UPDATE ON BOTTOM OF POST FOR WEEK 1!! (11/13/07)

well i was reading some stuff online and i came across this diet. It doesn't have a specific name but it seems kinda reasonable... I don't actually believe that it will make you lose 20 lbs in a month but 10-12 lbs is possible.

here's my profile

height: 5'0
weight: 140 (so sad... i gained 30 lbs last year due to stress... )
age: 22
goal weight: 130

here's the diet.

6 Things You Must Do To Lose 20 pounds 3 - 4 Weeks
*Listed in order of importance

1.) You need to Eat 4 times a day 3-4 hours apart
2.) Before each meal you need to....

* Eat at least 2 whole raw fruits and/or vegetables - For example you can eat... 2 carrots,
a head of broccoli & a banana, an apple & orange, or either 4 sticks of celery and...

(they recommend drinking one scoop of whey protein or soy protein with 8 ounces of water
after eating your fruit and veggies, but i want to omit this because i'm afraid it'll make me
gain weight since i'm not weight/strength training. it's supposed to suppress your appetite, you
can try it if you want. )

Why doing this helps you lose weight fast...

o Your body has to burn a lot of calories (burn lots of FAT) to digest all the raw fruits & vegetables you eat and
since you're eating them 4 times a day... You're going to lose weight fast.
o Eating raw fruits & veggies (not cooked or steamed) will help you lose weight fast.
o Eating raw fruits & veggies, drinking whey or soy protein & ice cold water means...
You'll never get hungry, never have any cravings or a big appetite so... You'll eat less and lose more weight faster.
o Raw fruits & veggies remove toxins from your blood and once these toxins are gone...
The enzymes in the raw fruits & veggies liquefy and flush fat out of your body.



3.) Right after you eat your fruits & veggies and drink your protein... you're going to eat a healthy meal underneath 300 calories. nothing fried!!!
ex: roasted chicken breast, fish fillet etc... and more veggies or fruits.

4.)You need to drink 70 ounces of ice cold water everyday.
* Ice cold water raises your metabolism. The colder the water is - The more weight you'll lose because...
* Your body has to keep burning calories (or keep burning fat) to heat the cold water back up to body temperature.

5. You need to take some Green Tea everyday once in the morning & once in the evening

6. Do 20-30 minutes of power walking right after you take your morning Green Tea
(power walking is when you walk as fast as you can without running)

Why power walking helps you lose weight fast...

o When you power walk first thing in the morning your body has no choice but to burn fat for energy because...
o As you sleep... The energy from the food you ate during the day gets used while you're sleeping for 6-10 hours.

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i'm thinking about giving this a test drive. it seems reasonable and it's not like i'll be starving. who wants to try this too?










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Day 1 (11/5/07)
Ate 4 meals. each meal consisted of broccoli head, 2 carrots and one fuji apple. Followed raw foods with 1/4 broiled chicken breast and steamed veggies.
Lost 1 lb already. water weight perhaps? we'll find out tomorrow morning.

stats:
weight: 139


Day 2 (11/6/07)
i weighed myself this morning and i was 137 lbs. Not much body change but i feel that my stomach is smaller cuz my jeans are fitting better.
i played DDR and Pump it Up this morning for 30 minutes instead of power walking. i am going to go have my green tea now.

stats:
weight: 137
total weight lost: 3 lbs.


Day 3 (11/7/07)
I'm 136 lbs. Body still feels the same. I didn't have time for DDR this morning because I have 9:00 class. I just ate my raw broccoli and carrot stick with one banana. I washed it down with one cup of water. Since i couldn't work out, i power-walked to my classes and took A LOT of stairs.

meal 2.
got home from school. i made some soup with 1/4 a chicken breast and tofu. before my meal i ate the standard half a head of broccoli and 2 carrots. For fruit i ate one fuji apple. followed my meal with ice cold green tea.

meal 3.
skipped. i'll have to work on my meals too... i wasn't hungry and i didn't feel like eating.. which is super bad cuz my metabolism has prolly slowed down cuz of this. darn..)

meal 4.
still not hungry. so i just ate some frozen Longan (this is sooo good! you guys should go google it if you don't know what this fruit is!)and ate 2 bananas with one fuji apple. i followed my fruit with some lightly salted highly spiced grilled salmon. yummy. drank 2cupsof water.

THINGS TO WORK ON:
I'm trying hard to drink the required amounts of water, but it's really hard.
I really have to work on eating ALL OF MY MEALS!
I HAVE TO DRINK GREEN TEA.
I really can't eat all of the required fruits AND veggies. My stomach is pretty small. so, instead i will eat either 2 servings of veggies and 1 serving of fruit or vice versa.

TOTAL WEIGHT LOST: 4 lbs.

WEEK ONE OVER


Day 8 (11/13/07)

Still following the diet...
new stats:
weight: 136
total weight lost: 4 lbs.

my weight has stagnated, but i fit into my clothes better. I have been sorta gaseous :X but all of that fiber is good for me i guess.
I'm still struggling to drink all of my water. need to work on this!!!! i'm currently substituting my broccoli with carrots and celery instead. I've fought my sweet cravings by eating sweet fruit instead...(frozen longans, grapes, or other types of berries...)



Day 11 (11/16/07)

new stats:
weight: 134
total weight lost: 6 lbs.

not much difference. I'm drinking more water and tea. i'm trying to do bansinyok too. maybe i'll do it tonight.

NEW UPDATE!!! 03/25/08

i didn't follow the diet completely and its been a while since I've posted.. sorry guys, i've just been really busy with school and work.. anyway, I tried to follow the diet as much as possible and i didn't lose 20 lbs. I think i probably would have if i did everything i was supposed to. Right now I am still shifting back from 129-132 lbs. Even though i didn't lose 20 lbs, I've reached my Goal weight. YAY~!

I have a gym membership now and i try to exercise as much as possible. This is a really good diet. (but it can make you run to the bathroom a lot...high in fiber.. lol. ) I was never hungry and I had lots of energy for school and work. I would recommend that you preprepare your meals because if you are busy like me, it's very easy to get off track cuz you have to cook healthy.

if you guys are still doing this, please stay on track! remember a little a day is better than nothing!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Do you want to diet together? x]

I was actually looking up some info on calories today
And since 1 lb = 3500 calories...I got bummed out

But I have to do whatever it takes to tone up because I'll be starting Kumdo in a few weeks >__<

This diet sounds reasonable..I like that it doesn't restrict you to only a few types of food. It seems perfect for people who don't do sports or like exercising too much.

I'll try it out but I think I'm going to try and add some weight training as well since the more muscle you have the more calories you burn (or something like that) and I do an hour of golf a day

The only problem I would have is measuring my weight loss progress...because the scales here are ALL in kilograms =___=

Anyways, I ate potato pizza today so I'll begin this tomorrow!

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My BMI is still in normal range
And it's odd because I can wear a size 3 but I'm heavy
I gained a TON of weight last year, too. It's probably because I took the year off from school...and just went out with friends a lot but not much exercise at all =x but I don't want to get too thin
so yeah..

wow...this sounds pretty reasonable acvtually....il test drive it after exams=]=]

im trying to lose 10-15 pounds in 4 weeks and i have similar stats
i am not going to do this specific diet, but something similar

stats:
5'2
140 lbs

goal:
130

OMG you got that diet thing off this site yeah? Cause I did as well. The sites really good, cause it has many exercise videos and good tips
on losing. It's very useful
I've been doing this diet for 4 days already, i don't know if I have lost anything yet. I gotta find out by stepping on a scale =D
Funny thing is I haven't been exercising, so occupied ><. I doubt I've lost anything T____T
Good luck to those who's doing this diet. I wanna weigh 47 or 48kgs. I'm 54, oh god O.O.

- Lenaa

I thought drinking ice cold water before and after you eat was bad for you... O.o
I'm most likely wrong though, but I heard that it's not good for digestion? iunno. >.<

this sounds liek a really good diet :] count me in! i'll make a journal too hehe

QUOTE

o Your body has to burn a lot of calories (burn lots of FAT) to digest all the raw fruits & vegetables you eat and
since you're eating them 4 times a day... You're going to lose weight fast.

your body doesn't burn a lot of calories to digest the raw fruits and vegetables ..
it just digests faster than other foods.
it takes 30 min for fruit to be digested in comparison to steak which takes 8-10 hours.

I'd so like to do that diet but school gets in the way

hmm sounds interesting
maybe i'll give it a try
(but over break..haha)

Count me in too! I don't know if I'll be able to do it all, but I'll try.

Current stats:
Height: 5'1''
Weight: 107
Goal Weight: 100
Age: 15

Now I just need to tell myself to stop eating all of my Halloween candy, LOL.

Day 1:
Weight: 106
Gah, I need to stop eating that delicious Halloween candy...... >_<
I forgot about tea, but I did drink an extra bottle of water. And I ate my fruit before I ate the rest of my lunch. Now I just have to remember to do that for all my other meals too....

Day Whatever-today-is:
Yeah, I pretty much give up. Between school and preparing for the holidays, there isn't much will left for a diet.
Maybe next year.....

hehe, that sounds like a really good healthy lifestyle change. good luck hunnie~!

that healthy diet plan seems good..
COUNT ME IN xD

ooh that sounds really interesting.. i can't last not eatting every now and then haha i work at a restaurant part time and i get so hungry staring at the food people order T_T
best of luck to everyone ;D

hey.
i dont think it should be called a "diet"
why ?
because when ur in a diet.. u usually end up going back to ur old eating habits.
this is a great idea...
but i think its more of a change of lifestyle & eating habits
please keep us updated !

count me in!! ((:
The ice cold water and the tea both sound like good ideas. I just have to avoid the temptation to eat my Halloween candy, and I'll be fine... good luck to everyone!

OMG! THIS IS SOOO GREAT!
this is what i needed...
the doctor told me today that i was over weight...

Current stats:
Height: 5'4''
Weight: 140
Goal Weight: 110 or 115
Age: 15


^^
please update often ^^

YAY!! SOMEONE BE MY DIET BUDDY!
But not now though I'm in the middle of my exams!! Anyone willing to start with me on the 20th?? *puppy eyes*

count me in too!
i'm trying to lose 30 pounds by late january-early february!
i lost 15 over the summer unintentionally by doing something similar. I felt a lot better and found myself to have more energy. but yeah...with school and all, i managed to gain back 5 pounds =/
but oooh i'm excited to get back into it again!

i'll be your diet buddy!!

but can we start on the 22nd instead? 20th is my birthday...so going for good, sinful stuff. which is why i needa lose weight after that!! pm me if you're okay with it!

and thanks itachi for all tt info.

nice x))
it's not like other pathetic diets i've seen on soompi.

Wow, thanks for posting up the info! Keep us posted on how you're doing because I definitely want to try it when winter vacation comes (in 5 more weeks, ergh). My chubbiness is starting to really piss me off lol.

i might try this some time
isnt raw broccoli like .. yuck? x.x
i can only eat raw fruit .. who cooks their fruit anyway ?

this sounds....GREAT !!!
im going to try to start right away
i need to lose it in like 3-4 weeks too =[

STATS:
height: 5'2
weight: 120

goal weight: 105

we'll support eachother guys :]
thanks to itachi for posting !

(:
YAY!
okay. since i have school early at 6:30 in the morning, i'm gonna do banshinyok at night instead.
last time i did banshinyok for a week & lost 10 lbs.
-__- gained it back once i stopped doing it.
i'll add the two diets together :]

Height: 5'3"
weight: 140lb.
goal weight: 105 or lower
age: 14

i'm gonna try to do this, but it's gonna be hard because i love food!
i've realized that i have not eaten any fruit since like summer...
so yeah, i'm gonna start eating a piece of fruit everyday and in the mornings i usually have coffee
but i'm gonna have green tea instead, even though i don't really like the taste much, i'm gonna have to force myself!
and i definitely can drink more water.
thanks for the tips!

im gonna start this when winter vacation comes. thanks for all the info =]

wow thanks so much for this!
i've been surfing around soompi and all those weight loss diet things sound so damn complicated
i'll start this when my summer holidays start!

I'm going to try this out for the weekend I need to lose a few flabby pounds because I feel out of shape.

Age:16
Height: 5''1
Weight: 105
Goal weight: Anything lower than 105

Whoa! I like this diet XD I'm gonna do this except I have no time workout in the morning. >.<

Would afternoon workout work?

Well anyway here's my stats-

Age:16
Height:170 cm muhahahahhahhahaa I grew taller!! YAY! but I weigh the same so boo.
Weight:130
Goal: 110-115.

this is one of the most healthiest diets I've ever seen honestly. XD

pssshaw.

Okay, Green Tea is good, so maybe make that cold green tea? I mean I don't have any regular water at my house, I just stick the green tea bag in every bit of water I drink.

Oh, and by the way, drink plenty of water - more the better, because if you don't drink enough water, your body retains more water for emergencies, making you gain wait. Sure you might go pee really often at first, but later on, after you lose the weight, you'll be fine.

But the fruits/vegetables strictly aren't that necessary, just don't eat junk food.
However, if you find that you are meeting your goals of weight loss, reward yourself by allowing yourself a limited portion - like chocolate? Eat just one piece. Dark chocolate is preferred as well - milk chocolate has milkfat, and white chocolate is a complete and total no-no because it's entirely artificial and sugar.

Also, if you do powerwalk, always do minimum 20 minutes of muscle work beforehand, because for the first 20 minutes, your body burns nothing but glycogen, so doing muscle work is a win-win because it prepares you for the walk and builds up muscle.

Don't starve yourself, ever, you just lose muscle weight, which in turn reduces muscle density, which makes you use less calories, which makes you accumulate fat.

Always keep low on sodium (salt).

You don't necessarily need to 'drink' protein either. Grilled chicken breast or lamb chop is an excellent supply of protein, and taste good as well. Just don't go too heavy on the condiments.

3000 unused kcalories = 1 lbs of fat.

Several of you have perfectly normal BMIs. Or maybe it's the female psyche that's got a problem with even slight weight gains...

I'm
5'9"
145lbs/66.2kg
BMI = 21.4 - smack dab in the middle of the healthy weight range.

Maybe it's because I'm still kinda growing, but hell, I changed my lifestyle and it's gotten me pretty far. I actually gained weight while I was in Korea over the summer (August-September, went up to 73kg), but then I'm back down to 66.2 kg now, that's 6.8 kg, around 15.4 lbs for those of you keeping track.

Also, for those of you that are still in your early teens - you'll still be using far more calories most of the time, so no need to worry about it too much.

Another handy tip:
Since it's winter, most of you will likely be wearing long pants/jeans, covering up your ankles. I don't know for girls who wear straights, but I can manage to put on ankle weights under my jeans and cover them up. This extra ankle weight really helps overall, and when you take them off, you feel like you're flying. Running, to be honest, is by far the best exercise, and if you don't feel somewhat strained while you 'powerwalk' it's useless and you're not doing it hard enough. You need to push yourself to the limit, to the point where you're panting and/or gasping for air.

For those of you that are readers/enjoy reading, I'd also recommend the book French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I read the book in Korean, and it was a fascinating read - it also gives some awesome recipes for weight-loss food, such as leek soup and breadless pie.

People, think about your BMI before you GO ZOMG I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. There's a difference between toning up and losing weight.

what's banshinyok?

hmmm. i might try this. thank youu =)

Current stats:
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 103
Goal Weight: 97
Age: 17


TT.TT i need to lose weight for gymnastics o.O

wow.. that is alot of eating.. haha but i think it can work.. haha maybe i'll try too.. haha

Wow..this sounds as if it works really well..
I want to try..before I do here's my profile [:

Height: 5ft. 6 1/2 in.
Weight: 115 lbs.
Age: 14
Goal: 100 lbs.

CAN SOMEONE BE MY DIET BUDDY? (;

i have to lose 20 lbs by december. i have dance performance & our teachers making us wear belly shirts :[

now: 127
goal: 100-110

this sounds like a really great idea :] i gotta stop eating sweets @.@

^
I'll be your diet buddy!

This seems pretty reasonable. I'm 5'6-5'7 and 120lbs. XD . I feel fat haha . I gained weight since like gr10 . before that i was so fit. Look what school does to me T_T

im gonna try this o-o;. im getting so overweight ]:
this diet sounds good..but 4 meals a day? wouldnt you gain weight
andits only 30 min of powerwalk
mm..well i i guess i'll try this for a few days and see how it goes~

Ok...
I've been eating a LOT of fruit lately for this diet (mostly persimmons)
And I seem to have puffed up a bit

Are there certain types of fruits that should be avoided? >.<

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I just walked outside for about half an hour and I feel so good x] But I'm still scared to death of what kumdo will do to me

<milk.BOX>, I think banshinyok is the diet method where you sit in a bathtub with really hot water up to your bellybutton for 40 minutes. I tried it once but I got sooo dizzy @.@;;

i really wanna do this...BUT
school gets in my way
can any of you guys draw a plan for me including school

ohhh imma do this it looks interesting a simple

dood man some of u guys are so friggen light already like do u really need to diet??? (@___@ ) ...ehh but then again i guess everyone's body composition is dif...>___< still..

oh this is definitely interesting- and doable. so i shall try it =D

but can't today or tomorrow since i have to go buy fruit.. yeahp yeahp.

sounds unhealthy.. but i want to do it..>.<
i want to lose 20 lbs for my 20th birthday!!

this is a little diet plan i drew up for my 3-4 week 20 pounds loss diet
(btw..STEAM YOUR BROCCOLI, if u dont u atleast have to leave it in vinegar, cuz u gotta get all the bad things out of it)

breakfast- 6:50
special k cereal wit 2%low fat milk
2 pieces of whole wheat bread 40 cals per slice

im at school for my snack...soo help me out on this

lunch: 11:00
salad,
whole wheat sandwich with lettuce/tomato/turkey/oil vinegar

last meal-ish- 3:20
salad with avacado/mushrooms with some vinnegrette dressing

6:30-8:15- tae kwon do


after this i have NOOOOO idea wat to do HELP!!

a healthy adult needs to eat at least 2,000 kcal to keep the energy im concerned because ur eating way less under 300 kcal?? that's like starving yourself... and do u even have the energy to do so??

the cold water will only burn like 10kacl which is NOT a lot because lets say u then chew a bubblegum then u gain the 10 kcal back. << this is true got it from my dietitian teacher << she has a degree in this.

If it says a "nutritionist" suggested this they did not actually go to school to get a degree. they are certified because anyone for an amount of $500 and then some can get a certificate for being a nutritionist.

I'm gonna try this...yay!

In order for me to lose weight, i have to eat 1500 cal and less. eating 2000 cals a day would make me gain weight. 1000-1500 cals a day is standard for most people.

I'm not ONLY consuming 300 cals a day. it's 300 or less + 4 servings of fruits/veggies, 4X a day. I don't think anyone would be starving, but they might be bored with their food choices.

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I don't think there's any fruits that you're supposed to avoid... but i'm sure eating fruits can't get you fat... maybe you should vary your fruits. Instead of persimmons all the time you can eat apples, bananas, pinapples etc. some fruits have been known to cause gas too... that might be a reason why you feel "plumper".


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