Lose weight quickly

Alphamale

Ok so here's the problem. I have put on a bit of weight over the winter and football has just started so I need to lose about a stone as quickly as possible. Has anyone any ideas?

Hanley

Be a man about it.


Seriously tho, how long do you have to lose it?

Are you a member of a gym?

Do you lift weights?

What's your diet like?

Alphamale

well ideally id like to lose it in a week but that wont happen! but 3 weeks maybe would be a target. yea im a member of a gym but haven used it over the winter as i should have done. usually try to lift weights but il do watever it takes just to lose a stone in as little time as possible. diet isin great..im a student like!!

TelePaul

Eat less. In the short term, you can lose quite a bit of weight by skipping meals. Obviously it's bad for your health.

Hanley

Why is it so important that you lose the weight? Will it effect your performance? Surely you should lose a good bit going thru pre-season.

It took you since last year to put it on. You're not going to lose it in a week, or even 3.

Alphamale

TelePaul wrote: »

Eat less. In the short term, you can lose quite a bit of weight by skipping meals. Obviously it's bad for your health.

What happens when ya get hungry then? Is there any proteins that would be good to help with appetite?

Alphamale

Hanley wrote: »

Why is it so important that you lose the weight? Will it effect your performance? Surely you should lose a good bit going thru pre-season.

It took you since last year to put it on. You're not going to lose it in a week, or even 3.

Well yea it will effect my performance thats why I want to tone up and lose weight. Well I have only really put weight on since christmas. I should lose weight during pre-season training but as I am in college during the week I will have to train on my own and will be missing out.

Irish_Army01

What I reccommend is NOT to skip meals but to eat more regularly and small portions. approx 3-4 hours.


That will fire up your metabilism. if you don't eat , your body holds on to fat coz it doesn't know when it will eat again.

The best overall excirsise is running but my advice is to intergrate running and free weights into a circut.

any weight excirsise that involves alot of muscle groups is good.You will find you begine to tone up before you see any change in the weight, but keep at it.

best of luck.

celestial

Alphamale wrote: »

Well yea it will effect my performance thats why I want to tone up and lose weight. Well I have only really put weight on since christmas. I should lose weight during pre-season training but as I am in college during the week I will have to train on my own and will be missing out.

You're starting back training so you're most likely gonna lose some fat over the next few weeks anyway. What is your diet like? Give up all junk food and eat more protein, cut down on starchy carbs like bread and pasta and rice and maybe consider giving up booze (if you drink) for a few weeks. You will lose the pounds quicker than you think doing all of the above, even if it isn't a stone within 3 weeks (which would be unhealthy anyway if you were skipping meals for example, and you would have a higher chance of putting it back on once you started eating normally again).

Hanley

FWIW, going into preseason and actively trying to restrict your calories and carbs is one of the craziest things you could do in my opinion. I don't know how intense your pre-season is but if it was anything like the ones I used to be involved in then you'll need that food to recover.

dv6

All said above, if you really want to lose this weight there is no reason why you cant in 3/4 weeks but will be harder to keep it off. Simply cut out all junk, and drink for weeks. Train hard and eat sensible. Try to cut down on your carb intake and try to get you carbs in earlier in the day if possible.
Get down to the gym as often as possible and do a good mix of weights and cardio and weight will come off in no time.

Alphamale

Hanley wrote: »

FWIW, going into preseason and actively trying to restrict your calories and carbs is one of the craziest things you could do in my opinion. I don't know how intense your pre-season is but if it was anything like the ones I used to be involved in then you'll need that food to recover.

Well I know we were always told to eat foods like pasta/rice,etc even after training when we "emptied the tank" or so to speak. Like refueling a car when its empty..

King of Kings

eat less , exercise more, drink 5 litres of water daily, give up kebabs and beer, i've you're starting from scratch or after a lay off, you could lose a stone in a month.
but in my experience people who say they've to lose a stone usually need to lose more.

you should read the stickies and re adjust your lifestyle gradually

Alphamale

King of Kings wrote: »

eat less , exercise more, drink 5 litres of water daily, give up kebabs and beer, i've you're starting from scratch or after a lay off, you could lose a stone in a month.
but in my experience people who say they've to lose a stone usually need to lose more.

you should read the stickies and re adjust your lifestyle gradually

Well I am just under 14 stone at the minute compared to 12 and a half three quarters last summer so I would be quite happt to lose a stone.

ronan.michael@g

Alphamale wrote: »

Ok so here's the problem. I have put on a bit of weight over the winter and football has just started so I need to lose about a stone as quickly as possible. Has anyone any ideas?

This worked for me - lost exactly 14lbs in 14days. "The Scarsdale Diet" did the trick. Google it and read the links - severe(ish) but VERY rewarding. Buy a good scales - it'll encourage you every morning. Good luck to us both - have started it after 7years - weight creeping up so time to smack it down!! Cheers, Michael r

celestial

Alphamale wrote: »

Well I am just under 14 stone at the minute compared to 12 and a half three quarters last summer so I would be quite happt to lose a stone.

What height are you?

celestial

ronan.michael@g wrote: »

This worked for me - lost exactly 14lbs in 14days. "The Scarsdale Diet" did the trick. Google it and read the links - severe(ish) but VERY rewarding. Buy a good scales - it'll encourage you every morning. Good luck to us both - have started it after 7years - weight creeping up so time to smack it down!! Cheers, Michael r

Prob not advisable if you want to keep it off though - that loss was almost certainly mostly water weight and muscle mass.

Hanley

I would quite happily place a bet with anyone on this board that I could lose 15-20lb in <36 hours.

Losing "weight" isn't hard. Losing fat, and keeping it off is harder.

Alphamale

Hanley wrote: »

I would quite happily place a bet with anyone on this board that I could lose 15-20lb in <36 hours.

Losing "weight" isn't hard. Losing fat, and keeping it off is harder.

How do you propose to achieve this?? In reply to a previous post I am 5 foot 10 inches in height.

Hanley

You do realise I'm talking about dehdrayting yourself? Probably the worst thing you could do for performance tbh. You wouldn't even end up looking any different, and 48 hours after you first started it you'd probably weight the same again anyway.

Mikel

Weigh yourself before and after a game of football, easily half a stone in the difference, more if it's very warm.
If you wanted you could then sit in a sauna, lose another half or more.
You couls lose a stone in a couple of hours in this way.
But as Hanley says, you're just dehydrating yourself
Your performance will suffer and your body will hold on to any water you put in afterwards,
next day you'll be back where you started

Alphamale

Mikel wrote: »

Weigh yourself before and after a game of football, easily half a stone in the difference, more if it's very warm.
If you wanted you could then sit in a sauna, lose another half or more.
You couls lose a stone in a couple of hours in this way.
But as Hanley says, you're just dehydrating yourself
Your performance will suffer and your body will hold on to any water you put in afterwards,
next day you'll be back where you started

Yea that would not really be an option. I would have no energy then to play and would leave me worse off than being overweight. Natural methods it is!

celestial

Hey OP,

I think you're placing waaay too much importance on weight here - you're 5'10" and 14 stone, not 18 stone. You'll lose the flab quite quickly with your football and eating right. My recommendation is stop worrying, get out there playing football, ditch the junk food and think about lifting some weights*



*we're big fans of weights on here:D

vincenzo1975

losing anything over 2-2.5 Kilos in a week will eat into your Muscle or lean body mass, and not the fat you want to shift. this will be detrimental and dangerous so be careful. If all you are trying to do is not look fat in front of your mates, then whatever, but if you want to do it right, I have an e-book I can e-mail you that is pretty good. It explains in great lay mans and technical detail all about fat loss and how to combine it with fitness training. It is by far the most superior I have ever come across, PM me if interested.

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Thomas_S_Hunterson

Just do it the old fashioned way: Smoking, Caffeine and Laxatives:D

None of that exercise bull

vincenzo1975

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