him out in return for the knowledge and assistance he offers people.

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