Is it possible to lose 30 lbs in 2 weeks?!

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  • vanessaclarkgbr
    vanessaclarkgbr Posts: 731 Member
    I thought you were talking about you! I was going to suggest you put the fish down - sorry, not helpful but I couldn't help it :-)

    How big was this lady in the first place, it seems a bit off doesn't it?

    Ha, I'm not going to try to compete with her; I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and lose the weight in a healthy, gradual, way.

    If I had to guess, she's currently about 170-180 pounds?

    I'm currently 165 and I'd need to saw a leg off to get that in that timeframe! I don't think I could even overeat my way anywhere near that - for my first weigh in I wore my coat with keys in (deliberately of course) jumper knee length boots (it was Summer) and had eaten like a pig, I 'lost' 7lb. I should add there was no competition, I'm just a saddo!
  • meeperoon
    meeperoon Posts: 270 Member
    170-180!! Jesus! Definitely impossible. Sorry but I think people would notice if she dropped from that weight down, she would really be looking crazily thin compared to when she started.

    I would be really suspicious about this, if she loses more, you should be sayin "can I join you at the gym, I'd really like some tips on how your doing this..." and see how she reacts lol.
  • VeganInTraining
    VeganInTraining Posts: 1,319 Member
    Ok, I didn't read everyone elses posts but if it was 20% of her weight that would mean she started at 165...she MUST be stuffing her pockets! If not then that is extremely unhealthy! The only way that could be anywhere close to healthy would be if she had over 100 pounds to lose which she doesn't. She's either cheating or is going to end up in the ER by the end of this!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    There could be other things involved than just basic unhealthy weight loss (if the stars were all properly allighned). For example:
    1) if she had TOM during initial weigh in could account for 5 pounds (this is my body, some people are more, some are less)
    2) If she ate just before initial weigh in could account for an enormous amount of weight (but we'll go with 2 pounds)
    3) if she had a full bladder/colon at initial weigh in, we'll give her 2 pounds
    4) Shoes and clothing: 5 pounds
    right there is 14 pounds, half her weight loss.
    Then 7 pounds a week? That could come off with diet and exercise.
  • damonmath
    damonmath Posts: 359 Member
    If you ate nothing for 2 weeks straight at 2400 calories burned a day you would only lose 9.6 pounds.


    You would also die of starvation .... :explode:
  • bobbowler
    bobbowler Posts: 1
    So let's start with giving her the benefit of the doubt; she was not cheating (rocks in her pockets).
    So how is this possible?

    If she weighed 173 lbs...and lost 19%, that would be 33 lbs.
    So her starting weight. is ~173

    If she worked out solid for 3 hours a day...she could burn ~600-700 cal/hour so figure 2000 Cal/Day, and she burns an additional ~ 2000 cal the rest of the day...that is 4000 calories a day. If she eats 1200 cal per day...(yikes that would be tough with all that exercise)....she nets a loss of 2800 cal per day, times 14 days...is 39,200 calories = 11.2 pounds. Of real weight loss...

    Could she have lost 22 lbs of water weight and (pardon this one)...but what she had 'caked' in her intestines?

    I can gain 5lbs of mainly 'water weight' in a day eating pizza (or something else salty) and a couple beers / glasses of water.

    So she could have 'bulked up' with food and water weight etc before the weigh-in...and then lost that and additional water weight like a fighter does before a weigh-in...I guess.
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    I am calling BS on this cheater. If she shows a weight gain of 25 pounds next week, then she did not cheat. The body must compensate for such a drastic change. If there is no weight gain, or a loss, she cheated. I would call her out on it and ask everyone involved to donate the 500$ to give to her, because she must really need it to go to those extremes.
  • KettyLan
    KettyLan Posts: 440 Member
    Probably she used some type of extreme laxatives in combination with strong diet pills...Other than that, she couldn't have simply lost 30 pounds in two weeks with just diet and exercise alone. ...impossible!!!
  • juleseybaby
    juleseybaby Posts: 712 Member
    How big is her hair? And was it wet? :noway:

    Sheesh!!

    I once did a 6 week body makeover plan (similar to clean eating, very low to no sodium and processed foods...) I had a LOT to lose - and following the plan exactly - I lost 9 pounds in a week.

    Ummmmm - I agree with most other posters... something smells fishy.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Since this is for money and not a small amount I can say I would drop out of the competition if I were you. She simply has to be cheating. Did she look like she'd lost 1/5th of her total body weight?
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    Since this is for money and not a small amount I can say I would drop out of the competition if I were you. She simply has to be cheating. Did she look like she'd lost 1/5th of her total body weight?

    I wish this was an option, but I'm just going to try to ignore her (and any other potential "cheaters") and just focus on ME. I paid to be part of this to get the motivation, training and meal plan that come with signing up. I didn't really expect to win anyway, so it was never about the money for me. I'm getting the motivation I need (mostly... I kinda slacked for a couple days after the weigh-in after feeling like a failure compared to the big numbers on the scale) so it's still worth it for me.

    I should just cross my fingers that she eats a whole turkey and multiple pumpkin pies at thanksgiving :devil:
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    There's an idea. SABOTAGE HER! Leave Hostess cupcakes at her desk. Order pizza to be delivered to her home. Take her out drinking, buy her Guiness....
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    There's an idea. SABOTAGE HER! Leave Hostess cupcakes at her desk. Order pizza to be delivered to her home. Take her out drinking, buy her Guiness....

    Hahaha! Hilarious, but I'm still not even close to winning behind her (there are quite a few people that are legitimately doing awesome!) so it would just be a waste of my money :wink:
  • livnlite
    livnlite Posts: 520
    I'm thinkin something is amuck .. for sure. If there is prize money involved .. I wouldn't doubt if there is something funny going on. I can't believe in THIS day and age that a gym would support THAT kind of weight loss knowing what we know about rapid weight loss and the repercussions of losing THAT much THAT fast.

    Either that contestant's health is in grave danger or something 'fishy' is going on!

    If that contestant ate a big meal, for instance .. like steak or pasta (to add weight) and lots of salt (to retain water) before she weighed in .. she could litterally add pounds to her regular weight. Then laxitives and water pills coupled with some hard work, would help reduce quite quickly.

    When prize money is involved, these contests ALWAYS make me cringe .
  • deeharley
    deeharley Posts: 1,208 Member
    Yes, it is possible. About fifteen years ago, I went into severe depression. I literally could not get anything down my throat for weeks. I was living with my grandmother at the time and she forced me to eat a bowl of cereal every morning. She stood there and watched me let it get soggy, then eat it. She wouldn't leave the table until the bowl was empty. At night, I drank my milk and ate my mashed potatoes from the meal my job provided. I also spent a lot of time active - volleyball, basketball, hiking, anything my friends were willing to do - to keep my self busy and not thinking about things. I went from 165 to 135 in just about two weeks.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    170-180!! Jesus! Definitely impossible. Sorry but I think people would notice if she dropped from that weight down, she would really be looking crazily thin compared to when she started.

    I would be really suspicious about this, if she loses more, you should be sayin "can I join you at the gym, I'd really like some tips on how your doing this..." and see how she reacts lol.

    this! tell her she has done so fantastically that you want some tips.

    or tell her you are really worried that she lost such a lot of weight, and you want to go with her to the doctor to check she is ok...
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    We had our second weigh-in, so just an update for those who are curious about the Biggest Loser drama :P

    She lost 7 pounds, which is actually a reasonable amount due to how much she's at the gym... so some of the 30 pounds was probably food/water/etc weight. Who knows if she was wearing any excess weight on purpose. At this point, I stopped caring, but I promised an update :P
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Did she have her leg removed???

    I'd be happy with a 33 pound loss over a year or a year and a half's time. I think someone stuffed her clothes with weight. :huh:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    And this is why "biggest loser" type competitions are bad. They do not encourage health and fitness; they encourage fast scale weight loss - which is oftentimes just the opposite.
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    And this is why "biggest loser" type competitions are bad. They do not encourage health and fitness; they encourage fast scale weight loss - which is oftentimes just the opposite.

    Yup.

    It's frustrating that it's based 100% on scale loss instead of looking at body fat % or inches or anything else. I definitely won't be doing another competition again, but at least it's forced me to not be lazy.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I think she had weights in her bra for the first weigh-in.
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