How to cut water weight, day before weigh in?

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  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    I would skip the trash bag cardio and skip all exercise today. If you want to sweat more fluid out go outside or to a sauna.

    I don't think it's cheating. I imagine everyone in the contest is doing the same. At least everyone I know who does them does it.

    You could try the Haribo Sugarfree Gummy Bear cleanse? LOL
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    And the topic for tomorrow will be "My co-worker, who is also on MFP and read this thread, found out how I dropped the last 3 lbs overnight and narked on me for cheating. I still lost".

    :sad:
  • martinel2099
    martinel2099 Posts: 899 Member
    Don't do any of those things.

    Drink plenty of water and your body won't hold onto as much. Weigh yourself weekly and look for trends, stop worrying about water weight.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Is it cheating that some of us know how to rid body of water? Now pills that cheating. Natural ways not so much. I guarantee someone in her competition sat in a sauna everyday.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I don't do anything. It all balances out in the end. If you're really worried, skip exerising the ay before. That helps you eliminate water that hour holding from the exertion.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Are you actually going to win with only 10 lbs lost anyway? Chances are someone else beat your weight loss by A LOT. Don't bother worrying about it. If you'd lost 30 then maybe you'd have a chance. And remember no one respects a cheater. Go ahead with drinking water and such but if you start taking pills, you may as well be an athlete on steroids.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Are you actually going to win with only 10 lbs lost anyway? Chances are someone else beat your weight loss by A LOT. Don't bother worrying about it. If you'd lost 30 then maybe you'd have a chance. And remember no one respects a cheater. Go ahead with drinking water and such but if you start taking pills, you may as well be an athlete on steroids.

    maybe its percentage?
  • laurenawolf
    laurenawolf Posts: 262 Member
    Don't do a laxative!!

    I tried that the day before my weigh in and it made me so bloated that it showed I gained weight!
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Are you actually going to win with only 10 lbs lost anyway? Chances are someone else beat your weight loss by A LOT. Don't bother worrying about it. If you'd lost 30 then maybe you'd have a chance. And remember no one respects a cheater. Go ahead with drinking water and such but if you start taking pills, you may as well be an athlete on steroids.

    maybe its percentage?

    Perhaps. But if 10 lbs is a high percentage (as would be typical for a weight loss competition) then she probably isn't retaining much water at this point anyway since she would have been eating healthily for a while. Meaning she's unlikely to cut off 3 pounds with out very drastic measures.

    Maybe she can weigh in naked.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cagewriter/ronda-rousey-cut-17-pounds-one-day-prove-214523472--mma.html

    like i said , very dedicaited.

    she dropped near 18 in one night, still had the will to beat the opposing coach in a physical challenge
  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    I read about a comedian (can't remember who) who said if she wanted to lose weight in a hurry she'd cut off her hair and trim her nails.

    Shave the pubes, too. Just in case.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Have you been in a sauna before? I used to sprinkle water in the dry sauna to make it steam more. hit some push ups jumping jacks. If I could fit my jump rope in there I wonder if I could at my intensity level.

    Also in the article yes she did it which is a very well accomplishment. She is also in incredible shape that she did not have to prep herself to last hours on hours in the sauna. I think the longest I ever last in one was around a hour but afterwards my muscles where cramping from dehydration. Im not some novice fitness person either. I got some year of lifting weights and cardio on my belt.

    OP do not go into a sauna for hours and hours. You will hurt yourself.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Have you been in a sauna before? I used to sprinkle water in the dry sauna to make it steam more. hit some push ups jumping jacks. If I could fit my jump rope in there I wonder if I could at my intensity level.

    what are you cutting weight for?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1318655-becoming-a-better-person

    That is some of it. I used to not do this for me. Now I like I don't want heart problems when I get older my family history sucks for heart problems.
  • spinnerdell
    spinnerdell Posts: 233 Member
    One of my ex-husbands won an office weight-loss challenge with the help of trash bag cardio, an old trick from his wrestling days. Best of all, he was dressed appropriately! :wink:
  • aglopez1102
    aglopez1102 Posts: 28 Member
    some of you guys are pretty hilarious . all I want to know is how to lose water weight , I don't need the lectures about cheating on the challenge but since you guys are putting so much thought into that part , let me inform you the competition is between by boss and I . I started at 144 and I weigh 136 . she started at 163 and has to be 150 by tomorrow to win . winner gets 380 dollars . since the beginning I have been eating healthy at 1250 ish calories and working out. My competitor started the lemon maple syrup cleanse to win since we NEVER said we couldn't cheat . she gave up midway so now I'm competing with myself . if I don't meet my exact goal then neither of us wins ... This is why I am trying to cheat a little . 
    Anyways .... I am proud of my weight loss because it was hard for me to lose what I have so far so I don't feel ashamed of cheating for the last three pounds just for tomorrow, then after that , going back yo my regular healthy schedule
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Some of you guys are pretty hilarious . all I want to know is how to lose water weight , I don't need the lectures about cheating on the challenge but since you guys are putting so much thought into that part , let me inform you the competition is between by boss and I . I started at 144 and I weigh 136 . she started at 163 and has to be 150 by tomorrow to win . winner gets 380 dollars . since the beginning I have been eating healthy at 1250 ish calories and working out. My competitor started the lemon maple syrup cleanse to win since we NEVER said we couldn't cheat . she gave up midway so now I'm competing with myself . if I don't meet my exact goal then neither of us wins ... This is why I am trying to cheat a little .
    Anyways .... I am proud of my weight loss because it was hard for me to lose what I have so far so I don't feel ashamed of cheating for the last three pounds just for tomorrow, then after that , going back yo my regular healthy schedule

    What? Where did you come from?? :huh:
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    lol whats going on here
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    some of you guys are pretty hilarious . all I want to know is how to lose water weight , I don't need the lectures about cheating on the challenge but since you guys are putting so much thought into that part , let me inform you the competition is between by boss and I . I started at 144 and I weigh 136 . she started at 163 and has to be 150 by tomorrow to win . winner gets 380 dollars . since the beginning I have been eating healthy at 1250 ish calories and working out. My competitor started the lemon maple syrup cleanse to win since we NEVER said we couldn't cheat . she gave up midway so now I'm competing with myself . if I don't meet my exact goal then neither of us wins ... This is why I am trying to cheat a little . 
    Anyways .... I am proud of my weight loss because it was hard for me to lose what I have so far so I don't feel ashamed of cheating for the last three pounds just for tomorrow, then after that , going back yo my regular healthy schedule

    is it me? or did this just appear under a different poster?
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    lol whats going on here

    Identity theft. Only reasonable explanation.
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Whoops responded under the wrong fitnesspal account

    Reported for multiple accounts...
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Whoops responded under the wrong fitnesspal account

    oh, ok... why two accounts?
  • aglopez1102
    aglopez1102 Posts: 28 Member
    i tried responding using my phone which stays logged in under my BF's account . so that was suppose to be me responding not CRo84 . lol
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Whoops responded under the wrong fitnesspal account

    Reported for multiple accounts...

    there was a long message posted by the OP that disappeared.

    It looked like she reported virtually every post in the thread for some reason
  • aglopez1102
    aglopez1102 Posts: 28 Member
    Whoops responded under the wrong fitnesspal account

    Reported for multiple accounts...


    i don't want to be rude but don't you have something better to do ? Like i said , my phone had my bf logged on not me.
    I started this thread to ask for tips not for you to go on a trolling ride so if you could stop responding with unnesesary comments , that would appreciated. thanks
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Whoops responded under the wrong fitnesspal account

    Reported for multiple accounts...


    i don't want to be rude but don't you have something better to do ? Like i said , my phone had my bf logged on not me.
    I started this thread to ask for tips not for you to go on a trolling ride so if you could stop responding with unnesesary comments , that would appreciated. thanks

    what was with the long post you made, that appeared to be a copy of many other posts in this thread, with something saying 'post reported' before each post... that was quickly ninja edited lol
  • aglopez1102
    aglopez1102 Posts: 28 Member
    no... when i tried responding i copied everyone's responce accidentally. that is why that long message showed up . when i caught it , i deleted it,. or edited it, i should say.
  • MomTo3Lovez
    MomTo3Lovez Posts: 800 Member
    Uh none of that sounds at all healthy, I can't vouch for it's effectiveness.

    The best thing I've found for shedding water weight is 1) Drink a LOT of water and 2) eat very low sodium. When I do this it usually flushes enough out of my system that I can see a 2 lb drop overnight.

    This person is totally right. Me personally, I would cheat and take a small amount of liquid magnesium/saline laxative. That will temporarily reduce water weight.... make sure after the weigh in you rehydrate. Probably not sound medical advice but its a good way to cheat the scale if it's some sort of competition.

    Oh jeez.... You again? Now you're telling people to take laxatives to lose weight?? :noway:


    Besides that the weightloss is temporary who the heck wants that? I want to lost weight permanently not lose it for a weigh in and then gain it right back...doesn't make sense.
  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
    some of you guys are pretty hilarious . all I want to know is how to lose water weight , I don't need the lectures about cheating on the challenge but since you guys are putting so much thought into that part , let me inform you the competition is between by boss and I . I started at 144 and I weigh 136 . she started at 163 and has to be 150 by tomorrow to win . winner gets 380 dollars . since the beginning I have been eating healthy at 1250 ish calories and working out. My competitor started the lemon maple syrup cleanse to win since we NEVER said we couldn't cheat . she gave up midway so now I'm competing with myself . if I don't meet my exact goal then neither of us wins ... This is why I am trying to cheat a little . 
    Anyways .... I am proud of my weight loss because it was hard for me to lose what I have so far so I don't feel ashamed of cheating for the last three pounds just for tomorrow, then after that , going back yo my regular healthy schedule
    If you are not cheating you are not trying!!!

    Shoulda drank alot more water and had a big meal before the weigh in!

    Seriously though, just fast for 24 hours. It isnt that difficult, and if coffee or whatever makes you go to the bathroom have a little of that to help clean you out.

    Goodluck!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    I mean my honest advice is going to be similar to my scolding advice.

    You shouldn't do things that negatively affect your health for the sake of money. Do I honestly need to say that out loud.

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