5 day water fasting?

okay, i just heard its a good way to jump start it cleanses your body. so i thought id see opinions i wanna lose like 10 lbs a week before summer comes cause i dont wanna be as depressed as i was last summer ive looked at the water fast, the military diet, 2,4,6, diet, almost everything, i was very in interested in trying the eat your heart out.... what do you think
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There are no jump starts. To cleanse the outside of your body, soap and water; the inside, I'm assuming you've got a liver and kidneys, so you're good to go.

Losing 10lbs a week is not healthy (I don't care what happens on The Biggest Loser - it's not realistic, healthy or sustainable - it's entertainment tv), and highly unlikely to happen. All those fad diets are just that - FADS, and any weight lost is generally water weight, not fat, and comes right back when you go back to eating regular food - which everyone does because "diets" of any sort are temporary. Temporary fixes get you temporary results.

Instead of trying to achieve a set number of pounds lost by a certain date, why not just start now on figuring out how to eat healthy? All you need is a calorie deficit - eat fewer calories than what your body burns in a day - NOT eat fewer than what you burn in exercise, but what your body burns all day long in a 24 hour period - sleeping, walking, eating, brushing your teeth, working, etc.

My Fitness Pal is beautiful in that they offer this easy set up and tracking for free. Enter your information and weight loss goals accurately and realistically. Eat your cals - all of them. If you exercise (and you should), eat back at least a portion of those exercise calories. Don't panic, you will still be eating at a deficit as the original daily goal MFP gives you already has you at a deficit, and making that deficit bigger by not eating back exercise calories will come back to haunt you sooner than later. Food is fuel, so eat it! You daily NET cals should be at or very near goal every day. Drink water. Take rest days, at least one every week. Get good rest at night.

And have patience. You didn't put the weight on overnight (or in two months) and it's not going all go away overnight - but it will happen and you will see results that stick with you if you take the time to learn to do it right. Develop the healthy habits now, things you can do for the rest of your life so you're not back in the same boat a year from now wishing you had a new quick fix or that you had started the right way a long time ago.

Good luck.

Why would you willingly go 5 days without food?

This will be taken as snarky, but I have to say it. Unless you'r missing your kidneys and liver, you don't need to detox because that is what those organs DO.

Unless you are confined to a hospital bed and have your vitals constently monitored it is beyond stupid. Even if you do have a medical team behind you, it is extremely dangerous!

No quick fix. I've lost 25 in 2 months. Sensibly. Set a modest goal for calorie consumption. Log your food. Do some type of exercise daily or nearly everyday. You will drop weight. 10 lbs before summer is easily achievable. Good luck.

1. 5 days with nothing but water is not healthy, so unless you are trying to reach a new level of spiritual enlightenment, move on to something else.

2. 10lbs per week is not a reasonable goal. Plan for 10 lbs to take a couple of months. You didn't put on the weight at a rate of 10lbs/week, don't expect to lose it that fast.

3. Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=sexypants SideSteel knows his stuff. It's long, but very clearly explained.

4. Do what you read in the sexypants thread.

5. Enjoy your lasting results.

okay, i just heard its a good way to jump start it cleanses your body. so i thought id see opinions i wanna lose like 10 lbs a week before summer comes cause i dont wanna be as depressed as i was last summer ive looked at the water fast, the military diet, 2,4,6, diet, almost everything, i was very in interested in trying the eat your heart out.... what do you think
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Why are you looking for quick fixes? There is no quick fix. And the 10lbs a week isn't a really healthy approach (unless you are 300lbs+) and you are also looking at losing a lot of muscle mass by trying to do this. Even if you were successful at reaching your goal weight fast, I bet that you end up with a higher than average body fat % compared to those of the same height and weight who may not have had to lose weight, and especially compared to those who took it slower. So aside from flab, there's a high chance you'd also be looking at the loose skin issues.

And your chances of regaining a lot, if not more, of what you lost back are high as you didn't take time to fix/retrain your eating habits and thinking.

If you decide to actually try this... Please come back and post how you did, how you felt, and how long you were able to stay on it...

I'd honestly rather she didn't. There are people suffering and trying to recover from certain eating disorders in which posts like this (including follow ups) may be triggering.

Still a no.