How much can I lose if I eat under 20 g of carbs for 4 days?

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  • WilliamsPeggy
    WilliamsPeggy Posts: 440 Member
    Why don't you just do it and then let us know how that worked for you?

    :laugh:
  • placeboaddiction
    placeboaddiction Posts: 451 Member
    I hear it doesn't matter how much sodium, or carbs, or fat, or whatever for weight loss. All that matters, for weight loss, is staying under your calories. How do you think the twinkie diet worked? http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    All that other stuff is for health and nutrition. For weight loss, its about staying under your calories.

    If I'm wrong, please please please correct me. Don't want wrong information to be passed around.
  • 3shirts
    3shirts Posts: 294 Member
    These forums really make me despair sometimes. We're supposed to be supporting each other and look how many of you are being offhand, dismissive, judgemental or plain rude.
    The OP certainly did not give enough information for people to be accusing her of an eating disorder and just consider this; If she really does have one, do you think it's helpful to just throw accusations and criticism at her?!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    These forums really make me despair sometimes. We're supposed to be supporting each other and look how many of you are being offhand, dismissive, judgemental or plain rude.
    The OP certainly did not give enough information for people to be accusing her of an eating disorder and just consider this; If she really does have one, do you think it's helpful to just throw accusations and criticism at her?!
    Thanks for this post. It got me thinking. Does MY reply sound accusatory, critical, offhand, dismissive, judgmental or rude? Perhaps I need to look at my posting style. It certainly wasn't my intention. It was my intention to get her to stop and think as a 5/11 134lb girl, about the choices she makes for her body and her overall health.
  • pundas
    pundas Posts: 165 Member
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  • pundas
    pundas Posts: 165 Member
    These forums really make me despair sometimes. We're supposed to be supporting each other and look how many of you are being offhand, dismissive, judgemental or plain rude.
    The OP certainly did not give enough information for people to be accusing her of an eating disorder and just consider this; If she really does have one, do you think it's helpful to just throw accusations and criticism at her?!

    You can't support someone else's opinion if you don't believe it to be healthy. If someone posted in the forums for help on eating 300 calories a day.....you think everyone is going to offer positive support? Absolutely not. You need to understand the power of constructive criticism. Just because one person is asking for help does not mean its healthy. People are offering their opinions and experiences from what was asked. Please be more open minded, if your posting on a public forum, expect opinions from both sides.
  • Twiztedbeing
    Twiztedbeing Posts: 389
    So, how much can I lose (I'm 5' 11', around 141 lbs after the binge) ? Is it possible to lose 8.8 lbs?
    Thank you!

    I need to ask this and please DONT think I am being snarky or anything. But if you have the will power to spend the next 4 days eating that amount and exercising to lose 8 pounds why didnt you have the same willpower to not binge? I honestly dont understand how that works.

    These forums really make me despair sometimes. We're supposed to be supporting each other and look how many of you are being offhand, dismissive, judgemental or plain rude.
    The OP certainly did not give enough information for people to be accusing her of an eating disorder and just consider this; If she really does have one, do you think it's helpful to just throw accusations and criticism at her?!

    You can't support someone else's opinion if you don't believe it to be healthy. If someone posted in the forums for help on eating 300 calories a day.....you think everyone is going to offer positive support? Absolutely not. You need to understand the power of constructive criticism. Just because one person is asking for help does not mean its healthy. People are offering their opinions and experiences from what was asked. Please be more open minded, if your posting on a public forum, expect opinions from both sides.

    agree!
  • mcjabber
    mcjabber Posts: 374 Member
    I totally get this--I have similar casting concerns all the time (although I'm not as thin as you are). I've had GREAT success not with low carb, but with a grain free diet. I didn't lose a million pounds immediately, but I DID lose what felt like a million inches from my belly, because I was suddenly not bloated for the first time in my life. I also felt a heckuva lot better, in pretty much every way. I still try to eat this way, although grains sneak in from time to time. (and after sustaining it, I have lost weight with it, but I know you're looking for a quick fix).

    Main point: I looked at least ten pounds thinner.

    Hope this is helpful! And have fun at your casting session!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    These forums really make me despair sometimes. We're supposed to be supporting each other and look how many of you are being offhand, dismissive, judgemental or plain rude.
    The OP certainly did not give enough information for people to be accusing her of an eating disorder and just consider this; If she really does have one, do you think it's helpful to just throw accusations and criticism at her?!
    the OP is asking us to be judgmental by asking our opinions on her plan. i really wish more people would actually understand what the word "judgment" means.

    anyway, OP, you'll probably lose water weight which will make a difference on the scale so if you need to be weighed then that might be useful, but if you're looking to change how you look then it's not going to make that much of a difference in 4 days.

    my advice is to wear spanks and a push up bra
  • jlmdbm
    jlmdbm Posts: 1
    This is not true! I have been on 20 carbs a day for 5 days and have been losing a pound a day. Actually I have lost 8 pounds in the 5 days. I went on low carb 9 years ago and lost 165 pounds in under a year and was eating under 50 carbs a day.so it can be done! Also my health is great!
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    This is not true! I have been on 20 carbs a day for 5 days and have been losing a pound a day. Actually I have lost 8 pounds in the 5 days. I went on low carb 9 years ago and lost 165 pounds in under a year and was eating under 50 carbs a day.so it can be done! Also my health is great!

    That's called water weight.
  • A_Rene86
    A_Rene86 Posts: 141 Member
    Nothing does anything in four days. That's the whole point of this site and group of people.

    Your problem is binging for seven days. Stop that!

    A pound is 3500 calories. Twenty grams of carbohydrate is 80 calories. You can do the math.

    Here's how to lose weight:

    Don't buy the stuff you shouldn't eat, and don't run out to get it when you want it.

    Log every piece of food and every ounce of fluid you put into your mouth, every day. Do not exceed your daily goal.

    Get out and walk around, or run, or swim, or work out if that's your thing. Exceed your daily goal.

    Use the same kind of discipline for managing your body as you to do learn your lines. Although, frankly, if you are just now hunkering down to prepare for the casting call that's in four days, I guess I'd say, with no harm or insult intended.....

    Don't quit your day job.

    Did you even read the original post?! Clearly she's not having an issue with long term weight loss, she's 141.1 pounds at 5'11!! She would like to look better for a part, whether it's smart or not is irrelevant, it wasn't the question.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    This thread is 3 years old!!!
  • A_Rene86
    A_Rene86 Posts: 141 Member
    This thread is 3 years old!!!

    Ah, ****. I hate when that happens lol. Teach me to get sucked in by a comment and not look at the date!

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