3500 calories equals 1 pound

I know you are probably going to continue with this plan anyway, but aside the damage you may cause yourself, I thought I'd take a different approach. The weight will come back on so quickly if you do this and then younwill be gutted that you wasted all that time and effort. I've hated that in the past I've done fad diets - which are essentially from not eating enough. Doing these silly diets have made me put on 5 stone! I've lost 16lb since the new year with the littlest effort I've ever put into a diet. Doing it sensibly enabled me to have such a good weekend this week; I've eaten out twice - with cake and had a mcdonalds quarter pounder meal and drank wine. It hasn't caused me to put weight on because it is coming off gradually. You will be kicking yourself in two weeks when it piles on again. Please don't do it.

ps, I don't think anyone is being rude, they can just see the bigger picture. It's nice to have people care enough to try and talk you out of this.

I hope you make the right choice.

Don't forget about your Basal Metabolic Rate - the amount your body burns just to function. If you burn too many calories too quickly, your body will go into starvation mode, and as soon as you stop after a week of crazy workouts, you will gain it all back. NOT A GOOD IDEA!

I dont think anyone is intentionally rude. I think they are just trying to be very clear that you are potentially setting yourself up for some major failure. If the weight didnt accumulate in 13 days, it surely wont come off in 13 days. Why not do this the healthy way and ensure the weight STAYS off this time? Youre supposed to gain weight when youre growing a human being :laugh: Be proud of what your body accomplished and treat it nicely so you can stick around for a long time to watch your kids grow up!

You really need to rethink this strategy before you do permanent damage to your metabolism, organs, or self esteem. If this type of weight loss strategy was effective and a long term fix, dont you think more people would promote the concept and/or try it themselves? Its just not smart.

Agree....unfortunately you may not notice the damage to your kidneys and liver until later in life. Sux but its true. Its your body so you obviously do what you want with it, I would suggest not putting these statements of QUICK weight loss on this site because there are some very young women who are on here and they may take these suggestions and use them. You are lovely the way you are and slow and steady ALWAYS wins the race. Good luck to you!!! :happy:

I agree, I don't read rudeness I read caring...many of us on this site have struggled with weight and have our own experiences to speak of, so please don't take their advice as a direct hit to your idea but just people that care about your success! Please rethink your strategy and Good luck!

I can understand your desire to lose it and lose it fast. I would love to see the scale say my goal of 122 in 2 months, but at the same time, I want to have the shape I want and a schedule I can stick with long term. I think that you have to be so careful about burning out because you do have a little one who takes tons of energy; but at the same time, exercise is great; but everything in moderation or you could be toying with anorexia.

(I'm guessing OP is not still reading the thread, but here goes)

No one here is being rude. They are just telling you what you don't want to hear. Think about it. How many responses...and not one of them is "Hey, this is a good idea, let's do it." That should make you think twice.

What it comes down to is this. If the idea of damage to your metabolism, organs and loss of muscle doesn't deter you, maybe this will. You will not lose that much weight in that amount of time. You don't have enough body fat to allow for that amount of weight loss that rapidly. It is simply won't happen. You can exercise until you drop and starve yourself. It still will not happen. Many, many people have tried this approach and it simply does not work unless you are morbidly obese and have large fat stores.

What weight you do lose will be mostly muscle. The body simply cannot access fat stores that quickly when you are relatively lean, and will turn to burning the most accessible source of energy, which is in the muscles. And it will take far longer to rebuild that muscle.

You are setting yourself up for exhaustion, nutrient deficiencies, binge eating and, ultimately, failure. Please rethink it.

Being a mommy to a 8.5 month old, how on earth do you find time to burn 3500 calories a day? It just isn't realistic or healthy, IMHO, to even try to keep up with it.

I am not sure every one understood. I track 3500 calories a day, but for actual exercise I only burn about 1200..well a little more recently ti make up for 2 days of not tracking. I am always moving which is how I track so much but the real burn is just as much as all of you so please realize I ask not anorexic, unhealthy, yada yada yada

I quote:
"Right now I burn about 1000 with cardio boxing and 1000 with the treadmill, the other 1500 comes from cleaning and being a mommy to a 8.5 month old who's into everything. Thanks for reading, I know this post is all over the place, sorry! "


go look at the success stories of this forum. notice how they lost 13+ lb over a period of time and are looking great.
if you try to lose that 13lb in two weeks, let me tell you, saggy, dry, and pale skin. you will not look like how you want to. you will have bags under your eyes from exhaustion and your organs will not be able to operate properly. so places won't get that circulation they need and you won't be able to filter out any toxins giving you a dull sickly look.

Right now I burn about 1000 with cardio boxing and 1000 with the treadmill, the other 1500 comes from cleaning and being a mommy to a 8.5 month old who's into everything. Thanks for reading, I know this post is all over the place, sorry!

I think your math may be off, you don't mention how long your work outs are but I find burns like that near impossible to achieve. I have been burning 300 cals in 30 minutes of high intensity and am spent by the end of it. To get 3500 a day I would have to exercise at that intensity about 6 hours thats impossible.

I also think your cleaning and what not would count as normal activity not exercise.

I would have to agree that unless you have a tremendous amount of weight to lose, counting cleaning, etc. as exercise is not viable. It should count as normal daily activity.

Also, you really need to be taking in more calories. Your weight is not going to change with super low calories and massive energy expenditure. Take me for example. I burn on average 1100 calories daily 5 times a week doing 2 hours of competitive swimming workouts. However, I have only been taking in a NET calories of 600-900 per day. I have gained and lost the same 5 lbs for over a year now. I am finally realizing that I need to completely re-work my diet.

You would think that with all of this working out, mass calories burned, and little caloric intake I would be losing weight, right?

WRONG!!! It doesn't work!!!!

Think twice, thrice, or more about your plan and the possible extreme damage you could do to your body. Trust me, there's nothing more in the world I want than to get back to my college weight, but I know it has to be done slowly. So, do it the right way and the healthy way!!!

Technically, it would take me over 3 hours to burn that many calories on a treadmill, but I'm only 112lbs. I think this would be a heart attack waiting to happen. Why put yourself through the agony. I personally think it was a setup, but what do I know.