I lost 10 pounds in 1 day last week. Bashers, line up...
OpinionatedCyborg
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Last week I had a scheduled check-in. I am not just doing MFP by the power of my own will, I have an accountability situation set up, with check-in's. Being sick for a week, then throwing out my back, I knew all month I would miss this one, and the stress was accumulating. By check in time, I was 9 pounds over. My plan was to put my hand on the bathroom sink and lift 9 pounds off the scale for my photo, i.e., cheat, but that put even more stress on me.
I searched for alternatives to cheating. Sure enough, Tim Ferriss lost over 30 pounds one day to qualify for a martial arts tournament. I studied his method and reasoned that I would do what he did, but with my own twist, and on a much lower level. I drank lemon juice, took dandelion root and planned a steam. I added magnesium citrate, my twist, for which I was sorry. Within 2 hours I was on the throne, but only once during the day. I kept up the lemon and dandelion with small amounts of water, and peed a lot. Later, I went to the steam bath. I took short trips in, then cooled off by the pool while taking small sips of water. Each time I came out I toweled all the sweat off. I did not get into the shower or any of the pools. After a few trips, water weight started coming off, and within 1.5 hours I was a pound below my goal. I weighed in, took my picture, and replenished. The laxative took effect late that night and turned out to be totally unnecessary.
Before you call this "dangerous" let me remind you that working outside on a hot day you will lose more water weight than I did. Dancing in a crowded club while drinking alcohol is more dangerous than this. Steam baths are good for cleansing your pores and detoxing. I know better, as should you, that this is not a long-term way to lose weight. At worse, I got a good cleansing and replaced my water immediately. The next morning, I was back up 6 pounds. That weight now gets lumped into my next check-in in January. If I regret anything it's that I didn't do the slow & steady work to make my easily-attainable goal. Otherwise, the steam was great, and the laxative unnecessary. You wouldn't believe how many youtube videos there are of people taking magnesium citrate for weight loss!
None of this matters if you don't have accountability, but I share it anyway. Most MFP'ers don't set goals with dates that must be kept. There are some contests I see but it's easy to fall out and "start again Monday." After 20 years of being fat this didn't work for me. I'm down 50 pounds this year so far and plan to lose another 20. I have quit many times, but my accountability situation forced me back in the game. Believe this, my January goal will be met the right way. Believe this too, water weight fluctuation is real, as is colon volume. If you wake up and you weight 1-2 pounds more, there's a 99% chance it's water or food in your system.
I searched for alternatives to cheating. Sure enough, Tim Ferriss lost over 30 pounds one day to qualify for a martial arts tournament. I studied his method and reasoned that I would do what he did, but with my own twist, and on a much lower level. I drank lemon juice, took dandelion root and planned a steam. I added magnesium citrate, my twist, for which I was sorry. Within 2 hours I was on the throne, but only once during the day. I kept up the lemon and dandelion with small amounts of water, and peed a lot. Later, I went to the steam bath. I took short trips in, then cooled off by the pool while taking small sips of water. Each time I came out I toweled all the sweat off. I did not get into the shower or any of the pools. After a few trips, water weight started coming off, and within 1.5 hours I was a pound below my goal. I weighed in, took my picture, and replenished. The laxative took effect late that night and turned out to be totally unnecessary.
Before you call this "dangerous" let me remind you that working outside on a hot day you will lose more water weight than I did. Dancing in a crowded club while drinking alcohol is more dangerous than this. Steam baths are good for cleansing your pores and detoxing. I know better, as should you, that this is not a long-term way to lose weight. At worse, I got a good cleansing and replaced my water immediately. The next morning, I was back up 6 pounds. That weight now gets lumped into my next check-in in January. If I regret anything it's that I didn't do the slow & steady work to make my easily-attainable goal. Otherwise, the steam was great, and the laxative unnecessary. You wouldn't believe how many youtube videos there are of people taking magnesium citrate for weight loss!
None of this matters if you don't have accountability, but I share it anyway. Most MFP'ers don't set goals with dates that must be kept. There are some contests I see but it's easy to fall out and "start again Monday." After 20 years of being fat this didn't work for me. I'm down 50 pounds this year so far and plan to lose another 20. I have quit many times, but my accountability situation forced me back in the game. Believe this, my January goal will be met the right way. Believe this too, water weight fluctuation is real, as is colon volume. If you wake up and you weight 1-2 pounds more, there's a 99% chance it's water or food in your system.
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What a waste of a day. Congrats on gaming the system.25
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I'm just sort of speechless.7
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I like my body to keep hold of the water it needs.
Dehydration is a great way to get wrinkles!7 -
Ummmmm ??????3
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OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
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I'm just here for the comments. Carry on.25 -
OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.14 -
Congratulations. You lost water and pooped. I lost 45 pounds by having a baby and peeing off an enormous amount of water weight I was carrying thanks to pre-eclampsia. Now we've both shared our ridiculous 'weight loss' stories.52
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Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]11 -
But didn't you say you gained some of the weight back? Or did I read that wrong?
How are you accountable if all you lost was water weight not fat?3 -
OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]
In a way, yes it is...it's just known and accepted cheating. Everyone knows that their weigh in isn't their actual weight.8 -
dinadyna21 wrote: »But didn't you say you gained some of the weight back? Or did I read that wrong?
How are you accountable if all you lost was water weight not fat?
I'd say attaining a goal, even if it's just a number on a scale for a day, acts as a catalyst to reinvigorate the overall journey. If it matters, I'm down 3 legit pounds from last week. My diary is open. =o]6 -
OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]
Never called you a liar. I said you cheated.9 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]
Never called you a liar. I said you cheated.
Sorry! @Junedog1 did0 -
You manipulated the outcome to make it fit in with your personal goals rather than just accepting that life often throws problems in our way and carrying on with the journey.
You call it accountability - I call it a hell of a day just to make the numbers fit, you might as well have had your hand on the bathroom sink and taken those pounds off because the end result is the same, yes you've gone up 6 pounds today, I wonder if you'll go up tomorrow as well.
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Congrats on making the number on the scale go down temporarily?12
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OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Last week I had a scheduled check-in. I am not just doing MFP by the power of my own will, I have an accountability situation set up, with check-in's. Being sick for a week, then throwing out my back, I knew all month I would miss this one, and the stress was accumulating. By check in time, I was 9 pounds over. My plan was to put my hand on the bathroom sink and lift 9 pounds off the scale for my photo, i.e., cheat, but that put even more stress on me.
I searched for alternatives to cheating. blah, blah, blah...
So you searched for an alternative to cheating & then settled on cheating anyhow(an admission by yourself in later posts).
WooF'nhoo...
So you obtained nothing useful other than a number. Congrats on playing a numbers game. I only commented because I wasted my *kitten* time to read such asinine drivel & thought it worthy of being pointed out as such.
Perhaps you were looking for myCHEATINGpal instead of myFITNESSpal.
Also, I find it hilarious that you yourself threw the word liar out there in reference to what you were doing instead f the word cheating that was actually used. That alone speaks volumes about how you yourself actually perceive this & how hokey this whole post was. Congrats on calling yourself out there.
You seem like you just wanted attention, congrats you got attention. I don' think it was the kind you wanted though.
I could have sworn that I was in the Success Stories section. I don't think anyone here thinks this was a success other than you.16 -
Not quite sure what the point of this post was, but the comments are entertaining AF15
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Now see, I'm in the opposite situation. The gym at work is running a "Maintain, Don't Gain" challenge through the holidays, where you weigh in in November and weigh out in January. You're eligible for a prize if you maintain or lose through the T-day, Xmas, and New Year holidays. It is therefore to my benefit to be as heavy as possible to weigh in this week. Not that I did it on purpose, but the mystery 5 lbs I added last week -- probably water weight related to my beginning weight training -- will come in handy here!1
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I gained 10 lbs last week in one day, I swear. I hope I get a prize.
Seriously, though, I have a hard-to-avoid food allergy that leads to pounding headaches, swelling (not deadly as of yet), and water retention. I know everyone is jumping on the OP, but this gives me some ideas on how to drop water weight, especially when it gets so bad, it becomes painful.
Still, I suggest facing the music with weight gain. Ups and downs are normal. Unfortunately, most weight loss competitions are rife with this kind of stuff. People go on starvation diets or abuse water pills to get quicker results. It's why I'm not a fan of those kinds of things.5 -
Next time you may want to try an additional overdose of a laxative.
Might easily bring another 5 lbs.
(Just to make sure)5 -
OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Last week I had a scheduled check-in. I am not just doing MFP by the power of my own will, I have an accountability situation set up, with check-in's. Being sick for a week, then throwing out my back, I knew all month I would miss this one, and the stress was accumulating. By check in time, I was 9 pounds over. My plan was to put my hand on the bathroom sink and lift 9 pounds off the scale for my photo, i.e., cheat, but that put even more stress on me.
I searched for alternatives to cheating. Sure enough, Tim Ferriss lost over 30 pounds one day to qualify for a martial arts tournament. I studied his method and reasoned that I would do what he did, but with my own twist, and on a much lower level. I drank lemon juice, took dandelion root and planned a steam. I added magnesium citrate, my twist, for which I was sorry. Within 2 hours I was on the throne, but only once during the day. I kept up the lemon and dandelion with small amounts of water, and peed a lot. Later, I went to the steam bath. I took short trips in, then cooled off by the pool while taking small sips of water. Each time I came out I toweled all the sweat off. I did not get into the shower or any of the pools. After a few trips, water weight started coming off, and within 1.5 hours I was a pound below my goal. I weighed in, took my picture, and replenished. The laxative took effect late that night and turned out to be totally unnecessary.
Before you call this "dangerous" let me remind you that working outside on a hot day you will lose more water weight than I did. Dancing in a crowded club while drinking alcohol is more dangerous than this. Steam baths are good for cleansing your pores and detoxing. I know better, as should you, that this is not a long-term way to lose weight. At worse, I got a good cleansing and replaced my water immediately. The next morning, I was back up 6 pounds. That weight now gets lumped into my next check-in in January. If I regret anything it's that I didn't do the slow & steady work to make my easily-attainable goal. Otherwise, the steam was great, and the laxative unnecessary. You wouldn't believe how many youtube videos there are of people taking magnesium citrate for weight loss!
None of this matters if you don't have accountability, but I share it anyway. Most MFP'ers don't set goals with dates that must be kept. There are some contests I see but it's easy to fall out and "start again Monday." After 20 years of being fat this didn't work for me. I'm down 50 pounds this year so far and plan to lose another 20. I have quit many times, but my accountability situation forced me back in the game. Believe this, my January goal will be met the right way. Believe this too, water weight fluctuation is real, as is colon volume. If you wake up and you weight 1-2 pounds more, there's a 99% chance it's water or food in your system.OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]
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OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »
.... None of this matters if you don't have accountability, .....
Your gaming the system wasn't weight loss. You just lied at your check-in. If you call that accountability then good for you.
That's what I'm thinking. Cheating isn't accountability. It's kind of the exact opposite of accountability. Accountability would have been wearing the gain.
If so, then every fighter who cuts for a weigh-in is also cheating, and thanks for calling me a liar. I was accountable to my goal. =o]
I'd say it is lying
Closer to that than honesty.0 -
I gained 10 lbs last week in one day, I swear. I hope I get a prize.
Seriously, though, I have a hard-to-avoid food allergy that leads to pounding headaches, swelling (not deadly as of yet), and water retention. I know everyone is jumping on the OP, but this gives me some ideas on how to drop water weight, especially when it gets so bad, it becomes painful.
Still, I suggest facing the music with weight gain. Ups and downs are normal. Unfortunately, most weight loss competitions are rife with this kind of stuff. People go on starvation diets or abuse water pills to get quicker results. It's why I'm not a fan of those kinds of things.
I spent 20 years facing the music when this close to a goal and choosing not to meet it. So little importance is placed on reaching a goal on a specific date, in deference to just putting it off.2 -
But you didn't reach any meaningful goal. You may as well have just leaned on the sink.16
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Alatariel75 wrote: »But you didn't reach any meaningful goal. You may as well have just leaned on the sink.
Would've been a whole lot easier!6 -
Renaissance_Turtle wrote: »OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »Last week I had a scheduled check-in. I am not just doing MFP by the power of my own will, I have an accountability situation set up, with check-in's. Being sick for a week, then throwing out my back, I knew all month I would miss this one, and the stress was accumulating. By check in time, I was 9 pounds over. My plan was to put my hand on the bathroom sink and lift 9 pounds off the scale for my photo, i.e., cheat, but that put even more stress on me.
I searched for alternatives to cheating. blah, blah, blah...
So you searched for an alternative to cheating & then settled on cheating anyhow(an admission by yourself in later posts).
WooF'nhoo...
So you obtained nothing useful other than a number. Congrats on playing a numbers game. I only commented because I wasted my *kitten* time to read such asinine drivel & thought it worthy of being pointed out as such.
Perhaps you were looking for myCHEATINGpal instead of myFITNESSpal.
Also, I find it hilarious that you yourself threw the word liar out there in reference to what you were doing instead f the word cheating that was actually used. That alone speaks volumes about how you yourself actually perceive this & how hokey this whole post was. Congrats on calling yourself out there.
You seem like you just wanted attention, congrats you got attention. I don' think it was the kind you wanted though.
I could have sworn that I was in the Success Stories section. I don't think anyone here thinks this was a success other than you.
You win "triggeriest" reply! Me steaming off a few pounds to reach my goal may not be what triggered you. I think you saw the flock and knew you would get upvotes. I did what I did to be different from the masses who neither put dates on goals, nor set them in the first place. I hope you see the correlation to how many people quit and gain back again.
As far as lying to oneself, anyone who wears makeup is lying in a way, lol. Do you make payments on a car that you couldn't afford outright? That's a form of lying.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »But you didn't reach any meaningful goal. You may as well have just leaned on the sink.
Would've been a whole lot easier!
Meh. Wasn't hard, and was twice as meaningful to me than faking my check in.8 -
But you *did* fake your check in.16
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