How is it possible to lose 25 - 50 lbs in 2 weeks?

princessekrystale
princessekrystale Posts: 114
in Health and Weight Loss
I've heard A LOT of people say that they did a kind of diet or whatever and lost about 25 - 50 pounds in just 2 weeks!
What are those diets?
Has anyone experienced this? If so, were able to keep it off?

Thanks!
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  • TAMMY_76
    TAMMY_76 Posts: 199
    sounds like a starvation diet like the hcg diet
  • chaimtime
    chaimtime Posts: 18 Member
    First that is a crash diet, probably drinking nothing but water, which is unhealthy, unsafe, and dangerous.

    Remember 1lb of fat is 3500 calories, so 25lbs is 87,500 calories. If you burn 2,000 calories in a day that is 45 days at the least.


    You may lose a big number your first week based on water weight.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    It would be a terrible strain on your body and its organs to lose that much weight that quickly. Without surgery, I doubt it is possible.
  • PNWriter
    PNWriter Posts: 223 Member
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.
  • aamb
    aamb Posts: 377 Member
    IF anybody did this, the first time they ate or drank anything 'normal' i think it would all go right back on!!
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    Decapitation... Sure fire way to lose at least 8 lbs instantly. :noway:
  • picturesing
    picturesing Posts: 228
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.
    ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    I've never heard of any diet extreme or otherwise that had anyone losing 25-50 lbs in 2 weeks. All I can say is that it is pretty much a guarantee that most of that was water weight as the caloric deficit needed to lose that much weight as fat is astounding.
  • FatUncleRob
    FatUncleRob Posts: 341
    Decapitation... Sure fire way to lose at least 8 lbs instantly. :noway:

    You beat me to it! (I was going to suggest amputating an arm/leg.) :smile:
  • ChRiStA_1983
    ChRiStA_1983 Posts: 380 Member
    Yeah, except even a DIVORCE doesn't work that quickly! lol Good one, though!
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.
  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.

    tee hee that is about the only safe way to lose that much-


    now I have seen some seriously obese people--I am talking 500 pounds plus who can lose 25 + pounds in a few weeks- but they have seriously dropped their cal intake from 7 or 8K a day to 1500 and lose a lot of water, but that only lasts a couple of weeks. Then they go back to normal wt loss. unless you have several hundred pounds to lose- dont ever even give a second thought to that kind of wt loss.
  • blablues
    blablues Posts: 37 Member
    Biggest loser - Most Weight Lost in a Week (Male) Moses Kinikini (Couples 4 Week 1) 41 lbs
    Most Weight Lost in a Week (Female)[**] Patti Anderson (Couples 3 Week 1) 23 lbs

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Loser_(U.S._TV_series)

    So...be male, extremely obese, get on a TV show and do nothing but diet and exercise for a week. And note that was week one - it seems like you often lose the most the first week you start a diet.
  • bjclaywell
    bjclaywell Posts: 165 Member
    I lost just over 10 pounds in my first week - but I think it is 100% fair to say that it was a combination of water weight and dropping the soda (I was drinking 6-8 sodas a day and quit cold turkey). I also cut out a ton of sodium and other water retaining food items.

    Since then, I've been averaging a more likely (and safer) 1.5-2 pounds a week.

    I know that one of our local "Medical Weight Loss" clinics says you can lose up to 10 pounds a week on the HCG diet, but that is a 500-600 calorie restricted diet (I won't even bother with the HCG as I'm not sure that does a whole lot). You are also seriously restricted on what you are allowed to eat in that 500-600 calories, and you aren't allowed to do much exercise (according to their brochure). I'm not saying it does or doesn't work - I've had friends who have dropped 20-30 pounds off using it. Some have kept it off, most haven't. But to me it sounds like starvation.
  • sushisuzi2
    sushisuzi2 Posts: 111 Member
    Not even falling in love would make me lose weight that fast.

    Sounds like an enormous burden...and I guarantee it wouldn't stay off. I've been on ALL of the diets and drugs in the 80's and 90's. No, I never learned. Tried them all.
    I've been 127 pounds and I've been 281 pounds. I'm back to say the ONLY way is the old fashioned way.
  • Cristy_AZ
    Cristy_AZ Posts: 986
    LMAO decapitation or divorce, losing a limb!! Those all came to my mind too! But to answer the OP seriously that kind of wieght loss is not possible and if someone did close to that it was very unhealthy and certainly not permanent. I have a co-worker that did the HCG (or whatever, get hormone shot and eat next to nothing for 5 weeks)... she lost 20 pounds, got quite ill, gained it all back plus some and now she has some mysterious joint / nerve pain they can't diagnose (NOT saying it's related, they just don't know what's wrong with her)
  • lil_missfit
    lil_missfit Posts: 565 Member
    whatever it was it probably wasn't safe....
  • LauraLLee
    LauraLLee Posts: 210
    I've heard A LOT of people say that they did a kind of diet or whatever and lost about 25 - 50 pounds in just 2 weeks!
    What are those diets?
    Has anyone experienced this? If so, were able to keep it off?

    Thanks!


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  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    There's someone on here who has lost 35lbs in the last month by low carbing. It's definitely not a crash diet, I've seen her diary.
  • runlorirun
    runlorirun Posts: 389
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • tryinghard2012
    tryinghard2012 Posts: 419 Member
    HA @ The divorce joke! Classic!

    25-50 pounds in 2 weeks? UNHEARD OF!
  • aimeetu
    aimeetu Posts: 139 Member
    LMAO at the divorce joke. Just look at how many of the Biggest Loser people gain their weight back!! Not even possible!
  • yanicka
    yanicka Posts: 1,004 Member
    Can you imagine how mush hormones and pesticides it would relase in the blood stream to lose that much fat? Anyone would feel horrible!!!
  • donaldwms
    donaldwms Posts: 4 Member
    Let's consider the lower end (i.e., loosing 25 lbs in 2 weeks). This simply works out to 12.5 lbs/week, which many athletes do on a normal basis when returning from off-season. It's not about starvation either. It's more so about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), multiple workout sessions (2-a-day+) and restricting calories below 1,500 (more or less, this really depends on the person). Now a key is having enough BCAA (Branch Chain Amino Acids) in the system to keep the body in a fat burning mode. The BCAAs can derive from Whey protein, for example, but vegetarian sources are likely better for rapid fat matabolism. The timing of feeding the body BCAAs (i.e., protein) is essential also, as to burn fat and not matabolize muscle.

    Now, as you move toward, say, loosing 50 lbs in 2 weeks... well... that gets a bit more extreme, but not impossible for people with significant subcutaneous fat, which may be a bit easier to burn off than visceral fat...

    Anyway, just some thoughts about the 12.5 lbs/week not being all that outrageous.
    -DCW
  • velix
    velix Posts: 437 Member
    I had a friend who lost 180 pounds in a month!! She got a divorce. That's about the ONLY way to lose that much weight so quickly.
    haha! I was thinking losing a limb or something, but this works ;-)
  • princessekrystale
    princessekrystale Posts: 114
    Let's consider the lower end (i.e., loosing 25 lbs in 2 weeks). This simply works out to 12.5 lbs/week, which many athletes do on a normal basis when returning from off-season. It's not about starvation either. It's more so about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), multiple workout sessions (2-a-day+) and restricting calories below 1,500 (more or less, this really depends on the person). Now a key is having enough BCAA (Branch Chain Amino Acids) in the system to keep the body in a fat burning mode. The BCAAs can derive from Whey protein, for example, but vegetarian sources are likely better for rapid fat matabolism. The timing of feeding the body BCAAs (i.e., protein) is essential also, as to burn fat and not matabolize muscle.

    Now, as you move toward, say, loosing 50 lbs in 2 weeks... well... that gets a bit more extreme, but not impossible for people with significant subcutaneous fat, which may be a bit easier to burn off than visceral fat...

    Anyway, just some thoughts about the 12.5 lbs/week not being all that outrageous.
    -DCW


    Much Helpful.
    Thanks!!!
  • Just_Bethy
    Just_Bethy Posts: 272
    Mmmm I bet the skin just looks fantastic after loosing it that fast!! ..I believe its possible in extremely heavy people who crash it for a few weeks...but...Yikes..not safe
  • FabiolaEnvy♥
    FabiolaEnvy♥ Posts: 730
    i never heard of such thing..


    the only thing i can think of is water weight. but then it will go back to normal to losing 1 to 2 lbs a week...
  • beernutz
    beernutz Posts: 136
    That is called the amputation diet. It is popular is some third world countries.
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    If I cut off my left arm, how much weight do you guys think I'll lose?
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    Die.
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