I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

Mix the juice of one freshly squeezed lemon with a saturated solution of dark brown sugar.

Drink nothing but that and lots of it...plus three scrambled eggs per day.

Go for a reduced fat, reduced calorie diet. Eat only citrus fruits [whole], apples [whole, with skin], berries, steamed edamame and salad vegetables without dressing. You can eat as much as you want, as long as you don't eat anything else. Drink one glass of skim or 2% milk everyday and eat one vitamin mineral supplement tablet. Drink lots of water. If you exercise for more than 1 hour at a stretch, add a pinch of salt or some electral to your water.

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

Zero carb. If you exercise you could try a targeted ketogenic diet.

Zero carb..

Not advisable especially on a physically active weight reducing diet. You don't want to be starving your muscles of glycogen and breaking down muscle protein for energy. You don't want him going into cardiovascular arrhythmia or vascular thrombosis. Low carb [~50%] is fine, zero carb is not.

Not advisable especially on a physically active weight reducing diet. You don't want to be starving your muscles of glycogen and breaking down muscle protein for energy. You don't want him going into cardiovascular arrhythmia or vascular thrombosis. Low carb [~50%] is fine, zero carb is not.
...

Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition.

I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap.
Quickest and cheapest of all of course is a fast...not a diet.

Its free, fast...and possibly unhealthy in some cases.

Not a FAD however...its as old as starvation!

My dad goes on soup diet for a week when he feels that he's overweight, he always loses more than 5 kilos after such a week. Meaning, he only eats soups and drinks water.. it works wonders. I guess it could be considered cheap, but I don't think that I could say it's safe or recommendable..particularly for people around the age of my dad (50).

Quickest and cheapest of all of course is a fast...not a diet.

Its free, fast...and possibly unhealthy in some cases.

Not a FAD however...its as old as starvation!

Mmmhhh.................A fast is fast.
And if I diet, I'm an Idiet.
Got it.

I lost 35 pounds in a single day by having a shark bite off my legs.

I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

You could always give bulimia a shot then...

I hear you lose weight fairly quickly...

Just eat cheap food, since you won't need it for very long..Good luck! :thumbsup:

You could always try enjoying a big meal followed by IPECAC for dessert.

eat healthy and exercise. sounds crazy, I know.

You have to burn off 3500 calories more than you eat in order to lose a pound of fat. There is no way around that reality.

Sure, if you're weighing in for something important and you're a little over, you can use various techniques to shed a pound or two of water pretty quickly. But you can't make a regular practice of that because it's really hard on your body.

Food poisoning.

You have to burn off 3500 calories more than you eat in order to lose a pound of fat.

To that point: I recommend spending one week per month going wilderness backpacking, preferably at altitude. You'll burn thousands and thousands of calories per day lugging your gear up and down hills, and won't be able to over-indulge in food because you must ration your food due to weight considerations.

The main drawback is when you get back to civilization. For a few days your metabolism will be raging and you'll be able to indulge your cravings without much problem. But then your metabolism will cool off and you'll need to be careful to adjust your appetite accordingly, or you'll cancel out the benefits.

More generally, the way to deal with the need to burn a lot of excess calories in order to lose weight is high-impact exercise. Losing weight via caloric restriction alone is a no fun and very slow. Low-impact cardio exercise is great and all, but it only burns calories while you're actively exercising. So unless you can spend hours every day doing it, you won't be burning all that many more calories. If you do high-impact exercise (weigh-lifting, skiing, rock climbing, whatever), you end up elevating your baseline metabolism, and so are burning extra calories even while asleep. The downside is that you won't be able to sleep for more than 5-6 hours at a stretch without waking up from hunger, and may form bad habits like eating a big snack before bed (which will come back to bite you in the ass if you ever slack off on the high-impact exercise). Plus, these types of exercise tend to be a lot more fun than plain old jogging for hours.

Nevertheless, I still maintain that the fastest, cheapest way to lose weight is to be severely mauled by a wild animal/piece of industrial machinery. It's near-instantaneous, free, and can cut total body weight by large percentages. This thread should be asking "what is the cheapest, fastest safe way to lose excess fat?" If safety and the loss of non-excess-fat weight are not important, then no diet or exercise regimen can possibly compete with radical amputation.

Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

Well then....smoke meth and don't eat anything.

The French used Madame Guillotine. 40 lbs of ugly fat lost in an instant!

The young Elizabeth Taylor apparently had a rough method. When she had to lose the weight for a movie in which she had to appear slim, her weight loss man would lock her in a room with nothing but a water tap. Worked very well.

Other techniques include extreme exercise. This requires heavy work outs for at least two hours per day, preferably longer. Less than that is pointless since your appetite increases to compensate. If you want to use exercise as your weight loss method, it has to be at a level that simply eating more will not compensate for.

I have temporarily lost quite a lot of weight on several occasions by going on a scuba diving holiday where the water is cold. Even with a good wet suit, the cold leached out enough energy to burn up excess calories.

The problem with all these methods is that you put the weight back on just as quickly when you return to a 'normal' exercise/eating program. To keep the weight off requires long term self discipline equal to that of a saint.

The only 'easy' weight loss system that works long term is surgery.

Or get sick. When I get sick, I lose weight D:

Mix the juice of one freshly squeezed lemon with a saturated solution of dark brown sugar.

Drink nothing but that and lots of it...plus three scrambled eggs per day.

Try water :D

Or get sick. When I get sick, I lose weight D:

Good idea. I suggest going around licking dirty windows.

Good idea. I suggest going around licking dirty windows.


or lick Skaught...he's much dirtier...and far more contagious. :)

To that point: I recommend spending one week per month going wilderness backpacking, preferably at altitude.I'd rather be fat and die sooner.

What you suggest might not make my life any longer, but it will sure FEEL like it!

Fasting obv and any low carb/Atkins diet will cause the fastest weight loss. Diuretics will help you lose water weight fast. Those are hardly healthy choices though.

For a slightly less fast but healthier diet I would advise:


Less calories = weight loss. So yeah, eat less.

Less alcohol and sugar, or anything that easily converts to sugar --as in white carbs, starches. More protein in the form of lean meats, fish and nuts.

More exercise. Though I found that changes in diet bring faster results than simply exercise.

As for mainstream diets, they're all pretty much crap and a waste of your money. Though I have friends that swear by weight watchers...:/

Good idea. I suggest going around licking dirty windows.

Warning.
Window lickers.
Don't lick the windows at Marie Curie's old Radium laboratory.

Re licking.
Licking the backs of poisonous toads may help.
During the weeks of recovery in hospital, they will not feed you well and you will lose weight.

Fasting obv and any low carb/Atkins diet will cause the fastest weight loss. Diuretics will help you lose water weight fast. Those are hardly healthy choices though.

For a slightly less fast but healthier diet I would advise:


Less calories = weight loss. So yeah, eat less.

Less alcohol and sugar, or anything that easily converts to sugar --as in white carbs, starches. More protein in the form of lean meats, fish and nuts.

More exercise. Though I found that changes in diet bring faster results than simply exercise.

As for mainstream diets, they're all pretty much crap and a waste of your money. Though I have friends that swear by weight watchers...:/

Oy!
Cheeky.
Stop being so bloody cheeky!

Eat a ton of fruit. It will help you lose weight rather fast.

Limit your diet: eat less. Eat less dense food: more veggies and less meats. And increase your activity- don't become a health nut, just park at the furthest spot of the supermarket just for the exercise.

Youd body burns 2,000 calories a day. Eat less than 2,000 calories a day.

Oh, and another method is to get your hands on prescription drug phentermine. I know someone who did that and lost about 100 lbs in just a couple months.

It's a legal but controlled drug indicated for obesity. It's a CNS stimulant and a derivative of amphetamine/speed, and like most other CNS stimulants it suppresses apetite.

You asked for a fast way and this one works. :P

*************
M*W: I dropped 200 lbs. of ugly fat in divorce court.

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M*W: I dropped 200 lbs. of ugly fat in divorce court.

:p:D:deal:

Johnson up-day down day diet.
Do a search on it... there's a calculator on the website that tells you how much to eat.

Don't bother buying the pills though, and you don't need the book or really to buy anything, just go there to use the calculator on the site.

You do need to work out every day, you need to start taking a mineral supplement with magnesium...and buy some psyllium fiber...unsweetened and unflavored...in the value size. Oh, meal replacement shakes for the down days-which the psyllium will go into.
You're gonna need it.

Quick, cheap, weight loss (not fat loss and muscle growth), and easy?

Starve yourself, exercise heavily, and sweat as much as possible.

total cost (minus what ever you use to sweat, which could be as simple as wearing trashbags) : 0$

Downside? you'll die.

Fasting is by far the best way to keep trim. I fast all the time and my metabolism is better than most 10 year olds. I have fasted for almost a month without food, and 10 days without water. If you fast for a couple of days it will do you wonders. make sure to pray though it is key.

peace

Cheapest? Burn an average of 250 calories a day with exercise and reduce your calorie intake by an average of 250 calories per day. Eat a lot of fiber and protein.

The fastest? Stop eating and run 10 miles everyday. Soon, your body will resemble this:

http://www.theblogismine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lizzie-velasquez-15.jpg

I think it's hawt.

Quickest and cheapest of all of course is a fast...not a diet.
Its free, fast...and possibly unhealthy in some cases.

Instead of that, how about eating only fruits (and vegetables)? They provide vitamins, liquid, some energy too, but I never heard anyone gaining weight eating only fruit.

So you get all the replenishment without the calories. Well, I guess eating nuts could add calories, but one has to decide what kind of fruits are included....

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

stop eating. It works for Me . I know everyone will tell you how unhealthy it is , but Hey I never been to a Doctor except for something broken like a bone , One time to get a big splinter removed from my eye and one time for a stick punctured in my hand. It is a life style though. I have been fat several times and it was my life style . This last time I was fat for 15 years, but before that I was thin for 20 years. So now I am thin for the last 3 months , but it took one year to become thin again. I got a feeling I will be thin at least another 20. So change your personality and change your weight by not eating so much.
Doctors will tell you this is the worst thing you can do, Just remember I smoke and have for 45 years and eat red Meat drink whiskey and beer and I am in perfect health. Maybe it is my genetic disposition , but that is what works for Me . Breakfast of champions for Me is a smoke and a cup of coffee.
Warning>>> Not recommended for children

Fasting is by far the best way to keep trim. I fast all the time and my metabolism is better than most 10 year olds. I have fasted for almost a month without food, and 10 days without water. If you fast for a couple of days it will do you wonders. make sure to pray though it is key.

peace I went 40 days on 2 slices of bread show off. 10 days with out water now that is impressive. 3 days and most people die. You are 10? What You are 10? You teach religious study and you are ten? Start a new thread 10 year old and teach me more about the Qaran. Blow Me away. I want to know more about Mekigal . What do you know ?

I went 40 days on 2 slices of bread show off. 10 days with out water now that is impressive. 3 days and most people die. You are 10? What You are 10? You teach religious study and you are ten? Start a new thread 10 year old and teach me more about the Qaran. Blow Me away. I want to know more about Mekigal . What do you know ?

Lol,

Well sure in another thread I will teach more about the quran but not in this thread I need to keep on topic people watch me for any slip ups so they can ban me.


Water fasting for 10 days I do not suggest trying without supervision, I would say with medical advice and approval but no doctor or GP would ever suggest such a thing or give it backing. 40 days on 2 slices of bread is impressive I would have personaly not eaten the bread though that would have made me more hungry.

Going a long time without water requires training, you have to know what your doing, most people do not understand their own body communication enough to know when they are at their limits. The key is to not waste energy or perspire, thinking also makes you de-hydrate so staying in a thoughtless meditative state is important. If you do it wrong you could die so it's not something you should just randomly try at home.


peace.

this diet really works but gets old after a month takes some true discipline. eat only grilled chicken breast and eat a couple of apples a day for carbs. eat 2 chicken breast 3 or 4 times a day, and eat 2 or 3 apples daily 4 or 5 wont hurt. the fat will fall off and you will get rippppped.

kombucha. In fact I should stop drinking it because I'm getting too skinny.

I am going to mention some important and cheap diet for you...
1-Use milk
2- Fresh juices
3- yogurt

Don't eat.

Water helps.

Eat tons of fruit to curb hunger. Its enough to fill your stomach so you won't feel as hungry, but since its mostly water it won't add to any of your weight.

Grapes are good, especially because you can snack on them while doing something else.

And too much fruit never killed anybody.

Okay, here is my few cents to the discussion.

Just eat plain healthy, high protein and fiber meals.

Do lanes and lanes Dolphins and Breastrokes, run for miles, skate and play tennis for hours. They help build good form ( at least it worked for me ).

Here is another one I heard from my friend, a wrestling nut.

Wear something you will wear if it was minus 40 for something Celsius and just run. Apparently it worked for him.

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

Johnson up-day down day diet strips pounds off you.
It does this by letting you eat a little more than you need on up days, then on down days you consume 20% of that.
You also have to exercise, but you don't have to buy the guy's pills. It takes weight off at an alarming rate.

...I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap...

Water fast - nothing to eat, just drink water. As long as you are fasting you will lose weight rapidly, especially if you keep working out. You will pee a lot though. :o

I lost 13% of my total weight within 3 months using D'Damo's Eat Right for your Blood Type diet.

Hello friend,
I'll suggest you the Food Lovers Fat Loss System. More than a diet plan, the Food Lovers Diet will be a daily routine, which will help you loose weight, while allows you enjoy all your favorite dishes in an orderly manner. Visit the foodloversfatloss.com site for more details...

If your only concerns are cost and speed, then the answer is very simple: radical amputation will take major weight off of your body literally right before your eyes. But it is very painful and dangerous and will not improve your fitness (and will permanently cripple you if you go to far).

For safely, healthily losing fat, I've never seen anything that beats eating a reasonable diet and working out strenuously. However, this won't cause you to lose any weight. It will burn off the fat, but the resultant muscle will weigh at least as much.

I can't believe I actually feel the need to put this here 0_o

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Honestly bub... no matter the reason, your best bet is a steady reduction of caloric intake until you EXPEND more calories a day than you EAT. You can do this by either reducing how much you eat, eating "zero calorie" foods (that is, foods that provide so little caloric intake it requires more energy to digest than you get from them, such as lettuce and other high-fiber foods, which coincidentally will make you feel full longer), or increasing your activity level to raise your caloric burn. Additionally, increasing your water intake will help you feel hungry less (surprisingly, if you are overly dehydrated, you will get hungry... go fig) and some foods are great at helping boost metabolism (milk, I believe, helps with that, but beware of the fat content).

It isn't about cutting any one thing out - Atkins and zero-carb diets like it are actually pretty terrible... you are an OMNIVORE, your body was built to take in a bit of everything... so do just that - a BIT of everything.

My mother had a gastric bypass about a year ago... she lost almost 150 pounds... problem is, she didn't change her diet, and so her stomach is re-expanding and she's starting to pile the weight back on *shakes head* She doesn't learn... don't make that kind of mistake. You HAVE to change what you eat, if not how much... eat the right stuff and you wont' be as hungry and will give your body the fuel it needs to burn calories and give you energy.

And too much fruit never killed anybody.


Apparently not true:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!You're asking our members to deliberately give you advice that will cause harm? Do you want the Moderators to ban all of them for violating the forum rules? ;)

The whole concept of "quick weight loss" is short-sighted and foolish. There's a caveman deep inside each of us. When he detects a famine (a dramatic drop in calorie intake to a point well below maintenance level) he reprograms your body to use what little food it gets more efficiently. Sleep more, move more efficiently, conserve body heat, halt all nervous tics, generate some more optimal digestive enzymes, etc.

When the famine is over he'll happily put everything back the way it was. But if you do this to him three or four times--the "yo-yo diet" in modern terminology, or "an unpredictable food supply" in the language of the Stone Age--he will lock your body in permanent famine mode. He can't take the chance that the next famine will be a killer, so he starts storing fat during good times.

And presto, you've become one of those people who can gain weight on a 1200 calorie diet.

I've met a couple of them, back when I lived in Hollywood, where everyone abused their bodies. They were really pathetic.

My way was to never diet. So today, at age 68, I'm still eating a 2500-calorie diet every day, exercising regularly but moderately, and I'm at a reasonable and stable weight. (6'0", 190lb)

Your choice!

...and my choice would be a lean sirloin steak - medium well, with a side of baby red potatoes, mushrooms & rosemary, large tossed salad with extra greens - blue cheese dressing on the side, green beans and/or broccoli and about 8 ounces of 2006 or 2007 Midnight Cabernet Sauvignon. Oh yeah - and a slice of chocolate silk pie for dessert.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alton-browns-dairy-free-chocolate-pie

It can be this one as it is pretty tasty and has about half the calories of a standard chocolate silk pie. ;)

Now I gotta run my Labrador to burn that off. :itold:

It is best to adjust your diet to lower unhealthy fat, sugar and refined carbohydrates while increasing fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Those foods have lower calorie content so you will be lowering your caloric intake. Then you should take up a regular exercise routine that you can stay with, like walking, bicycling or swimming which will increase the calories that you expend every day. While weight loss will be slow, these changes can alter your 'fat to muscle' ratio over time which will make you healthier and more physically fit.

It is important to think of this as a permanent change in your lifestyle rather than something that you do just to lose some weight for the summer and then gain back in the winter.

Other beneficial changes are such things as deliberately parking far away from your destination so that you have to walk a lot further to get to and from your car, use the stairs instead of the elevator and similar changes. All of these little things will add up to a healthier lifestyle that will make you stronger and more fit while bringing your weight under control. :)

Limit food intake, move a little more, more water.. thats it.. and a healthy lifestyle.

Honey and lime juice are best for lossing weight

The Russian designer drug Krokodil is a surefire method.
The flesh just melts off of you.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/krokodil-the-drug-that-eats-junkies-2300787.html

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

A starvation diet is the quickest and least expensive diet.

this diet really works but gets old after a month takes some true discipline. eat only grilled chicken breast and eat a couple of apples a day for carbs. eat 2 chicken breast 3 or 4 times a day, and eat 2 or 3 apples daily 4 or 5 wont hurt. the fat will fall off and you will get rippppped.
I think you are describing the paleolithic diet, whether you realize it or not. http://thepaleodiet.com/

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

No salt, no sugar, no dairy, less than 50 carbs a day immediately prior to exercise. Exercise immediately after final meal of the day or immediately before.

Hello friends,...
Different people like different diets for the weight loss.So we should be keep control
of the body fat.I think most of the people like green tea for weight loss because its
very simple and easier way.I like these diets for weight loss.
1 Vegetarian foods
2 Fresh fruits
3 Green tea
4 Pasta.

Drop the pasta. Complex carbs make weight loss much more difficult. Replace the pasta with nuts.

A starvation diet is the quickest and least expensive diet.

Awesome and true :bravo:

Also, this thread was started like a year ago, I'm pretty sure the person has figured it out by now.

Awesome and true :bravo:

Also, this thread was started like a year ago, I'm pretty sure the person has figured it out by now.

thats not a healthy way of going about weight loss , starvation

Yes, but the OP asked for the fastest and cheapest way to lose weight. :shrug:

Proper, moderate fasting is very likely just that. :o Many persons all over the word safely do so for various reasons all of the time.

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!



Have one meal per day

eggs and some rice , then wash it down with some cafe. you will loose aat least 10 Lb. in one month

All this reminds me of the simple riddle: what does the poor man have that if the rich man ate it he would die? :eek: (answer below, far right)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uTHQdsksAjk/S0OkovN52gI/AAAAAAAAFvo/lEOHKT9rMhw/s400/rich+man+poor+man.JPG















nothing

What kinda gets me is... This thread was started by a one post wonder, almost a year and a half ago, and people are actually still trying to answer.:runaway:

What kinda gets me is... This thread was started by a one post wonder, almost a year and a half ago, and people are actually still trying to answer.:runaway:
That just means it's a classic. It hardly matters if the OP is still watching. It's an interesting question and the answer(s) remain timely. People still eat, and many people are still overweight. :)

That just means it's a classic. It hardly matters if the OP is still watching. It's an interesting question and the answer(s) remain timely. People still eat, and many people are still overweight. :)

Very true....Just struck me that I posted in this thread, the first day, and the creator hasn't posted in ANY thread since...:rolleyes:

Answer to old riddle below.
My Guess was "2,000 Tonnes of Asbestos Waste"

Diet Tip:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2011/08/24top.jpg
Before you eat anything, count to 10

http://i.pbase.com/v3/89/475089/1/47513555.NeverEatAnythingBiggerThanYourHead.jpg

Eat hospital food...

I have my own exercise program but I would like to add a diet to it. Please do not give me any lectures about the importance of slow weight loss and proper nutrition. I simply want a quick fad diet that is cheap. Thank you!

I don't know about any fad diets but I can tell you how I lost 50lbs in 3 months. I drank, unboiled tap water from a Pakistani faucet. I don't mean a faucet that is owned by a Pakistani. I mean a faucet in a house in Pakistan.

You just don't realize how much weight you lose to diarrhea and vomiting unless you suffer 3 months straight with it. I'm sure you wouldn't have to go all the way to Pakistan to get this miracle water. There are ways to get the same kind of water from anywhere.

disclaimer: This was an attempt at humor.Though I did really have this happen to me, I really do not advise losing weight by diarrhea and vomiting. The possibilities of how one would achieve this are disturbing and I certainly do not wish to promote bulimia.

Yes. I lost a lot of weight very rapidly when I got dysentery in Africa once, but I cannot recommend that either. :(

The winter vomiting bug is to be recommended too.
7 days squirting yellow stool.
Try to eat and you puke.
It's a sure fire winner.

Three months though?
You would be very close to death.

M.R.E.'s try that for a month. That is my other option.

You could infect yourself with tapeworm. Most people have no side effects other than weight loss (a few pounds per week) however it has the potential to become harmful if left untreated for too long. Once you reach your target weight just injest some anitbiotics and their gone. You would be wise to change your eating and exercise habits in the interim.

Fasting is quick weight loss coupled with detox and cleansing benefits.

My first fast and I recommend is the 3 day apple fast. The same way apples are known to draw toxins from the air they allegedly draw toxins from the body. This diet is endorsed by dieticians but was originated by a "clairavoyant" named Edgar Cayce.

I cannot tell you the benefits of fasting in a few paragraphs, but it is safe and very healthy unless taken to extremes.

After a few days of a water only fast your body may be fooled into thinking you are starving and start producing chemicals in your brain that will make you smarter and more alert. Your brains emergency mode. Some feel closer to their god possibly as a result of these chemicals, but all religions promote fasting in some forms.

I am an Engineer but have been actively involved in controlled paranormal research and have undertaken fasts for the "spiritual aspect" more than for weight loss. After 21 days you will feel as if you have knowledge beyond what you should. psychic senses are heightened (if you believe in that stuff). Disregard if you are a skeptic, however the brain chemicals is true for skeptics or religious members.

There are also juice diets which I have never been fond of but they are known to promote weight loss.

If you do fast lengthier periods are healthier. At the beginning of a fast your body will consume fat and muscle, but as the fast continues your body will favour burning fat. Starting and stopping fasts could harm your muscles. Exercising after a fast is always important.

You may also put back on a lot of weight after the fats. Some to the point where they were before. You must adopt the mentality that you are a non-eater and create new healthier attitudes towards food for long term loss. Maybe it is time to start drinking that coffee black.

You may guffaw at the ideas of fasting, however the first medical diagnosis you dislike you may run straight into a long fast. Fasting can promote miraculous healing in many parts of the body and has even stopped hair from graying.

Rats fed a low food diet often lived 40% longer than their counterparts.

Another important thing is Apple Cider Vinegar. A vinegar study (not applecider) concluded that the Vinegar group lost more weight than the control or placebo groups. This is a old wives tale as well. Ancient weight loss secret.

Another healthy aspect of living is to remain Alkaliine. You can buy ph strips from your pharmacy and then measure your acid levels in mouth swabs or urine. You can control acidity in your body with baking soda. Use in moderation as baking soda can remove needed nutrients from the body and kill you in very excessive quantities.

good luck

I highly recommend starting with a apple fast and then switching into a minimum 10 day long water only fast.

The easy and fastest way is to eat frequently but quantity of food should be minimum. Fasting once in a while would do wonder to you. You can practice fasting, having glass full of fresh fruit juice once in a while as well.

I've tried fasting.
Eating fast doesn't work.

I've tried this before so I can attest to it that it is indeed effective. Just cut meat for 2 weeks as well as carbohydrates but remain to lots of fruits and vegetables. Also, do not consume juices, soda, milk and even coffee. You can only drink water but you can eat anytime of the day though you only need to eat fruits and veggies. You can also have your cheat day once in a week but what I can guarantee is you will definitely lose 10-20 pounds using that diet.

Cut out sugar, flour and alcohol.

The easy and fastest way is to eat frequently but quantity of food should be minimum. Fasting once in a while would do wonder to you. You can practice fasting, having glass full of fresh fruit juice once in a while as well.

I disagree

Use instead of fruit juice use RAW honey

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/

water diet.

for 70 days.

Well, this thread ought to start hopping now that we are in the new year. :rolleyes: Time for the resolutioneers to swarm!

Not advisable especially on a physically active weight reducing diet. You don't want to be starving your muscles of glycogen and breaking down muscle protein for energy. You don't want him going into cardiovascular arrhythmia or vascular thrombosis. Low carb [~50%] is fine, zero carb is not.

Your body can make its own glucose to make glycogen. Inuit were ketogenic for generations, and I think they kept muscle just fine. Your body is much more likely to break down protein for energy than fat if you have a carb based metabolism. What is dangerous is when people eat too much protein and not enough fat on a low-no carb diet.

And low carb is much lower than 50%. Do you know how much glycogen your body stores? Around 150g max. So on an exercise day carbs can be 150g and over, but on non-exercising days it is best to keep carbs under 100g. 100g=400 calories = 20% of diet.

And it is best if you get these carbs from veggies: Peppers, peas, onions, squash, turnips, etc

Try to avoid: Gains, Sugars, Vegetable oils and processed crap

If you want effortless weight loss the answer is under 100g of carbs a day. BUT your calorie source must be FAT. You do not want a protein intake over 30% of diet. So 20-30% protein 10-20% carbs and 50-70% fat.

What fats do you want to eat? Pastured (grass fed) animal fats, coconut oil, olive oil is good but not large quantities.

Majority of Calories from Fats (saturated) and majority of food volume from veggies.

Why do you want a fat based metabolism? Fat and Protein can be used for 2 things in the body: Energy or making Cells. Sugar can be used for 2 things, energy or making fat (some structural role in the body but tiny compared to fat/protein). Fat and proteins break down slowly and give sustained energy over the day. They do not cause blood sugar spikes and thus don't cause insulin spikes and the associated fat accumulation. Fats and proteins can be turned into fat if you eat too much, but it takes more energy for the body to do and is not as efficient as with sugar. When you eat carbs they also don't fill you up so you eat too much, and what is left turns to fat. And once you stop eating food on a carb diet you get faint, blood sugar drops and you need more carbs. Your body doesn't burn fat efficiently because it expects another carb fix every 2 hours. When you eat a fat based diet your body is very good at burning fat for food. So when you don't eat anything you have less blood sugar drops (don't get as faint or irritable when hungry) and your body goes seamlessly into fat burning mode. Lastly fat and protein are satiating and contain more vitamins/minerals per calorie than carb based foods on average. You only eat as much as you need, and the satiation is stronger because lack of vitamins and minerals also makes you hungry. So most obese people are deficient in vital nutrients so they are hungry all the time, but their main food source is carbs. So if you are on a carb based diet you need to count calories because you can't trust your body's fullness signal.

Hey when did Obesity skyrocket in the US? When they started telling everyone its "healthy" to eat 10 servings of grains a day.

Three greatest health myths of our time: Grains are good for you. Animal fats/meat/cholesterol are unhealthy. Cannabis is bad for you.

Carb Addict Cycle:
Hungry -> Eats Carbs -> Blood Sugar Spike -> Insulin Spike-> Fat deposition-> Blood sugar drop -> feels faint -> Carb Snack ->repeat

Fat Cycle
Hungry ->Eats fats ->slow blood sugar increase -> Slow decrease in BS -> Fats start being burned for energy (stored fats)

I can go 18-24 hours without food (when not exercising) and be perfectly fine. I might feel hungry for an hour or two then it goes away. My carb addict friends get really angry and irritable after 4 hours without their fix.

On the Evils of Wheat...

http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/20/on-the-evils-of-wheat-why-it-is-so-addictive-and-how-shunning-it-will-make-you-skinny/

Aliquot126,

Although much of what you said is correct, your claim that too much protein is bad does not make much sense, and you never explain your reasoning for it. From what I recall of biochem, if you aren't eating enough carbs to keep your blood sugar up, your body will start making glucose from proteins and keep doing it until either you have enough glucose again or you run out of the reactants needed for converting amino acids to glucose. Once that happens, your body is left with no energy source but fat. This means that if you eat lots of protein and little or no carbs, the protein will eventually stop being an energy source. Once that happens, you would rather have your body burning your own stored fat instead of fats that you just ate. Also, the protein that's turned into glucose will be a mixture of the protein that you eat and the protein in your muscles. You would probably rather it be protein that you eat.

Aliquot126,

Although much of what you said is correct, your claim that too much protein is bad does not make much sense, and you never explain your reasoning for it. F

kidney disease.

Ask dead Atkins inventor, why)

kidney disease.

Ask dead Atkins inventor, why)
That's a myth. Many studies have shown high-protein diets to be fine for people with normal kidneys. For example , Friedman, American Journal of Kidney Disease, 2004, vol. 44, issue 6, pg. 950-962. It's true that a high-protein diet might be a problem if you have kidney disease, a fact which has lead to the ill-informed "OMG, high protein=bad for kidneys!" meme. But most people don't have kidney disease.

As for Atkins, he died of a heart attack at the age of 71, so I'm not sure why you think that's relevant.

Amputation is inexpensive, and the weight loss is near instantaneous.

Amputation is inexpensive, and the weight loss is near instantaneous.

What are we amputating exactly?

Drink hot water and avoid high cholesterol foods.

That's a myth. Many studies have shown high-protein diets to be fine for people with normal kidneys. For example , Friedman, American Journal of Kidney Disease, 2004, vol. 44, issue 6, pg. 950-962. It's true that a high-protein diet might be a problem if you have kidney disease, a fact which has lead to the ill-informed "OMG, high protein=bad for kidneys!" meme. But most people don't have kidney disease.

As for Atkins, he died of a heart attack at the age of 71, so I'm not sure why you think that's relevant.

Ok, good to know. I was under the impression it was more damaging to kidneys. I couldn't access the full text from my university, so I am not sure what is considered "high protein" in these studies. I think eating over say 70% of calories from protein it becomes dangerous from excess ammonia levels. Like the Inuit needed to eat whale blubber and couldn't just eat lean meats.

On another not however, protein is just usually more expensive. Fat gives 9 calories/gram and protein gives 4calories/gram. So for what is "cheapest" as the OP asked fat is going to win. Also fat is much easier and more efficient fuel for the body to burn than protein.

I look at protein for building my cells and proteins, fat is for fuel.

Chainsaw to the legs! Well its not the cheapest way to lose weight but its the fastest!

Drink more water and run as you can.

Drink more water and run as you can.

I also do like this.

Chainsaw to the legs! Well its not the cheapest way to lose weight but its the fastest!

Not everyone has the leg strength to go jogging, or the good enough lungs. I have terrible right lung all my life, and cannot jog, so not everyone can do that. Jogging is very hard on your breathing, and not everyone has good lungs.