# Shedding some weight quickly?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shedding-some-weight-quickly/404861>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 20, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shedding-some-weight-quickly/404861 "2007-05-20T23:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shedding-some-weight-quickly/404861/21 "2007-05-23T09:29:11Z")

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Okay, here’s this. Along with avoiding salt, wear something with a tight-fitting waistband and _suck it in._ By “it”–you know what I mean. This actually works the muscles and can be fairly effective, very fast. This technique helped me fit back into my jeans within a week of childbirth. And trust me, in that week I was eating everything.

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