I need to lose six lbs in 3 days

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A healthy alternative- go on a cardio binge.

 

For the next three days, exercise on a fast in the morning, and eat really light meals in the afternoon, and try not to eat after 7

 

Make sure to drink lots of water for hydration.

 

It won't help you lose 6 lbs but at least cardio will help burn fat which will at least take a 1lb or a half off your frame by three days' end.

[Kamille]

This is your BDD talking and you know it.

 

Stop focusing on your physical appearance, which is more than fine, and do things that make you feel healthy and comfortable instead. What do you like to do that relaxes you? Example: I love to stroll around the city and take pictures.

 

This is just a date Shadow. It's not an exam, it's not an evaluation. It's you meeting another human being to hang out and see if you click in real life. Resist the urge to build it up as something more than it is. Also, resist the urge to make a first date your only thought in the next three days. This involves not turning your nutrition into a date-obsession. In other words, do not put your health and well-being on the line for a date.

 

Be healthy!

[zengirl]

no worries, I do this sort of thing all the time.

 

That's. . . even more worrisome. Way to kick your metabolism's ass. Not to mention the skin factor. Honestly, you will not look healthier if you try to starve yourself. Now, if you decide to eat healthy, drink tons of water to try to flush out some toxins, and exercise a bit more. . . you might make some difference. A carefully planned juice fast (not simply actual juice, but veggies/fruits/yogurt/protein blended into smoothies) might improve your appearance -- both skin and very mild weight impacts -- in a few days, especially with a cardio binge. But starvation or uber-focus on losing "pounds" isn't going to help much.

 

Why not use this as an excuse to start a routine for better healthful habits going forward to get your body into kickass shape?

 

I highly doubt that the fellow is going to like you or not like you based on these 6 pounds at this point. I feel like I look better or worse with just a few pounds, too, so I know what you mean, but fellows never notice this, really (Mostly, guys seem to focus on what looks hot about me, not each little potential point of improvement, unless they're the uber-picky types who are never going to be happy anyway; and those are terrible fellows to date). Yes, they want you to look hot. But just be the hottest version of current you that you can be.

 

I feel like your energy/mind is much more likely to get in your way than your looks, from everything you've said. Especially if you're meeting at a bar. Man, if the fellow thought you were cute enough to meet AND he's drinking, all you have to do is be charming and he'll want to go out with you again. Unless you look absolutely nothing like those photos. Work on charm. As long as he finds something about you hot, and finds you charming and fun, he's going to ask you out again. If you lose those 6 pounds over the next few dates, he'll think, "Gee, she's gotten hotter too!"

[Simon Attwood]

Yeah, I know, but 6 lbs actually makes a big difference in how I look.

 

 

Only on how you look to yourself, not to others.

 

There is no healthy way to lose 6lbs in 3 days. It can be both physiologically and psychologically detrimental to your wellbeing.

[lab_brat]

when you dehydrate to drop water weight you trade off the bloat for dark circles and skin that doesn't glow. Plus, drinking when you're dehydrated is soooo bad for you, and that first drink will make you bloat.

 

Just go for no carbs for a few days before, very light meals on the day, aerobic workouts because they make you feel slimmer, most flattering outfit you can, high heels and a low cut top. And if he doesnt like you like that, then he isnt worth it.

[Hot Carl]

Gotta make weight for an upcoming fight?

 

She has a wrestling match coming up. In three days.

[gypsy_nicky]

eat fat and protein only.

[SadandConfusedWA]

Fat and protein will also act as a diuretic. Then on the day, drink coffee every 2 hours. That should get rid of 3lbs or so of water. Still wouldn't recommended it...

[lso802]

No guy is worth compromising your health.

[Leigh 87]

At 120 lbs and 5 ' 5, I think it is absolutaly disguisting to carry on about wanting to lose weight. What is WRONG with 120 lbs on 5 '5?

 

I am sick of people like u speaking of yourself like you think your weight is fat. I am your weight, and I find it very insulting that you are acting like a person of OUR weight, needs to LOSE weight to look good on a date.

 

use bloody common sense; eat good food, and find the right balance of physical activity that you like enough to sustain and do regularly, and that will get you the body u want.

 

it is fair enough to want to lose water weight before a date; eat high protein and loow carb, seeing as 1 gram carb = 4 gram water weight.

 

But still eat enough calories to give u the energy to be your best self.

 

If u do the right thing for your body long term,a nd do it all your life, U WILL NOT NEED to bloody go LOSING weight, when u are ALREADY smaller than most girls your height.

 

BY THE WAY: I am also about 120, and 5 ' 5, and you know, I am hoping to get down to about 115, but I am doing it the healthy way, thank you.

 

Do you really think lowly enough of yourself, to think that the guy will only want to be with you if u r thinner? Maybe he will think you look slightly more physically attractive if you toned up or improved your diet though the right execises and foods...

 

But losing the weigh alone will not = hotter body; doing core work for your abs most days, daily exercise, and eating real foods with no chemicals, will = you rhottest body.

 

I am getting over an eating disorder, and I can say that trying to be 115 on certain occasions to look thinner is unhealthy, and u should just lose the weight LONG TERM, so u do not have to panic before a date and want to suddenly lose it then.

 

Lastly, 115 is nto attainable for about 70% of women of our height.. so 120 is still slimmer than most body types can attain. If your body is healthy at 115 lbs, do it the healthy way, and KEEP it off by healthily masintaining it.

 

If you cannot halthily maintain 115 on your body type then don't be that weight, and make the best of what you have got at 120. 120 lbs on 5 ' 5 can look hot.

[Leigh 87]

I think it is disguisting that people are actually giving this girl advice, about how she should try to look thinner for this guy.

 

Losing weight the healthy way is okay if it is a long term goal. But WHY even SUPPORT the notion, that 120 at 5 ; 5 is some terrible predicament to be in, that NEEDS some sort of action in order to make the date more meaningful.

 

If the poster wants to feel mroe confident and hotter, which will in turn, make her feel better and act more confident and happy, then they should go for it, but through doing it the healthy way.

 

Aside from using this date as a reason to start a better long term diet and exercise r egeime, and also cutting carbs ( but whilst still eating ENOUGH calories) the day or two BEFORE the date, you should not starve yourself iun any way.

 

and juice fasts r for ppl who lead toxic lives and want to kick start a new healthy life style... they r not for ppl who ar ea healthy weight, and want to suddenly look thin for one night.......

 

I feel sorry for you - that at 120 lbs, u feel that hot, decent guys think that is fat. They do nto ALL like models, you know.

[Leigh 87]

Lastly, it is not physically ppssible to lose 6 lbs in that amount of time.

 

There r 3500 calories in one pound; so you need to eat 3500 calories less than you need in a day, to lose a pound. This is not possible.

 

if u had a 500 calorie deficit, which is the equivilent of skipping one meal per day, and did this for roughly 7 days, u would lose 1 lb a week.

 

That is the standard, healthy way to lose weight. Even if u did not eat until the date, your body will not technically be able to lose 6 lbs of real weight.

 

You cannot lose REAL 6 lbs in this time frame; however, u can lose water weight.

 

If you did not drink AT ALL up until your date, u may be 6 lbs lighter ont he scale.

 

So, if you did nto eat or drink for 3 days you may be 6 lbs less on the scale, although it would not even be real weight loss; just the loss of bodily fluid.

 

As you can see, there IS no way TO lose 6 lbs in 3 days, LET ALONE a way to do it healthily.

 

I like to be thin and look thin, so trust me when i say this; wear MASSIVELY high heals, dark clothes, wear similar shades both top and bottom, and you can look OVER 6 lbs LIGHTER, through HIGH SHOES alone......

 

because if you are way taller, your going to be the sasme weight, at a greater hight, which = thinner loooking.

 

the ONLy heaklthy wasy to LOOK 6 lbs OR MORE lighter, is to wear HIGH SHOES and flattering clothes, lol.

 

And yes, cugtting carbs is what teh celebs do, but u stills hould eat a normal AMOUNT..... reducing water weight is not unhealthy for a big event, such as a first date.

 

So, cutting carbs and high shoes r the ONLY healthy ways to look thinner for your date I am afraid.

 

If this is not enough tio impress him, he is a jerk.

[Lorelai]

If you want advice on crash diets and other unhealthy ways to lose weight that will just come back, check out pro-ana websites.

 

If you want to look skinnier in your clothes, take the poster above me's advice about dressing and heels, or if you have no plans on your clothes coming off that night, wear shapewear. I don't know what the masculine opinion is of shapewear, but there are some fantastic things out there. They aren't going to make an obese person look stick-thin, but if you're worried about a teensy bit of tummy (and six pounds really isn't a lot) then some underwear a la Bridget Jones's Diary would do just what you're needing.

 

Unless, of course, you do end up taking off your clothes at the end of the date... heh.

[Els]

Oh, Shadow. Weren't you seeing a therapist about this?

[Kamille]

I do think it's important to point out that any time men on this board have commented on the topic of "women's weigh", they all had different tastes. Some men like slender, a lot of men like curvier and all will report they like "healthy-looking".

 

Since you have no way of knowing what your date's preference will be and given that you yourself KNOW that you are already slender, focus on feeling good and healthy.

 

Yes, going on a blind date is exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time, but please don't give in to obsessional thoughts.

 

Instead of preparing yourself for a date like it's a bodybuilding competition, prepare yourself to be in a healthy head space. Start by visualizing the date. How do you want it to go? What topics of conversations do you imagine happening? What attitude do you want to have? Keep in mind that the most desirable outcome for this date is that you have a good time. Nothing more.

[blind_otter]

If you do a cleanse you will lose about 5 lbs in that amount of time, but it will all be water weight, and knowing that the brain is 80% water I don't know why you'd want to show up looking skinny and sounding crazed or ditzy.

[pandagirl]

I understand you wanting to feel good and confident about yourself, but losing 6 lbs isn't gonna do it for you.

 

I find it interesting that you even asked this on the board, when you knew the kind of reaction you were going to get...

[dispatch3d]

This is the wrong way to go about losing weight. A lifestyle change and change in a frame of mind of why being overweight or whatever is the way to go. Taking a general approach that eating healthier has x benefits and the way you do things now has y downsides. I can't even explain it.

 

It's like if he came over to your house, and you were an extremely messy person. Well you decide to quickly clean all of your house (it takes 8 hours say, really messy house). You are no better off. Eventually you won't care enough to clean 8 hours/date, and he'll realize you are actually really messy. The right way to go about this "problem" is to look at ways to change your habits, not at ways to bandaid fix the problem "if he's a really good catch".

[Els]

This is the wrong way to go about losing weight. A lifestyle change and change in a frame of mind of why being overweight or whatever is the way to go. Taking a general approach that eating healthier has x benefits and the way you do things now has y downsides. I can't even explain it.

 

It's like if he came over to your house, and you were an extremely messy person. Well you decide to quickly clean all of your house (it takes 8 hours say, really messy house). You are no better off. Eventually you won't care enough to clean 8 hours/date, and he'll realize you are actually really messy. The right way to go about this "problem" is to look at ways to change your habits, not at ways to bandaid fix the problem "if he's a really good catch".

 

If you read her OP she isn't even close to being overweight. The 'problem' here is that she feels she needs to be thinner.

[NYCGirly]

No guy is worth compromising your health.

 

Cosigned.

 

It kills me to see a thread like this. Guess what? When you're dead you'll be nothing but bones and weigh what, 25lbs? Will that make you happy? You're 120lbs! For your height that is a fine weight at which to be. You're gonna kill yourself for 3 days to look good for a guy who is probably going about his day merrily eating steak and potatoes. How does this not make you feel ridiculous?

[dispatch3d]

If you read her OP she isn't even close to being overweight. The 'problem' here is that she feels she needs to be thinner.

 

The real problem is that this thread is like anti-self improvement. If I were to stereotype something that is completely OPPOSITE to becoming a better person for a guy this would be the thread that does it. How to lose 6 lbs in 3 days? Can someone give me $400 to impress a girl on this one date, she's really cute?

 

Why don't you fix the real problem. If it wasn't the "weight" you could improve on it would be something else TRUST ME.

[Star Gazer]

I understand you wanting to feel good and confident about yourself, but losing 6 lbs isn't gonna do it for you.

 

I find it interesting that you even asked this on the board, when you knew the kind of reaction you were going to get...

 

Totally agree.

 

 

 

What happens between Date #1 and Date #2, when all that water weight comes back? Are you going to go into hiding, plan another date in the dark, and starve yourself again?

[spookie]

Eat healthy at your normal caloric intake between now and the date; no alcohol or drugs other than rx'd. Your skin will glow, your eyes will sparkle and your wit and intellect will be razor sharp, all things a hot and intelligent man will appreciate. Make lots of eye contact.

 

Lucky guy

 

Agree 100%.

 

Rather than starving yourself, at really healthy. Before the date, go on a run.

[allina]

I don't know if 6lbs of actual weigh is possible but I can drop visible amounts of weight within days. Don't starve yourself, that will backfire, mess up your metabolism and you'll gain weight quickly.

[Kamille]

 

Rather than starving yourself, at really healthy. Before the date, go on a run.

 

Brilliant advice! Your skin will glow, you will be high on endorphins and it will make you feel relaxed.