20 pounds 20 days

xLisaBx

So I found this diet sheet online, and as the title suggests, it claims to make you lose 20 pounds in 20 days. I'm really interested in trying it. I know that the weight will probably go straight back on when I start eating normally again, but I just want to try :rolleyes:
Anyway, I've gained a bit recently due to exam stress and it's my way of coping I guess. Could anyone tell me if this is safe? Or unsafe? I'm worried it would push my body too far.
It starts at 800 calories a day and reduces by 50 each day until day 20, which is a fast. I'm not sure if this link will post or not:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn8LQ47CQAAES_P.jpg
Thanks in advance

Konata

I've seen this around before - it's not in any way a safe diet and was created as a "challenge" for anorexia sufferers. It's actually pretty upsetting to even look at.

Basically, don't do it. Ever.

xLisaBx

I really want to push myself and I'm obsessing over the extra weight, do you think there would be serious side effects?

TimeToShine

It's a load of bollocks.

Eat 1500 calories a day for the next month and you'll get better results. You might actually stick to it that way as well.

Todd Gack

xLisaBx wrote: »

I really want to push myself and I'm obsessing over the extra weight, do you think there would be serious side effects?

That's not a diet, it's lunacy, if you've put on extra weight follow a proper sustainable plan to lose it. That plan is dangerous.

xLisaBx

I'm not overweight as it is, I just think I would be happy with the weight I would be after this plan. I know it's not healthy, but would it be seriously dangerous? As in life threatening?

PLL

The @thinspo at the botton tells you everything. It is a challenge for those with eating disorders. I know it can seem like a quick result be trust me it will back fire I hqve been there many times.

evo2000

Who ever wrote that diet is a moron, if your goal is to look like a holocaust survivor, then your on the right track, because its not a diet its plain starvation, you will look and feel like **** if you follow it and health wise you d prob be better off with the extra wieght

Go to a proper dietitican
Get a solid diet plan
Get a decent work out plan
Follow it consistently no slacking.
And you will see results

Theres no magic trick to what your looking for nor is there any quick fix anything claiming to do that is most likely bull****.

xLisaBx

I lived on around 900 calories a day for a while last year and I did lose a lot of weight. It just came back on recently. I was never skinny/bony though, never underweight either. So I just can't really see how dangerous it is

evo2000

xLisaBx wrote: »

I lived on around 900 calories a day for a while last year and I did lose a lot of weight. It just came back on recently. I was never skinny/bony though, never underweight either. So I just can't really see how dangerous it is

What weight / height are you? if you dont mind me askin
900 cal is ridiculously low and isnt healthy

TimeToShine

You sound like you're going to do it regardless.

If you're on your summer holidays and are just going to sit around at home all day then fire away, I don't condone it at all but at least if you feel a bit ill you can do something about it.

If you have a job or are expected to contribute somehow to society in general on a daily basis then you won't last.

xLisaBx

I'm 5"4, havent weighed in ages though because I'd just get depressed at the thought of putting on weight. I'm a UK size 10/12 which is pretty average.
I realize now it wasn't a healthy decision but I was a 17 year old girl who felt empowered when the weight fell off quick :P

xLisaBx

TimeToShine wrote: »

You sound like you're going to do it regardless.

If you're on your summer holidays and are just going to sit around at home all day then fire away, I don't condone it at all but at least if you feel a bit ill you can do something about it.

If you have a job or are expected to contribute somehow to society in general on a daily basis then you won't last.

yeah I'm not working, I don't have to contribute a lot every day and it's only 20 days.
Not necessarily going to do it, I'm keeping my options open

evo2000

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'm 5"4, havent weighed in ages though because I'd just get depressed at the thought of putting on weight. I'm a UK size 10/12 which is pretty average.
I realize now it wasn't a healthy decision but I was a 17 year old girl who felt empowered when the weight fell off quick :P

You ll damage your metablism and organs on 900 a day the human body needs atleast 1200.. you ll mostly get the opposite results, of losing fat because your body will go into starvation mode.

honestly a proper healthy diet.
Along with a good gym routine
And you ll look and feel a lot better than what you would on 900 or less.

TimeToShine

Because it's a yoyo diet - it isn't sustainable.

You get in shape, and more importantly stay in shape, by accumulating significant, but liveable, improvements to your lifestyle over time - and building on that. Not by going through some horrible ordeal like this.

xLisaBx

The general reaction seems to be of horror! I cope really well with hunger, it's not exactly torture to me. To be honest I dont think I see what others do in extreme dieting

Hogan1

If you follow a diet like that, prepare to feel like **** and then put the weight back on as soon as you resume normal eating patterns. You would look much better by trying to improve your body composition by lifting weights and eating healthy.

You seem intent on ignoring the advice given in this thread and your thinking is as scary as that "diet".

Get addicted to healthy eating and exercise! You'll thank yourself for it.

xLisaBx

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

You seem intent on ignoring the advice given in this thread and your thinking is as scary as that "diet".

Get addicted to healthy eating and exercise! You'll thank yourself for it.

I'm really not ignoring it I think in the long run the advice here would do me good

evo2000

xLisaBx wrote: »

The general reaction seems to be of horror! I cope really well with hunger, it's not exactly torture to me. To be honest I dont think I see what others do in extreme dieting

Because what your doing is unhealthy and counter productive to your actually goals.

Everyone in the thread is given the same advice we cant all be wrong.

So the long run starts today?

xLisaBx

I know you are all right.. it just seems like such a quick fix :P but yeah maybe I'll just eat healthier and leave the house to exercise

xLisaBx

There's just so much to think about. I need to get a working weighing scales, last time I put on 1 pound and had a breakdown haha. Managed to break the scales in rage

TimeToShine

TimeToShine wrote: »

It's a load of bollocks.

Eat 1500 calories a day for the next month and you'll get better results. You might actually stick to it that way as well.

Leaving aside that it is as you correctly say "a load of bollocks", and that it would be highly unsafe, there's also the significant problem that it wouldn't work. In other words, it wouldn't produce the effects that it claims it would.

Depending on the individual undertaking that dangerous "diet" - e.g. age, gender, initial weight - I'd expect them to lose between 7 and 10 pounds getting up to that malarkey. Is it worth it for what looks like a self-harmer's dream diet? Well, you wouldn't think so, eh?

evo2000

xLisaBx wrote: »

There's just so much to think about. I need to get a working weighing scales, last time I put on 1 pound and had a breakdown haha. Managed to break the scales in rage

Dont mind the weighing scales! get a good diet first an foremost along with a good routine goin, weigh yourself once a week at the sametime same place same clothes!, the scales can be deceiving go on how your body is starting to look instead of a numbers.

xLisaBx

evo2000 wrote: »

Dont mind the weighing scales! get a good diet first an foremost along with a good routine goin, weigh yourself once a week at the sametime same place same clothes!, the scales can be deceiving go on how your body is starting to look instead of a numbers.

That's really good advice, I think it was all about numbers before! Thank you

evo2000

xLisaBx wrote: »

That's really good advice, I think it was all about numbers before! Thank you

Honestly though follow the advice ppl have given you here and you ll be golden! i hope for your own sake you dont follow that other diet you were thinkin of! best of luck anyway hope you get the resullts your lookin for

xLisaBx

evo2000 wrote: »

Dont mind the weighing scales! get a good diet first an foremost along with a good routine goin, weigh yourself once a week at the sametime same place same clothes!, the scales can be deceiving go on how your body is starting to look instead of a numbers.

That's really good advice, I think it was all about numbers before! Thank you

Graciefacey

If you're in a rage about gaining one pound, breaking scales and even one bit serious about even considering this ridiculous diet you in my opinion have an eating disorder. Bodywise.ie is a good first stop. You have body issues. You are a young girl that will do irreversible damage to your body, organs, fertility if you crash diet.

xLisaBx

Graciefacey wrote: »

If you're in a rage about gaining one pound, breaking scales and even one bit serious about even considering this ridiculous diet you in my opinion have an eating disorder. Bodywise.ie is a good first stop. You have body issues. You are a young girl that will do irreversible damage to your body, organs, fertility if you crash diet.

I'm not underweight, I know I don't have an eating disorder I just hate to put on anything. It doesn't matter if it's 1 pound or 10, I get depressed at the thought of putting it On

Samp943

You don't have to be underweight to have an eating disorder. You could have EDNOS (Eating Disorder:Not Otherwise Specified) which means you're potentially a normal weight/slightly overweight but you're showing symptoms of an eating disorder or you may show symptoms of different eating disorders (eg. restricting and binge/purge).

TimeToShine

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'm not underweight, I know I don't have an eating disorder I just hate to put on anything. It doesn't matter if it's 1 pound or 10, I get depressed at the thought of putting it On

Reconsider.

xLisaBx

I thought this was normal for a teenage girl? I just go through phases

Alf Veedersane

xLisaBx wrote: »

I thought this was normal for a teenage girl? I just go through phases

No one here is making definitive diagnosis but what you're saying does hint at something concerning the you need to keep an eye on. If you keep rationalising it as normal for a teenager you won't see the wood for the trees.

And just to add, no one here is judging or passing comments to be negative. Just to help.

xLisaBx

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

No one here is making definitive diagnosis but what you're saying does hint at something concerning the you need to keep an eye on. If you keep rationalising it as normal for a teenager you won't see the wood for the trees.

And just to add, no one here is judging or passing comments to be negative. Just to help.

Everyone is being lovely, I understand I got over it about a year ago to focus on the leaving and whatnot but it's flooded back

Alf Veedersane

Just be on your guard with it so.

If needs be, there are people to talk to and it doesn't have to be a big deal.

But just be aware of what triggers the negative feelings around weight and food etc.

helliwen

xLisaBx wrote: »

I thought this was normal for a teenage girl? I just go through phases

This is exactly what I thought. Until the phases got worse and worse, and eventually I ended up in in-patient treatment for anorexia for 7 months.

I'm by no means trying to imply that this is where you are headed but please keep an eye on this, as Alf says. In fact, I would go a step further and suggest contacting some place like Bodywhys now. It can be a slippery slope.

xLisaBx

helliwen wrote: »

This is exactly what I thought. Until the phases got worse and worse, and eventually I ended up in in-patient treatment for anorexia for 7 months.

I'm by no means trying to imply that this is where you are headed but please keep an eye on this, as Alf says. In fact, I would go a step further and suggest contacting some place like Bodywhys now. It can be a slippery slope.

I'm so sorry, that must have been incredibly difficult. I didn't realise how quickly it can happen

Alf Veedersane

It's not that it happens quickly. It's that you won't realise when it is happening.

TimeToShine

Now I think of it 20 pounds in 20 days means a calorie deficit of 3500 per day...you'd have to be ingesting negative calories to make that happen!

xLisaBx

helliwen wrote: »

This is exactly what I thought. Until the phases got worse and worse, and eventually I ended up in in-patient treatment for anorexia for 7 months.

I'm by no means trying to imply that this is where you are headed but please keep an eye on this, as Alf says. In fact, I would go a step further and suggest contacting some place like Bodywhys now. It can be a slippery slope.

I'm so sorry, that must have been incredibly difficult. I didn't realise how quickly it can happen

helliwen

It didn't happen quickly, it developed over years.
But the warning signs were there from the start, only no one recognised them. If they/I had, a lot of pain could have been avoided.

Coulda/woulda/shoulda.....too late for that now :-) I've learned a lot from what I've been through and I believe I'm a stronger person because of it. But I'd like to help others avoid having to go through what I (and my loved ones) did and that means recognising and pointing out the signs.

xLisaBx

helliwen wrote: »

It didn't happen quickly, it developed over years.
But the warning signs were there from the start, only no one recognised them. If they/I had, a lot of pain could have been avoided.

Coulda/woulda/shoulda.....too late for that now :-) I've learned a lot from what I've been through and I believe I'm a stronger person because of it. But I'd like to help others avoid having to go through what I (and my loved ones) did and that means recognising and pointing out the signs.

It's really great to hear you're doing well, and thank you for looking out for others to help them

alleystar

Looks like a longer version of the abc diet. The other posters seem to have changed your mind but even if you do still do it you can be prepared for irritation, constantly being tired/weak but not being able to sleep, imminent binges and immense feelings of guilt after, dizzy spells, there's a possibility you'll lose some hair (depending on the person), overall wellbeing will be effected. 900kcals per day is easy compared to what that diet sheet is suggesting.

And it will probably never be enough. Don't do it, seriously.

xLisaBx

alleystar wrote: »

Looks like a longer version of the abc diet. The other posters seem to have changed your mind but even if you do still do it you can be prepared for irritation, constantly being tired/weak but not being able to sleep, imminent binges and immense feelings of guilt after, dizzy spells, there's a possibility you'll lose some hair (depending on the person), overall wellbeing will be effected. 900kcals per day is easy compared to what that diet sheet is suggesting.

And it will probably never be enough. Don't do it, seriously.

I was going to do ABC before but couldn't as my parents noticed my weight loss and behaviour. I know the crankiness/dizziness etc. I understand that even when you reach a target weight its never enough

Alf Veedersane

xLisaBx wrote: »

I was going to do ABC before but couldn't as my parents noticed my weight loss and behaviour. I know the crankiness/dizziness etc. I understand that even when you reach a target weight its never enough

You're basically bouncing from extreme diet to extreme diet. Aside from the fact that they don't work, they just perpetuate extreme behaviour around food.

Better to just eat healthily to be a healthy weight and is sustainable in the long term.

Extreme diets are not healthy, either physically or mentally.

metamorphosis

You are at the beginning of something with potentially long term potential. physical, emotional and mental anguish

You seem to be good at listening to the advice - please do not do this, it won't reap any benefit for your weight (you will end up going backwards after) or your health. Life is for living.

Think of making a tiny change which will reap a better result over the longer term. Life is not to be lived by the determination of how you feel about weight and food. Work on accepting all of this. You will be far better off

Cookies N Cream

Don't really think they work. I went on the grapefruit diet I was miserable, tired, cold, and lost zero weight. I looked at my eating and decided to go on a low carb diet. Lost a stone and a half on it in two months. Look at what is good for you a healthy way of dieting. Fad diets, in my opinion don't work!

Mellor

FWIW the plan in the OP isn't a diet. It was made up to encourage anorexia.
Pretending its anything else is a waste of time.

evo2000 wrote: »

You ll damage your metablism and organs on 900 a day the human body needs atleast 1200.. you ll mostly get the opposite results, of losing fat because your body will go into starvation mode.

There's no such thing as a fixed number that "the human body" needs.
For some people 1200 might be a minimum.
For smaller women, it might be close to their BMR and going below that wouldn't be an issue.
For most active guys, 1200 would be far too little.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Now I think of it 20 pounds in 20 days means a calorie deficit of 3500 per day...you'd have to be ingesting negative calories to make that happen!

When you are near starving yourself like that, there would be a significant weight loss other than from the calorie deficit/weight loss.

norwegianwood

Please don't go on this diet, you sound like me six months ago. Your line of thinking is the exact same as mine was, and still can be sometimes even though I try to control it. I've struggled with eating disorders for a lot of my life, a couple of months ago it got to the point where I'd eat a small bag of popcorn for lunch even though I was on my feet all day at work. Trust me, losing these few pounds will not make you happy, you'll just want to lose another 20 until it becomes a vicious circle that you can't escape from, and there's nothing of you left to lose. If I can give you one bit of advice, start exercising. Join a gym, go jogging, swimming, whatever works for you. I took up running and lifting weights at the start of the summer and honestly I've never felt better, physically or mentally. My issues with food are all but gone. You're gonna have to do whatever you want at the end of the day but I promise you, if you go down this road you'll regret it.

Stench Blossoms

Fair play helliwen for sharing that.

I reckon a lot of people will benefit from knowing about how someone fell into the trap but then made their way out.

Thumbs up!