To ask if anyone has actually lost 7-10 lbs in 3 weeks?

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Yes absolutely possible!

And you don’t have to starve yourself either. My advice is to go onto James smith calculator and input all your details and it will give you a calorie allowance specific to you. Then you can track your calories using my fitness pal or similar.

Try to eat a good variety of foods, keep protein high in every meal that you can and bulk up your meals with low calorie components! Eg if having a roast chicken dinner have your chicken, small portion of potatoes and larger portion of veg

Me too, à stone in 21 days. Then about 2 months for the next stone, much less strict about calories but still mes diet. Another stone in following 3 months. Kept it off for about a year then went wild.

I lost 17lbs in four weeks earlier this year.

Stopped alcohol and snacks/junk food. Lot of water. Rode 50-60mins per day average on spin bike, ended up covering about 1100km and burned 31,000 calories.

Didn't watch what I ate in terms of regular meals or counted my calorie intake, just made sure there was nothing obviously fatty or unhealthy.

It's an extreme example, but proves that it is doable if you are fortunate enough to have a lifestyle where you don't need to eat out/on the move and can find the time to exercise. I realize I'm lucky to be able to do that.

Nonsense.

It is perfectly achievable on a 1250 calorie a day diet.

Egg white and spinach omelette for breakfast
Chicken salad (150grams lean meat) for lunch
Fish and vegetables for dinner
2-3 litres of water a day

No bread, rice, pasta, flour, potatoes (sweet potato ok in small amounts). Literally nothing but the above.

Repeat for 21 days. I lost 12lbs.

Boring and often felt hungry but was very good for my skin tone, bloating etc. Looked noticeably slimmer.

I literally upped my steps from less than 7000 to 17-20000 a day and stopped snacking.

Of course you can lose 7-10lbs in 3 weeks!!
For some people - that's nothing.
And its not because they are following some ridiculous diet - its because everyone's bodies work differently and everyone has differnet starting weights.

If you start at say, 20 stone, then 7lb in your first week is very reasonable and you might even be pretty dissapointed if you've only lost 7 in three weeks.

I lost 14lb in 10 days after my tonsilectomy where I couldn't eat more then a few mouthfuls of food a day other then litres of ice water.

I also lost a stone in 3 week at 24 the first time I ever did low carb.

3 big spoonfuls of natural yoghurt for bf.

Low carb soup (meat and veg and cream) for lunch.

A SMALL (half my normal portion) of a lc meat based dinner with green veggies. So meatballs in tomato sauce. Shepards pie with celeriac mash topping, creamy chicken with bacon etc etc.

Lost 3 stone in total but weight loss slowed down a lot after the first month

I lost 10 pounds in one week following the chemical diet (you can search it online). It states that you can lose 1 stone in a week, and it was invented by a Surgeon for their patients to follow if they were too overweight for surgery.

When I say I followed the diet, I didn’t actually read it properly, and didn’t follow it to the letter, so was delighted that I still managed to lose 10 pounds in the week.

The chemical diet really kickstarted further weight loss for me, and a healthier regime, including going to the gym 3 times per week. I didn’t put any of the initial 10 pounds back on, and lost 2 pounds each week, and 4 in another week. I ended up losing around 2 stone in total in around 2 months and felt fabulous, and was hoping to lose more, then I went through a really bad time and my depression reared its’ head and I’ve put it all back on plus some!

Yes but I am very overweight, I needed to lose a lot of weight to be put on a waiting list for surgery. I was incredibly motivated and kept up the 7lbs loss every 3 weeks or so. Surgeon was amazed how quickly I did it, did intermittent fasting and ate mostly fruit and veg with tiny bits of carbs ( I’m veggie anyway) took a multivitamin to cover any shortfall in nutrition. Not a good way to do it though as I’ve put all the weight back on.

I lost 14 pounds in 2.5 weeks on low carb diet

Yes; I had a weight restricted activity coming up so it really was all about weight, not health or how I looked. Lost a stone in a month.

Meal replacement protein shakes and one minimal low carb meal a day. Nuts if desperate and lots and lots of fluids and walking. Not fun or sustainable long term but effective and bearable.

It was a good kickstart to then start a healthier more sustainable life - i think you need some quick results to get hooked and connected to your body.

Yes thats completely doable for me on something like Atkins or keto but a) I'm a good bit fatter than you and b) not for more than a week.

I'd start keto and do a plank every day to maximise toning your stomach.

Having said I lost the weight I'd actually agree with this - find something flattering to wear that you look and feel great in.

Yes, close, but it will just be water and it goes straight back on.

Pick a nice outfit that flatters your existing figure and go as you are.

A good pair of skinny-knickers and decent bra will make more difference than 3 weeks of extreme dieting.

Yes - Fast 800. I lost 10 lbs in just under a month. I probably wouldn't do it any longer than 4 weeks as I've heard you can damage your metabolism doing it for a longer time. But I was never hungry. I did a fair amount of exercise as well - walking, cycling mostly.

Totally doable. 1200 calories a day ( you need to log EVERY SINGLE THING that passes your lips. I use MFP) and 10k steps.

I lost half a stone in a week.

I was on the norovirus diet.

I don't recommend it.

I did, lost 5lb in week one then 5lb over the following 2 weeks. But most of that was water weight and it didn't really make much difference to my shape. It's not possible to lose that much fat in 3 weeks unless you have a very large amount to lose.

Yes.

but I’m very fat so weight loss is quicker. I am on keto and like it because I don’t have to count calories which I detest.

Have a look at the Fast800 plan by Michael Mosley. It’s very doable, and safely.

I lost 8.5lb in the first 3 weeks of doing Slimming World. I lost 4.5lb in my first week and then 2lb a week the next 2.

Yes. I've very recently lost 1st 4lb in 7 weeks by eating 1200 calories per day and exercising about 5 days per week. You can do it!

I lost 9lb in that time doing the very unmumsnetty Slimming world