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Charliegirl1974
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Hi!
I’m looking to trim up a bit in the next 2 weeks. I’m eating more as MFP suggests (trying to stick to my calories in versus calories out, depending on exercise) but need some top tips! Feel bloated and can pinch just a little bit more than an inch!
I exercise daily, I’m a vegetarian, my diet is mainly clean and pretty healthy...
I know I can’t expect miracles in a fortnight, it takes a while to be safe and steady etc, but any extra tips much appreciated!
Thank you!
I’m looking to trim up a bit in the next 2 weeks. I’m eating more as MFP suggests (trying to stick to my calories in versus calories out, depending on exercise) but need some top tips! Feel bloated and can pinch just a little bit more than an inch!
I exercise daily, I’m a vegetarian, my diet is mainly clean and pretty healthy...
I know I can’t expect miracles in a fortnight, it takes a while to be safe and steady etc, but any extra tips much appreciated!
Thank you!
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Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Hi!
I’m looking to trim up a bit in the next 2 weeks. I’m eating more as MFP suggests (trying to stick to my calories in versus calories out, depending on exercise) but need some top tips! Feel bloated and can pinch a little bit more than an inch!
I know I can’t expect miracles in a fortnight, it takes a while to be safe and steady etc, but any tips much appreciated!
Thank you!
You answered your own question. What's the hurry?8 -
Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy6
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Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy
That's not going to change in two weeks.5 -
You are not going to see any visual results in 2 weeks time.5
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Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy
Buy a different dress. Feel great. Have fun.20 -
If you want a temporary fix, going low-carb/keto will eliminate a lot of bloating, thus making your waist look slimmer.
I had ordered a brisdemaid dress for my friend's wedding a bit late, and when it arrived, it was a lot smaller than I expected. I couldn't even zip it up. So I did 2 weeks of keto (under 20g net carbs every day) and it fit like a glove on the wedding date.
I wouldn't normally suggest temporary fixes, but if you just want to shed some water weight and reduce bloating, there's nothin' better than keto. Keep in mind your water weight will return within a day of you eating carbs again.17 -
Charliegirl1974 wrote: »
Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy
That's not going to change in two weeks.
@CHARLIEGIRL1974 SOMEONE JUST SAID YOU CANT DO IT. ALL YOU CAN DO IS TRY. ID USE THAT AS MOTIVATION AND PROVE PEOPLE WRONG. CHALLENGE YOURSELF.26 -
Buy some Spanx.27
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Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy
Spanx, FTW!7 -
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Spanx.6
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Spanx?! Are you crazy?! Worst most uncomfortable invention EVER!8
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If you want a temporary fix, going low-carb/keto will eliminate a lot of bloating, thus making your waist look slimmer.
I had ordered a brisdemaid dress for my friend's wedding a bit late, and when it arrived, it was a lot smaller than I expected. I couldn't even zip it up. So I did 2 weeks of keto (under 20g net carbs every day) and it fit like a glove on the wedding date.
I wouldn't normally suggest temporary fixes, but if you just want to shed some water weight and reduce bloating, there's nothin' better than keto. Keep in mind your water weight will return within a day of you eating carbs again.
I don't typically recommend quick fixes either, but yeah...you will dump a lot of water and glycogen and thus bloat with a couple of weeks on keto...
Be careful about what you eat and drink at the event though...
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etherealanwar wrote: »You are not going to see any visual results in 2 weeks time.
Oh! I actually feel really inspired! I’m going to prove you wrong! (Eeek, I hope!) So thank you! X17 -
Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Spanx?! Are you crazy?! Worst most uncomfortable invention EVER!
The kind of diet that has visible results in 2 weeks is (in my view) likely to be the worst, most uncomfortable thing ever... lol.14 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Because I’ve got an extremely tight UK size 8 dress to wear! It fits, I can do it up, I just don’t look as streamlined as I’d like! Feeling a bit frumpy
Buy a different dress. Feel great. Have fun.
^This. So much easier and pleasant.5 -
Shape wear, or low carb, but if you do low carb you can't eat any carbs when you're in the dress or you'll bloat like crazy...3
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TavistockToad wrote: »Shape wear, or low carb, but if you do low carb you can't eat any carbs when you're in the dress or you'll bloat like crazy...
Not to mention the distinct possibility of ....*ahem*...."digestive".... issues if you suddenly take in a bunch of carbs after doing low-carb for a while. Parties aren't much fun if you spend the whole time listening to them from inside the bathroom.
(Don't ask how I know this)11 -
Charliegirl1974 wrote: »Spanx?! Are you crazy?! Worst most uncomfortable invention EVER!
I had a Ganz body-slimmer that might try to swipe that title away!5 -
I don't understand.
You're going to wear the dress for a few hours.
You're going to wear your body for a lifetime.
So temporarily abusing the outside of your body for a few hours wearing Spanx or whatever other shapewear is more uncomfortable than abusing the insides of your body for two weeks?
You can:
- do a normal lower Cal diet and maybe lose enough weight to make a difference (though probably not) and maybe keep that loss moving forward
- get shapewear and be relatively uncomfortable for a few hours. Or spend the money and get a new dress that fits which will be financially uncomfortable.
- do a low carb diet a few days before the event thus dropping water weight (possibly not feeling that great see keto flu and warnings upthread etc) and regain that water weight as soon as you reintroduce carbs. Watch it that on the rebound you don't regain past your initial start point by too much.
- do an unhealthy unsustainable diet thus slightly damaging your body and almost guaranteeing that you will regain that weight plus a bit more at the completion of the diet.
You get to chose!17
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