How to lose as much weight as possible before uni

I start uni on the 25th september and im about 10 stone and 5ft 6 - so a bit overweight. id like to lose as much weight as possible before i go. how much do you think it is possible to lose and how would i go about doing this?

Reply 1

Dez

20

Okay, stop right there. This is a seriously unhealthy way to think. Your weight is fine, if you want to reduce it, do it gradually. Crash dieting does more harm than good, and you run the risk of putting on more weight than when you started, which I'm sure is not what you want.

Reply 2

GreenMonstrosity

Don't crash diet. But if you ate nothing but fruit and protein you would lose a lot of, very weight quickly. You would feel like cr@p though.a

Reply 3

Louher

Don't bother trying to lose weight quickly. Steady and slow is the key to keeping it off. If you crash diet chances are you'll put it all back on in a few weeks and a bit more.

Reply 4

Peacekeeping55

Are you male of female... If your female, then maybe you could stand to lose a little weight, If your male... your probably a bit underweight, unless your an emo kid... then pretty much keep going.

Lose the weight gradually though, ideally just look at your diet as a whole and make changes, it's pretty easy to do. Eat healthier, drink water instead of any sweet drinks, use cereals ect.. Maybe do half an hours steady cardio when you wake up each morning, on an empty stomach. Something like light jogging, or power walking ect..

Reply 5

friendsfreak88

Yeah slow and steady is the way to do it otherwise you will make yourself ill and lose loads of muscle, which will just slow your metabolism down making it harder to keep the weight off.

Make sure you eat heathily, from all food groups, exercise regularly but not excessively, drink about 2-3 litres of water per day, snack on fruit and veggies, maybe with some dips if you are more hungry.Try to eat about 5-6 times per day, not large amounts otherwise you won't lose weight. Eating regularly helps keep your metabolism boosted and will stop you feeling so hungry and gettting bad cravings.

Make sure you eat at least 1200 calories per day, otherwise your body will go into starvation mode where it will store fat and any weight loss will be muscle (which will not make you look any thinner).

Good luck I am sure you will look great for uni.

Reply 6

Fenella

I've just done a crash diet and I lost half a stone in a week. I feel OK actually but I won't recommend it. I basically ate next to nothing, I pretended I was in a war zone with limited food supplies apart from water. It was fun, trouble is, now I can't stop!

Reply 7

indy_punk

1

You've got about a month,the most sensible way to lose weight would be to start working out and eat smart.But think of it this way,once your in uni you wont have the luxury of enjoying food as you do at home.Might as well make the most of it :biggrin:

Reply 8

Squelchy

You might want to look into cyclical ketogenic dieting. Make your diet about 60-65% fat, 35-40% protein and every 7-10 days do a carbohydrate reload where you eat pasta, rice, bread etc. Eating this way SHOULD keep your metabolic rate high and should also teach your body to turn to adipose (body fat) as a fuel source if fat is its primary source of calories. You will have "taught" it to run on fat.

Of course, many people consider this sort of diet to be unhealthy, and I myself wouldn't follow it unless I was desperate to lose a lot of fat very quickly, but one thing it will do is strip the fat off you like a blowtorch melting butter.

As everybody else has said though, the risk with any crash diet is your metabolic rate slowing down and making you crave certain foods and calories in general so that when you say to yourself you've lost enough weight and you can stop restricting your food intake you go mental, eat everything in sight and balloon back up again.

Whatever you decide to do, I wish you good luck.

Reply 9

tocktick

Fenella

I've just done a crash diet and I lost half a stone in a week. I feel OK actually but I won't recommend it. I basically ate next to nothing, I pretended I was in a war zone with limited food supplies apart from water. It was fun, trouble is, now I can't stop!

um...yeah. most of that is probably water and muscle. as soon as you start eating properly you can say hello to the weight you lost. bascially, to the op - dont starve yourself like people are advising you not too. eat small, balanced healthy meals 5-6 times a day, do about 30 minutes of cardio 4-5 times a week and dont go below 1,200 calories. also, dont cut out food groups - these 'no carb' diets are stupid. and to fenella, if you cannot stop starving yourself then it seems like you have an ed or ed-related problem. either start introducing food slowly back into your life or go to your doctor.

Reply 10

HereFishyFishy

13

Anonymous

I start uni on the 25th september and im about 10 stone and 5ft 6 - so a bit overweight. id like to lose as much weight as possible before i go. how much do you think it is possible to lose and how would i go about doing this?

Um, well you're not overweight, honestly.
But what the others said if you feel like you want to drop a few pounds.

Reply 11

Evil-Tuna

2

A total frontal Lobotomy, Remove some of that brain which it looks like you never use

Reply 12

R1chyP

My god, why change yourself for Uni?

It's JUST UNIVERSITY for gods sake. lol

Reply 13

best75

I'd read somewhere that you should increase your intake of fibre and reduce fat, for example eat cereals, fruit, bananas, drink orange juice, vegetable soup etc. This way your body doesn't need to store the fat because it receives engery from fibre. I've never tried it but it seems sensible enough.

Reply 14

*titanium*

12

Fenella

I've just done a crash diet and I lost half a stone in a week. I feel OK actually but I won't recommend it. I basically ate next to nothing, I pretended I was in a war zone with limited food supplies apart from water. It was fun, trouble is, now I can't stop!

your going to gain it all back! 80% of people who diet will gain it all back. I used to be fat back when i was 13, i lost 2 and a half stone in 8 weeks. I have gained weight because i have got bigger but i am still really thin.

People think diet and excersize is just a way to get thin and when your thin you can just celebrate, but these people gain it all back because being thin is about a new way of life, yes some people can eat sweets all day and still stay thin but you obviously cant so you will HAVE TO stick to your new life style, and you will need to excersize on a regular basis.

Dont think theres something magic about being thin where you stay thin, no if you ever go back to your old eating and excersize habbits you will gain every lb back.

Reply 15

User69701

10

Avoid crash diets for long term effect. It lowers your thyroxin levels so your next meal will gain you back all you lost. (Jury still out on what thyroid actually does but probably is involved at least partly in weight)

Your weight is fine for your height. Your lighter than average UK.

EDIT:

Remember once you start uni you will probably lose a lot of wieght anyway.

Reply 16

username47781

20

I don't think your too bad with your weight but if your concerned, make sure you regulary exercise i.e cycling, swimming or going to the gym, and do not eat any fast foods i.e from Burger King etc and try not to drink too much alcahol either.

Reply 17

*titanium*

12

JayB124

Remember once you start uni you will probably lose a lot of wieght anyway.

I doubt it, from what i have heard you are a lot more likely to gain weight in uni.

Reply 18

User69701

10

They drink too much. Alcohol is full of cals. Tis why peeps can get a "beer belly"

Reply 19

Shmerm

I'm starting uni in 6 weeks, and I weighed almost 14 stone. I know I want to lose a lot of weight, so for the last 2 weeks I've been being really healthy, basically if I want a snack I have an apple or a banana and don't eat anything unhealthy, just 3 meals a day. I do at least 30 minutes exercise a day so I'm exhausted by the end, usually running, but some football and cycling. I limit myself to 1 alcoholic drink when I go out. I'm not weighing myself because I don't want to set a target then not achieve it, but I am noticing myself losing a noticable amount of fat from my body.

So my advice: Eat healthily and do lots of exercise. I think that's the best way long term.

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