Losing weight
bilsonmandela
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Iv lost 8lbs in a week and half ? People are going to say this isn't healthy but I feel so much better for it! My motivation because I can see the numbers dropping on the scales has increased and my determination is sky high!!! I'm eating less than 1,500 calories a day but feel full and fuelled. Also on a 28 day detox which is doing wonders! Can anyone recommend a exercise for burning stomach fat a bit quicker! Thanks
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-You lose a lot of water weight at first, so it's not so unhealthy. Only if that continues after this week.
-1500 is the recommended minimum for men to ensure you're getting enough nutrients, so you should be aiming for that number (and as an 18-year-old male, probably much higher).
-What are you detoxing that your liver and kidneys don't already?
-You can't spot reduce.0 -
You've lost eight pounds and have eleven to go? You're probably going to find that the eight pounds you lost in ten or eleven day is temporary. At best, you will probably stall for a while. To truly have lost eight pounds in that short of time, you would have needed a calorie deficit of about 2,500 - 3,000 calories a day. So unless your maintenance calories are at least 4,000 a day, it didn't happen. Sorry.0
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Water weight.
eating under 1500 calories for a male isnt cool.
the 28 day detox is lol.
You cant spot reduce, but I have the feeling tou are going to do as you wish becayse you are 18. No patience, no true understanding of how weight loss works, no interest in doing things in a safe sustainable way.
ps what malibu said +1.0 -
I agree with Malibu and Tigger.0
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It's normal to drop water at first.
Your body detoxes all by itself.
Eating under 1500 calories a day for a male is silly and unsustainable, but hey you're 18, so...
Lift weights.0 -
Don't pay money for what your body already does. Detoxes, cleanses, etc. All of that is BS. Losing weight slowly is much better for your body and far more sustainable in the long haul, so I'm going go ahead and say: No.0
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I'm only eating 1500 and I'm sometimes miserable. and a 133 pound female. I also lost like 6-7 pounds the first week and it was for sure water weight. The word diet shouldn't mean anything fad or something you can't sustain for a lifetime. If you ever want to build muscle doing that on 1500 is IMPOSSIBLE.0
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atypicalsmith wrote: »You've lost eight pounds and have eleven to go? You're probably going to find that the eight pounds you lost in ten or eleven day is temporary. At best, you will probably stall for a while. To truly have lost eight pounds in that short of time, you would have needed a calorie deficit of about 2,500 - 3,000 calories a day. So unless your maintenance calories are at least 4,000 a day, it didn't happen. Sorry.
According to the scales and the inches Iv lost around my waste it did and has happened ! ??0 -
No, no it hasn't happened. Not really.
Also don't buy into detox diets. Your body will detox itself.0 -
I'm only eating 1500 and I'm sometimes miserable. and a 133 pound female. I also lost like 6-7 pounds the first week and it was for sure water weight. The word diet shouldn't mean anything fad or something you can't sustain for a lifetime. If you ever want to build muscle doing that on 1500 is IMPOSSIBLE.
I'm forced to disagree. I'm a 35 year old male who has lost 153lbs in the last year. (no I did not have bariatric surgery... just diet and exercise)
I consume 1500-1700kcal/day and burn 300-500kcal/day through exercise. When combined with my resting calorie requirement of 2200kcal/day, I average a daily caloric deficit of 1000kcal.
In addition to my weight loss I have added 3 1/2 inches to my upper arm circumference and tripled my bench press failure weight.
Be sure to consult a physician before beginning any diet & exercise plan, but adding muscle on a caloric restriction diet is indeed possible.0 -
[quote="bilsonmandela;32984716"According to the scales and the inches Iv lost around my waste it did and has happened ! ?? [/quote]
You've lost inches around you waste? Ewww, how do you measure that?
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Ewwwww ? And by tape measure ...... Hahaha0
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bilsonmandela wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »You've lost eight pounds and have eleven to go? You're probably going to find that the eight pounds you lost in ten or eleven day is temporary. At best, you will probably stall for a while. To truly have lost eight pounds in that short of time, you would have needed a calorie deficit of about 2,500 - 3,000 calories a day. So unless your maintenance calories are at least 4,000 a day, it didn't happen. Sorry.
According to the scales and the inches Iv lost around my waste it did and has happened ! ??
Probably not bloated anymore, because you've been pooping from laxative tea?
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You measured your poop?
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missiontofitness wrote: »bilsonmandela wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »You've lost eight pounds and have eleven to go? You're probably going to find that the eight pounds you lost in ten or eleven day is temporary. At best, you will probably stall for a while. To truly have lost eight pounds in that short of time, you would have needed a calorie deficit of about 2,500 - 3,000 calories a day. So unless your maintenance calories are at least 4,000 a day, it didn't happen. Sorry.
According to the scales and the inches Iv lost around my waste it did and has happened ! ??
Probably not bloated anymore, because you've been pooping from laxative tea?
MUST be laxative tea! Otherwise, how could he measure his waste?0 -
I am not going anywhere near my waste! Once it's in the toilet, I am not going to whip out any measuring tape. Sorry. But if it's too skinny (like pencil thin), you may be experiencing some stress, just so you know.0
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So the OP lost a ton of weight by taking laxative tea, and yet OP is still full of *kitten*. Oh the irony.0
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OP, please learn to spell
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It must be great to be 18 and so full of confidence that you are completely untouched by what people a lot older and more experienced have to say. His future at work is going to be so awesome!0
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OP didn't say he was using tea, he just said 28 day detox. That could be just eating healthier for 21 days and even if he has added tea to his diet it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. There are plenty of teas that help the way your body functions. Even dr's. are becoming more aware of this. There is a lot of stuff you can take to support better detox of your body. Just because it can do it on it's own doesn't mean that helping it do the job better is a bad thing. What is wrong with helping your body preform better and increasing how well your organs perform? By the way, I lost more the first couple of weeks too and it hasn't come back yet.0
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OP didn't say he was using tea, he just said 28 day detox. That could be just eating healthier for 21 days and even if he has added tea to his diet it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. There are plenty of teas that help the way your body functions. Even dr's. are becoming more aware of this. There is a lot of stuff you can take to support better detox of your body. Just because it can do it on it's own doesn't mean that helping it do the job better is a bad thing. What is wrong with helping your body preform better and increasing how well your organs perform? By the way, I lost more the first couple of weeks too and it hasn't come back yet.
He has another thread all about the detox tea.0 -
OP didn't say he was using tea, he just said 28 day detox. That could be just eating healthier for 21 days and even if he has added tea to his diet it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. There are plenty of teas that help the way your body functions. Even dr's. are becoming more aware of this. There is a lot of stuff you can take to support better detox of your body. Just because it can do it on it's own doesn't mean that helping it do the job better is a bad thing. What is wrong with helping your body preform better and increasing how well your organs perform? By the way, I lost more the first couple of weeks too and it hasn't come back yet.
He posted on another thread that he's using skinnymint tea which uses caffeine, diuretics and senna leaves.
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Oh this is a hot mess0
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OP didn't say he was using tea, he just said 28 day detox. That could be just eating healthier for 21 days and even if he has added tea to his diet it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. There are plenty of teas that help the way your body functions. Even dr's. are becoming more aware of this. There is a lot of stuff you can take to support better detox of your body. Just because it can do it on it's own doesn't mean that helping it do the job better is a bad thing. What is wrong with helping your body preform better and increasing how well your organs perform? By the way, I lost more the first couple of weeks too and it hasn't come back yet.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10194096/skinnymint-teatox/p1
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SherryTeach wrote: »It must be great to be 18 and so full of confidence that you are completely untouched by what people a lot older and more experienced have to say. His future at work is going to be so awesome!
Ahhh, those good old days when we were young enough to know everything! Now, of course, we are too old, so we know nothing.0 -
We can't stop......and we won't stop.0
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My bad. Drinking a tea that has a laxative effect will hurt you a lot in the long run OP.0
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