i have suffered from anorexia nervosa for the past six years and it's completely ruined my life - this kind of "diet" is hugely popular among the proanorexia communities online/people who "want" an eating disorder so that they'll lose weight and look good for prom, etc. anyone who is suggesting this diet is a good idea/healthy/an okay thing to do should be ashamed of themselves ESPECIALLY since many of the people asking about this are young girls - this is not healthy at ALL and can lead to developing an eating disorder in certain individuals, which is not something i would wish on my worst enemy. your body NEEDS 1200 calories a day in order for your organs to function. eating under 900 calories per day is considered a starvation diet, and it completely ruins your metabolism/slows it down dramatically
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Hi everyone, I know this is an older thread but just having a read and wondering how everyone's getting on? Looking to start this today as my weight is jut creeping up and up! Just reading above...Kcal and Calories are the same thing therefore 7500Kcal is 7500 Calories- quite a lot to burn in a day?!
I'm convinced this will work anyway. I lost nearly 2 stone in just under a year by eating a restrictive diet- one meal a day or less, even though it mainly consisted of junk type food. However... In the last 6-8 months I've put a stone and a half back on going back to my old habits so time to get back on track! Would be good to hear from those who posted here and/or anyone else follwoing this eating pattern or similar.
Thanks :)
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youreaweenie wrote:
II lost about 15 lbs in less than a week. It was absolutely shocking to me that I could lose so much weight so quickly. All the experts will tell you also that if you're losing weight this rapidly then it isn't fat, it's mostly water, and it'll reappear the moment you begin to eat normally again... but the truth is, I kept off the weight I lost permanently.
There are 3500kcal in 1lb of fat, so if you lost 15lb in one week that means you were burning 7500kcal a DAY as well as those you were consuming.
Don't get me wrong, i am sure you did lose weight with this, but i am not sure it is possible to lose quite that much unless you were training for the army or something...
7500 kcal (which is 750 calories) is easy to burn in one day. by just doing daily activity like walking to your car, grocery shopping, etc.
Hi everyone, I know this is an older thread but just having a read and wondering how everyone's getting on? Looking to start this today as my weight is jut creeping up and up! Just reading above...Kcal and Calories are the same thing therefore 7500Kcal is 7500 Calories- quite a lot to burn in a day?!
I'm convinced this will work anyway. I lost nearly 2 stone in just under a year by eating a restrictive diet- one meal a day or less, even though it mainly consisted of junk type food. However... In the last 6-8 months I've put a stone and a half back on going back to my old habits so time to get back on track! Would be good to hear from those who posted here and/or anyone else follwoing this eating pattern or similar.
Thanks :)
7500 kcal (which is 750 calories) is easy to burn in one day. by just doing daily activity like walking to your car, grocery shopping, etc.
Really? All of you people are very much ill informed. Did you know that it take the average person about 1 hour to burn 100 calories on a treadmill? that would mean doing 75 hours( 3 days) to do this by "walking to your car". this 2.4.6.8 diet is also referred to as the "slow suicide diet" in the medical field, I would know I'm a doctor. You can survive on this diet, however after three days of starving yourself, your body starts to burn lean tissue (heart muscle, lung tissue etc). My advice would be to... consume as much green vegetables as possible, they have the fewest calories but also are nutrient rich. Consume low fat milk and protein and choose carbohydrates wisely. But remember, this is also known as the "SUICIDE DIET". Sounds nice huh? I'd rather be fat than dead. :D
Really? All of you people are very much ill informed. Did you know that it take the average person about 1 hour to burn 100 calories on a treadmill? that would mean doing 75 hours( 3 days) to do this by "walking to your car". this 2.4.6.8 diet is also referred to as the "slow suicide diet" in the medical field, I would know I'm a doctor. You can survive on this diet, however after three days of starving yourself, your body starts to burn lean tissue (heart muscle, lung tissue etc). My advice would be to... consume as much green vegetables as possible, they have the fewest calories but also are nutrient rich. Consume low fat milk and protein and choose carbohydrates wisely. But remember, this is also known as the "SUICIDE DIET". Sounds nice huh? I'd rather be fat than dead. :D
You all need to listen to the people who have EDs in here and take a nutrition class or two. This is a completely unsustainable 'diet'. Are you people seriously unable to give yourself enough respect and actually WORK for this?
Also, there is NO reason any child under the age of 18 should be dieting unless it's a serious medical risk. Are you out of your mind? You are still growing! Your brain doesn't stop growing until you're 24! Quit worrying about what people think about you and go outside, you're wasting your life by trying to stave off your biological patterns!
Here, this works: Quit eating horrid food, lift heavy stuff, drink water. That's it, seriously. THAT is something you can do for the rest of your life (because you HAVE to if you want to keep weight off.) So don't diet- change yourself. And try not to kill yourself on the way there.
ALSO: GO TO YOUR ACTUAL DOCTOR, THE INTERNET IS NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE AT ALL.
Also, there is NO reason any child under the age of 18 should be dieting unless it's a serious medical risk. Are you out of your mind? You are still growing! Your brain doesn't stop growing until you're 24! Quit worrying about what people think about you and go outside, you're wasting your life by trying to stave off your biological patterns!
Here, this works: Quit eating horrid food, lift heavy stuff, drink water. That's it, seriously. THAT is something you can do for the rest of your life (because you HAVE to if you want to keep weight off.) So don't diet- change yourself. And try not to kill yourself on the way there.
ALSO: GO TO YOUR ACTUAL DOCTOR, THE INTERNET IS NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE AT ALL.
I'm certainly not a doctor...but fasting (which is more restrictive than 2-4-6-8) has been done by human beings for thousands of years for a lot longer than 3 days. They don't die. If human beings were that fragile, we would have been extinct years ago. If you want to see the strength of human beings...I'm always amazed at how long people with EDs live on next to nothing. For years! Healthy? No. But they don't all drop dead after a couple of weeks.) I'm not advocating this or any other diet. Nor do I think that people should be aspiring to have EDs. But when you give people untrue information, and they find that after 10 days that they don't, in fact, die a horrible death. And rather than feeling ill or passing out, many folks experience a kind of "high" from starving (which probably explains why its often used as a spiritual/enlightenment practice), they think...."that doctor, friend, nurse, parent was full of it. They don't know what they're talking about," and continue to practice these behaviiors
The real facts are bad enough....no need to fall back on "this is your brain on drugs" scare tactics.
The real facts are bad enough....no need to fall back on "this is your brain on drugs" scare tactics.
I just want to point out one thing, nobody aspires to be anorexic! That made me kind of annoyed when I read that, because I hate girls that try to be anorexic, why would someone want this disease? Anyways, yes, the diet does work, but once you stop, you'll probably gain it right back. Your body needs at least 1200 calories a day. I wouldn't recommend doing this. If your going to do something, trying doing like, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, you would still be tricking your metabolism, and consuming less calories, but at least you would be getting more than like 200 a day(: But yeah, it definitely works.
I have no eating disorder, at this very moment. Though i could see myself having one in the future because i tend to compare myself to my two closest friends whom are double 0's, no exaggeration. They are healthy as can be that is just how they're bodies work. I am not over work and when metaphorically when i step out of myself and take a look im aware im not overweight, but im not happy with my size either so i believe i am going to try this to say the least.
I've basically decided to comment on this article in response to what someone said awhile ago but i feel i have to reply to it. I am 18 years old and even i know better than to say something like this; "all I can say is that if you lost that much then you much be hugely overweight - because otherwise it is seriously unlikely. " To the person who said this, If you have an eating disorder then you should know how much of an impact weight loss/gain must have on you. Saying that was simply unnecessary. Its somewhat irrelevant why it worked on someone or if someone over-exaggerated on how much they lost, it makes no difference in your life i assure you.
Try thinking about the fact that if a person is on this website reading this and trying this diet, then there must be a reason...they must be insecure in their own body in someway...JUST LIKE YOU. So why would anyone want to call them overweight? When they are clearly already immensely insecure with their bodies. Let's not add to it people. This message board wasn't put here to put people down it was to help people understand what this diet was all about and how to use it properly.
This wasn't meant to come off as rude or disrespectful, just throwing it out there.
I've basically decided to comment on this article in response to what someone said awhile ago but i feel i have to reply to it. I am 18 years old and even i know better than to say something like this; "all I can say is that if you lost that much then you much be hugely overweight - because otherwise it is seriously unlikely. " To the person who said this, If you have an eating disorder then you should know how much of an impact weight loss/gain must have on you. Saying that was simply unnecessary. Its somewhat irrelevant why it worked on someone or if someone over-exaggerated on how much they lost, it makes no difference in your life i assure you.
Try thinking about the fact that if a person is on this website reading this and trying this diet, then there must be a reason...they must be insecure in their own body in someway...JUST LIKE YOU. So why would anyone want to call them overweight? When they are clearly already immensely insecure with their bodies. Let's not add to it people. This message board wasn't put here to put people down it was to help people understand what this diet was all about and how to use it properly.
This wasn't meant to come off as rude or disrespectful, just throwing it out there.
Really? All of you people are very much ill informed. Did you know that it take the average person about 1 hour to burn 100 calories on a treadmill? that would mean doing 75 hours( 3 days) to do this by "walking to your car". this 2.4.6.8 diet is also referred to as the "slow suicide diet" in the medical field, I would know I'm a doctor. You can survive on this diet, however after three days of starving yourself, your body starts to burn lean tissue (heart muscle, lung tissue etc). My advice would be to... consume as much green vegetables as possible, they have the fewest calories but also are nutrient rich. Consume low fat milk and protein and choose carbohydrates wisely. But remember, this is also known as the "SUICIDE DIET". Sounds nice huh? I'd rather be fat than dead. :D
I'm sorry but you are most definitely NOT a doctor. That is probably the biggest lie I've ever heard right next to the myth of God. It is possible, and quite easy might I add, to burn 100 calories in 10 MINUTES. I did so very often when I was going to the gym. 100 calories in 10 minutes on the cross trainer at speed 8 and 100 calories every 10 minutes for running at speed 9 on the treadmill. And I'm 5'6 and weigh 51 kilos. And then, when I was going to the gym I weighed 54 kilos. So I wasn't burning so much because I was 'fat' either. You, sir, are the one that is ill informed.
I'm sorry but you are most definitely NOT a doctor. That is probably the biggest lie I've ever heard right next to the myth of God. It is possible, and quite easy might I add, to burn 100 calories in 10 MINUTES. I did so very often when I was going to the gym. 100 calories in 10 minutes on the cross trainer at speed 8 and 100 calories every 10 minutes for running at speed 9 on the treadmill. And I'm 5'6 and weigh 51 kilos. And then, when I was going to the gym I weighed 54 kilos. So I wasn't burning so much because I was 'fat' either. You, sir, are the one that is ill informed.
I've done this diet before.
I started out 163lbs (5'7) and I lost 12 lbs on this diet. So no, you don't have to be morbidly obese to get extreme results; just overweight like me :). My friend who is just over 250 lbs also lost 15lbs on this diet so... I'm thinkin that's just the result of this diet.
It WILL make you feel like c**p if you don't know how to eat tho. There is an abundance of food that you can eat throughout the day without going over 200 cals... once you get to 800 you'll feel like youre in heaven lol
Lettuce
Cabbage
Watermelon
Oranges
Celery
Low calorie yogurt
Fat free jello
...There are loads more look em up.
But like everyone else has said, it's not an all the time thing. Once a month will do if you're like my lovely round friend I mentioned above and you wanna lose weight fast. I actually gained the weight back in like 3 weeks but that's because I made absolutely no effort to eat healthy... Like none at all... Like I celebrated the diets end with pizza and ice cream! I plan to do this diet again tho and I think if I eat reasonable meals I'll be able to keep the weight off like everyone else who has tried.
I suggest that you do not try this. You will lose the weight with this diet, BUT it is not a maintainable diet. You need to clean up your eating habits and exercise at least 50 min. a day. Try Blogilates on Youtube, she makes working out and eating clean fun! That way, you will lose the weight gradually, stay healthy, and keep the weight off for good. :) I hope this helped, xo
I eat 100 cal a day but its a while that I haven't lost any weight...I don't know what to do..i wanna lose weight but really fast...need to lose like 30 pounds in 2 weeks..
I counted calories every day after dramatically gaining 22 lbs in one month. I weighed myself every day. I was putting on weight at 1200, 1100, 1000. At 900 and 800 stayed the same. 700 Kcal the scales started to move down. I assumed I was sick, I did blood tests, tyroid scans- nothing. I couldn't eat 700 only, I started eating normally, like i've always done before. I put on another 20 lbs. 1 am 40 yo. 1200 Kcal is not a rule, unfortunatelly.
OBESE IS ANOTHER WAY TO DIE FAST, SO...SAME THING REALLY...IF ONE IS OBESE, ANYTHING THAT WORKS, IS GOOD
It isn't all about calories in 1lb of fat, glycogen stored in the muscles for energy takes 4 g of water for each g of stored glycogen, if you deplete this you lose 5 times it's weight on the scale, fact is as soon as you eat a sensible amount of carbs this water floods back into the muscles like a sponge.