quick weight loss

[gangineer]

i'm looking for a way to drop 10 pounds quick for a race tomorrow. i expect it to come back because i know you can't lose 10 pounds of fat in a day and plan on losing the rest of the weight slowly over the next 2-3 months or so. any ideas?

 

[jhnphilipps]

drink nothing but fruit juices and water. don't eat anything. the fructose in fruit juices should give you energy.

 

[gangineer]

thanks. i'll try it. what about fruit?

 

[mars1013]

Erm... what could you possibly need to lose 10 lbz overnight for? If you're hoping for a performance boost, you're not going to see it. Chances are, with that rapid a loss of weight, you won't feel well.

 

[gangineer]

i sit in a boat and steer/yell. the lighter i am, the faster they move.

 

[versatastic]

I thought you might be a rower or cox, gangineer. I guess it's too late now, but you might have been able to shed a couple pounds of feces if you took some laxatives and/or did a colonic. And you could have sweated some water by doing lots of cardio. You can't really lose fat or body mass in a day unless you have a very high metabolism and you stop eating for a couple days. But it doesn't really matter. 10lbs isn't going to get you a boatlength or even a bow ball unless of course it affects your crew psychologically to know exactly how much you weigh.

 

[gangineer]

i still have 24 hours. but they don't care too much right now. by the end of the season they will, though.

 

[versatastic]

You could lose the weight in a couple weeks healthily and keep it off all season. That's not too hard to do. If you dip too far below, it's a lot easier to gain and get rid of temporary weight just before weigh-in than it is to lose body mass. Do you workout with your crew on land?

 

[gangineer]

I run, mostly. I erg with them sometimes, but I find it hurts my back, so I tend to avoid it. But weight's been coming off, just couldnt get quite down far enough in time.