# İ badly need to loose 7kgs in 16days **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851 "2014-06-02T18:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ag1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@ag1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ag1000)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/1 "2014-06-02T18:41:11Z")
Hello i desparately need to lose 7kgs abt 14lbs in 16days.İ had a knee injury and laid off for some 3months but i have trials at some big club around 26th this month for football i rely do workout and firstly i have abit more of muscle have a six pack and rely good shape but just the weights make me depressed.Am 5.7 height and weigh 79kgs.İ badly need to lose the water weight because i seem to have lost the weşght upto 76 and then it came on back again i was running on the treadmill 30mıns lunch time and at 3pm 30mıns at aspeed of 12km.My diet is so low on carbs and eat mainly apples and atleast 3litres of water.Supper is more lıke chicken breast and salads. How do i desparetely cut down to 72kgs please:smack:and what have i done wrong bse i have built a very good body just the damn weights dont shift.Help? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/2 "2014-06-02T19:06:17Z")
Eat less. That’s how you lose weight, the exercise is helping but it’s not really going to cut weight. In 14 days you’re mainly going to lose water weight anyway, it’s not like you are going to burn much fat during that time. So cut back your total food intake, keep exercising, and prepare to go into your weigh in dehydrated. Don’t take diuretics or other medicines to speed up the process. Reported for being moved to IMHO, the proper forum for medical advice. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/3 "2014-06-02T19:20:37Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/4 "2014-06-02T19:57:54Z")
Welcome to the Dope, **ag1000**. Just a word of advice: we tend to speak in standard English around here, with complete words and sentences, preferably not run-on. As an American, I think in terms of pounds, and IIRC, a kg = 2.2 lb. So that’s 15.4 lbs. in 16 days, essentially a pound a day. You really don’t want to lose that much that fast. It’s not really good for you. Like **Telemark** said, exercise won’t take off that much weight; it’ll just redistribute it in a healthier fashion. So losing the weight has to be through diet, and to lose that much that fast, you’ve basically got to starve yourself, which isn’t good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/5 "2014-06-02T20:06:34Z")
The most you can healthfully lose (fat) is 2 pounds a week, and that is really pushing it. Most people can manage 1 pound a week. Even if you starve, your body with just start storing - two weeks isn’t long enough to get it going again. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/6 "2014-06-02T20:08:40Z")
You can’t lose that much fat. You’re talking about running a calorie deficit of around 4000 calories a day to do that, which I think most humans would have a hard time doing through vigorous exercise and complete fasting. Maybe steam baths? You could throw your electrolytes out of whack that way, though. I’m not sure how much potassium you can lose and keep your heart beating. Amputating something big might be the healthiest choice here. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/7 "2014-06-02T20:26:36Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Amputating something big might be the healthiest choice here. Weight of human head = 5 kg ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/8 "2014-06-02T21:46:51Z")
You’re going to be trying out for football at the end? Even if you manage to lose the weight you likely won’t be in good enough shape to succeed in a tryout. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/9 "2014-06-02T22:04:31Z")
Stop eating salt. That will dry you out. After eating a very salty meal in a restaurant 6 days ago, I was over 203 lb the next morning. I reverted to my low salt (but not especially low calorie) diet and I weighed under 199 this morning. The loss was entirely water (or nearly so). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/10 "2014-06-02T22:16:49Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Stop eating salt. That will dry you out. After eating a very salty meal in a restaurant 6 days ago, I was over 203 lb the next morning. I reverted to my low salt (but not especially low calorie) diet and I weighed under 199 this morning. The loss was entirely water (or nearly so). I think one would want to save the water loss approach for the finishing kick, because it’s not like you can healthily do a cumulative loss of water. But even if he can lose 5 lbs. of water weight in the last two days, he’s still got to lose 10 lbs. of real weight in the first 14 days. ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/11 "2014-06-03T16:20:03Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > The most you can healthfully lose (fat) is 2 pounds a week, and that is really pushing it. Most people can manage 1 pound a week. One item on my bucket list was to ride a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, but they had a weight limit of 200 pounds. This would require that I lose 40 pounds. Without too much effort, I lost two lbs. per week for 15 weeks. The last 10 lbs took another 12 weeks. The mule ride scared the s\*\*\* out of me, so I lost another two pounds. Forty-five years ago, I lost 19 lbs. in 22 days in order to enter Coast Guard OCS. The alternative would have been conscription. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/12 "2014-06-03T16:27:14Z")
The [Dukan Diet](http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/) attack phase, a protein sparing fast is the quickest comfortable way to shed weight I know of. You eat meat only. Period. Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/13 "2014-06-03T20:50:17Z")
Based on you measurements you should be burning about 1800 cal/day by being alive. If you’re going to run a 4K deficit you’ll need about a 1K to stay alive so I’d suggest burning off 3K calories/ day. You’ll burn about 130 calories per mile so you’ll need to run 23 miles per day. You should be able to do 4 lbs of water weight so you may be able to cut back to running 14 miles/ day for the next two weeks. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/14 "2014-06-04T06:14:41Z")
First, you have not explained why you have to lose the weight. Does the club have some sort of BMI or body fat requirement? Losing that amount of weight in that time frame is a very bad idea. You will end up burning off muscle as well as fat, which can only do you harm. It sounds as though you already have a diet that is close to paleo/primal. Here is a site I follow that may be of use to you: [Mark's Daily Apple](http://www.marksdailyapple.com/#axzz33eGLcKpY) Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/15 "2014-06-04T15:55:26Z")
**ag** needs to lose 7 k of g in a f p t. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/16 "2014-06-04T16:11:05Z")
I lost 25 pounds in three weeks when I became a diabetic, but I can’t honestly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/17 "2014-06-04T18:56:43Z")
Ditch the apples, they’re sugar in disguise. Atkins, (not the packaged stuff), [read the book](http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Atkins-Diet-Revolution-Robert/dp/0553271571/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401908127&sr=1-8). ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-badly-need-to-loose-7kgs-in-16days/689851/18 "2014-06-05T03:25:16Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > First, you have not explained why you have to lose the weight. Does the club have some sort of BMI or body fat requirement? … Exactly. Maximum weight loss is not the same as maximum fat loss or what is good for health or athletic performance. Is there a reason the op needs to make weight? If he was not already _fairly_ low carbing it he would have a less difficult time. Glycogen is less energy dense than fat and each unit of mass of glycogen is obligatorily stored with 3 to 4 times as much water mass. Hence a diet that is at a calorie deficit consistent with 2 pounds of fat loss could lose much more _weight_ if by virtue of also being very low carb most of the loss was from glycogen and the water loss that losing glycogen causes. Maybe more if pretty glycogen stocked with a good amount of muscle mass at baseline. If someone is already glycogen depleted however, that won’t happen. Muscle mass of protein loss also results in more weight loss per unit of energy deficit just because protein is less energy dense. Maximizing rapid weight loss means maximizing loss from lean body mass, not losing the energy dense fat mass. Need to make weight to avoid conscription? Okay. For athletic performance though rapidly cutting weight unavoidably decreases performance quality.