How much can I lose if I eat under 20 g of carbs for 4 days?

you probably won't look any different after only 4 days. i'd say 2 pounds realistically because you're so small.

low carbing DOES work, but it won't do much of anything in only 4 days, AND someone that doesn't have much of anything to lose.

Nothing does anything in four days. That's the whole point of this site and group of people.

Your problem is binging for seven days. Stop that!

A pound is 3500 calories. Twenty grams of carbohydrate is 80 calories. You can do the math.

Here's how to lose weight:

Don't buy the stuff you shouldn't eat, and don't run out to get it when you want it.

Log every piece of food and every ounce of fluid you put into your mouth, every day. Do not exceed your daily goal.

Get out and walk around, or run, or swim, or work out if that's your thing. Exceed your daily goal.

Use the same kind of discipline for managing your body as you to do learn your lines. Although, frankly, if you are just now hunkering down to prepare for the casting call that's in four days, I guess I'd say, with no harm or insult intended.....

Don't quit your day job.

Why don't you just do it and then let us know how that worked for you?

Just to answer your question, you can probably lose around 5lb.

A pound is 3500 calories, I seriously doubt you binged enough in 7 days to put on 8 pounds.
It will *mostly* be water weight.
Keep your carbs as close to zero as you can, but DO watch your calories. Low carb will still make you fat if you eat like 3000 cals a day.

Anyway, I would say in 4 days you could lose 3-8lb, but it will be water weight. Do what you need to do for your thing, but after that get back on the wagon and do things properly.

And don't listen to all the people that are telling you you're going to die from lie 4 days of low carbs (low carbing is pretty safe in the long term, never mind 4 days), and the people telling you you can't lose anything in 4 days - of course you can! water weight comes off quickly and can make a huge difference. Also, if you lose like 2lb a week, you lose a pound every 3.5 days, so yes, actually, 4 days can make a difference in ACTUAL weight as well as water weight.

Stop treating her like she's crazy, she said she knows it's water weight. And she didn't say "I'm gonna starve myself and work out for 1000000 hours for 4 days", she just said she's gonna cut down on carbs and do moderate exercise. Isn't that what a lot of us do anyway?

Stop treating her like she's crazy, she said she knows it's water weight. And she didn't say "I'm gonna starve myself and work out for 1000000 hours for 4 days", she just said she's gonna cut down on carbs and do moderate exercise. Isn't that what a lot of us do anyway?

No.

A lot of us when we binge get back to eating normally(Ie within our calorie goal), and drink extra water to help combat the water weight... and not go on a crazy crash diet.

No, I mean, plenty of people LIVE in a low carb diet. It's not a crazy crash diet, it's a lifestyle that many people choose to live. And live healthily.
As far as I'm aware, all the paleo people aren't dropping dead - in fact some of the healthiest/fittest people on this site have been living on low carb plans for a while.

Eating nothing but cabbage soup for like 4 days would be a crazy crash diet, maybe, but you're all treating her like she's anorexic or something for saying she's going to cut down on carbs for a few days. She's not starving herself or anything.

And like it or not, low carb diets are a very very effective way to flush out water weight. 4 days of low carb is not what most would all a "crazy crash diet"

But I agree that she should still count calories

Eating low carb and getting moderate exercise for a few days is a "crazy crash diet"? Um... no. I'm not sure how much weight will come off - as you know it is going to be mostly water, it kind of depends on how much water you're retaining.

The only concern I'd have is "carb flu". If you aren't used to low carb, suddenly starting it can cause some fogginess and lack of energy at first, in some people. If you are doing this for a casting call, you probably want to look and feel your best on that day.

Given how thin you are? I'd say you'd like a couple of pounds of water.

Consider what it does sound like though.

You "binged" for 7 days straight (what YOU mean by binge we don't know).
Now you're looking for get rid of it in 4 days.

What you are talking about doing is like Atkins Induction phase, or a Ketogenic diet. When I tried this, I lost about 6 pounds in the first 4-5 days. But here is the deal. You just want to do it for 4 days, that's fine if that's what you want to do. But as soon as you start eating your carbs again, you WILL put all that weight back on, because most of the weight lost will have been water weight. Replenishing those glycogen stores will add weight back.

141 lb is skinny for 5-11.

Yeah, and skinny unfortunately does not always = healthy :frown:

Hi, it depends what kind of carbs you are cutting out? if its rice/bread/pasta, then yes that wont do your body any harm at all, I eat a "low carb diet" as in I aim to avoid processed carbs, but I eat a lot of fruit & veg which are stacked with carbs...... so its all dependent?
I spent time following slimming world, which on red day is very "low carb" as you dont eat potato, pasta & rice, but because it is stacked with protein, it works wonders.
I think there is definitely something in the whole netting above 1200 cals, and obviously ensuring that they are all "good healthy cals" other than that, you need to have a play with your macros until you find that balance that works for you.
Just keep an eye on energy levels, you may need to up how much you consume a smidge to ensure you dont feel lethargic!
Drink a lot of water too, and avoid fizzy & caffiene, that will help you with the loss of excess water :-)
Good Luck hun, stay focused and stay healthy xx

better yet, how much will you gain back after you eat normally again.... perhaps that is the more important question?

It depends on how much water your body is willing to let go of. That is what will go first. And your glycogen stores will deplete a bit (more water loss).

Make sure to increase your natural fat intake. Stay away from "low-carb" processed crap. It's still franken-food. Don't go low-carb and low-fat. You will definitely hurt yourself.

Only eat what you can pick, dig or spear. Mostly spear. Live in Freedom, Live in Beauty. (gnolls.org)
"Die biting the throat" (The Gnoll Credo)

Amen!

Wow people act like you are going on some crazy binge diet, all while being anorexic! Seriously she just wants to drop some water weight for a casting call, she isn't asking if this is what to do to drop weight, and keep it off! So yes if you do this, and drink plenty of water you have a good chance of dropping a decent amount of weight especially if what you gained in that week was water weight. I can gain up to 9lbs in water weight, and drop it in 3 days by reducing my carbs (not even close to that low though) and getting in my regular workouts. I do it every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, because I usually eat higher sodium foods on the weekend, because I like to enjoy myself.

I think your concentration of losing from a binge ignores the elephant in the room.

What caused you to binge?

I find that keeping my blood sugar level consistent keeps me from binging. When you eat high glycemic foods, your blood sugar rises, then falls later, that is when you will be driven to binge. Avoiding foods with a high glycemic index will do that for you. Look for foods with a glycemic index of 50 or below. Some diets use foods that have a low glycemic index. Google it.