Best way to lose 10 lbs in 2 months

[Anonymous]

Eat to 80% fullness, no more. Leave your body room to digest. Eat nutritionally dense foods, not calorically dense foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eat to 80% fullness, no more. Leave your body room to digest. Eat nutritionally dense foods, not calorically dense foods.

Meant to add: take your time! It will happen but adding stress and pressure to your desire to lose quickly can have the opposite effect and the cortisol can slow things down.

[Anonymous]

Alternate day fasting is super helpful, so 36-42 hour fasts. Cut grains, sugar and alcohol. Go for a daily walk to lower stress and benefit sleep, before or after work or at lunch or on a break. Get some resistance bands and do a 10 min strengthening workout T/R/S, so important in midlife and it will change your shape, posture and help build bone and muscle, alternatively find a short bodyweight program and build strength there. Good luck and have fun at your event!

[Anonymous]

No alcohol
No snacks
Early dinner with no heavy carbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eat to 80% fullness, no more. Leave your body room to digest. Eat nutritionally dense foods, not calorically dense foods.

This is how I've eaten for the last 20 years, and it's helped me maintain my weight with ease. I never knew there was an actual name for it or that's it's a recognized concept until I started reading up on The Blue Zones. This is how Okinawans eat, it's called Hara Hachi Bu. I know in the past on this forum it's been criticized however pretty much everything discussed in this forum pisses someone off, so I don't pay attention to it. I know it works.

[Anonymous]

OP, the best advice is to cut your portions for every meal in 1/2. Make sure you have protein in every meal. Cut out alcohol, sugar (desserts and in drinks) and snacks. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Also, stop eating when you are full. Drink water with a little unsweetened cranberry juice to help you get rid of water weight. Aim to exercise everyday alternating cardio and weights.

[Anonymous]

Some of the things on this thread are straight up disordered eating. Truly.

Nice clothes that fit well. Hair, nails. Maybe a facial. Drink lots of water. Don’t eat a ton of salt leading up to it. SLEEP. And yes, eat protein and veggies. But starving yourself isn’t it girlies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the things on this thread are straight up disordered eating. Truly.

Nice clothes that fit well. Hair, nails. Maybe a facial. Drink lots of water. Don’t eat a ton of salt leading up to it. SLEEP. And yes, eat protein and veggies. But starving yourself isn’t it girlies.

Losing 10lbs in 8 weeks is NOT starving yourself...girlie or dudie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the things on this thread are straight up disordered eating. Truly.

Nice clothes that fit well. Hair, nails. Maybe a facial. Drink lots of water. Don’t eat a ton of salt leading up to it. SLEEP. And yes, eat protein and veggies. But starving yourself isn’t it girlies.

Losing 10lbs in 8 weeks is NOT starving yourself...girlie or dudie

It's not naked and afraid starving, but it's a calorie deficit of almost 1,000 a day. Not healthy or sustainable or likely to stay off. This yoyo s*** is why everybody's metabolisms by are wrecked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the things on this thread are straight up disordered eating. Truly.

Nice clothes that fit well. Hair, nails. Maybe a facial. Drink lots of water. Don’t eat a ton of salt leading up to it. SLEEP. And yes, eat protein and veggies. But starving yourself isn’t it girlies.

Losing 10lbs in 8 weeks is NOT starving yourself...girlie or dudie

It's not naked and afraid starving, but it's a calorie deficit of almost 1,000 a day. Not healthy or sustainable or likely to stay off. This yoyo s*** is why everybody's metabolisms by are wrecked

BS - if I reduced my calorie intake by 1000 cals a day I would be hospitalized as I'd be down way more than 10lbs after 8 weeks.

[Anonymous]

After my baby was born, I was stuck at 130lb for 5 months post partum (was 5’1” and 120 pre-pregnancy). I was walking a ton and thought I ate pretty healthy. I figured this was just what a mom body looks like for me in my late 30s and didn’t worry about it. But then DH was diagnosed with hypertension so we stopped buying any junk food and even started drinking our coffee black. I lost 10 lbs in 2 months. Didn’t count calories or restrict portions since I was exclusively breast feeding.

In retrospect, although I was eating lots of vegetables and never drank soda or juice, my diet wasn’t as healthy as I thought it was. I was eating a small portion of chips and ice cream or cookies at least every other day. Even if it’s just a couple cookies, they add up if you’re eating them regularly. That was 2 years ago and I’ve kept the weight off even though I don’t exercise much. I eat a treat once or twice a week, but the rule is no junk food from the grocery store or anything on a habitual basis. It has to be something special, like one pastry at the farmers market. Now that it’s become a habit to eat less junk, I no longer crave it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly? Fasting works. Skip a few meals and see what happens. You will feel very hungry ... That's the point. Your body will start consuming your extra fat.

I have easily lost 10 pounds this way, when I need to.

Do you gain it all back though really quickly?

I actually never do. I'm your height and am basically a thin person -- I'm almost always around 125 and am 5'6". Early in the pandemic I packed on an extra 10 pounds and in December I honestly just severely reduced my diet for a week and the weight was gone, and has not returned. I do also exercise often.

This used to work until I went through menopause at 53. It no longer does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After my baby was born, I was stuck at 130lb for 5 months post partum (was 5’1” and 120 pre-pregnancy). I was walking a ton and thought I ate pretty healthy. I figured this was just what a mom body looks like for me in my late 30s and didn’t worry about it. But then DH was diagnosed with hypertension so we stopped buying any junk food and even started drinking our coffee black. I lost 10 lbs in 2 months. Didn’t count calories or restrict portions since I was exclusively breast feeding.

In retrospect, although I was eating lots of vegetables and never drank soda or juice, my diet wasn’t as healthy as I thought it was. I was eating a small portion of chips and ice cream or cookies at least every other day. Even if it’s just a couple cookies, they add up if you’re eating them regularly. That was 2 years ago and I’ve kept the weight off even though I don’t exercise much. I eat a treat once or twice a week, but the rule is no junk food from the grocery store or anything on a habitual basis. It has to be something special, like one pastry at the farmers market. Now that it’s become a habit to eat less junk, I no longer crave it.

This is what I just discovered!! You are me! I discovered this 2-3 weeks ago and you have given me hope that I can maybe keep it up. I am hoping the cravings don’t come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly? Fasting works. Skip a few meals and see what happens. You will feel very hungry ... That's the point. Your body will start consuming your extra fat.

I have easily lost 10 pounds this way, when I need to.

Do you gain it all back though really quickly?

I actually never do. I'm your height and am basically a thin person -- I'm almost always around 125 and am 5'6". Early in the pandemic I packed on an extra 10 pounds and in December I honestly just severely reduced my diet for a week and the weight was gone, and has not returned. I do also exercise often.

This used to work until I went through menopause at 53. It no longer does.

Same…OP didn’t say how old they are…but if menopausal, this is a real challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eat to 80% fullness, no more. Leave your body room to digest. Eat nutritionally dense foods, not calorically dense foods.

This is how I've eaten for the last 20 years, and it's helped me maintain my weight with ease. I never knew there was an actual name for it or that's it's a recognized concept until I started reading up on The Blue Zones. This is how Okinawans eat, it's called Hara Hachi Bu. I know in the past on this forum it's been criticized however pretty much everything discussed in this forum pisses someone off, so I don't pay attention to it. I know it works.

This works for me now, on Ozempic. Before Ozempic I had no such thing as “80% fullness.” Now, I don’t think I even had “100% fullness” before. Experiencing “fullness” on the medication has been an absolute revelation.

So I’m genuinely thrilled that it works for this PP I just think we’re still learning about all the variation in the ways people experience hunger and fullness.