To think that if Kim Kardashian can, I should be able to do the same too and yet can't?

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Apparently Kim Kardashian lost 16 pounds/7k in under a month. Reportedly she wore a sauna suit, ran, and cut down sugar and cards and ate vegetables and protein. I may not have the sauna suit but I can do the rest, right? And yes I don't think I could lose that much weight in a month (I'm a size ten, about 5'4). AIBU to think that while on paper I should be able to lose that much weight, it probably wouldn't happen? I usually watch my weight by calorie counting and that works for me - but not that quickly!

I did, thanks, and I stand by my statement that anyone who has mutilated themselves with weight loss surgery is misguided to consider daft crash diets.

Who says that weight loss surgery is a panacea? Well, for a start, most people who are planning to have it. And the bariatric surgeons who regularly crop up on TV - most recently on Panorama a few weeks ago - who argue that more money, in fact almost endless money, should be made available to fund gastric sleeve operations because otherwise the nation will be crippled by obesity and nothing else (eg health education) has worked. I could go on.

I get that you are sensitive about having had weight loss surgery, which is why many people deny having had it. But that’s a different debate, and I don’t want to derail this thread.

It's easy to look back on MM with fondness - she died in her prime, we didn't see her old and the scandalous headlines in a way died with her...KK's are much more current although no doubt we'll see some more when Kanye's back out of rehab.

There's this photo

It’s not even a nice dress 😳

I sort of agree, I the black and white images make it look so special and really "something" but it's a bit meh in real life. Maybe we've been spoiled and nude sparkly dresses just aren't all that to us anymore 🤷🏽‍♀️

That’s the replica that KK had made to measure.

also, photoshop.

@MargaritasOnMe the video on the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Instagram clearly shows it the conservationists putting the dress on her. Whatever you think about the Kardashians, surely people have better things to do thank make up mean rumours about other people’s bodies. Just move on with your day!

Also, the colour was intentionally very similar to Marilyn's skin tone, so it looked as if she was naked. That, and the fact that it was extremely tight and slinky, was very shocking in the day, whereas now we shrug at starlets with their bits hanging out on the red carpet. Then of course there was Marilyn's breathy 'Happy Birthday Mister President'. It was the occasion, rather than the dress itself, which was historic.

Marilyn was literally sewn into it, wasn’t she? So it was a much closer fit and as you say, the base colour was identical to her skin tone so gave the effect of being naked but for a covering of diamonds. Kim K’s was neither tight enough nor the right colour, plus paired with those horrible shoes, it was a look that failed.

I didn't mean I want to lose all that weight - I just meant that I simply cannot loose weight at that rate. I eat 1,200 calories a day (but do no exercise) and lose about half a pound or so a week. I have tried crash diets and they don't work for me. My original question was more a 'how on earth did she do that?' than a request to find a way for me to lose the same amount of weight in the same length of time.

I lost a stone last year on a 28 day body blast diet with a PT. It was bloody hard work though

I don’t think you need to lose weight given your size and height. So you are probably finding it difficult because the body doesn’t like to be underweight and will fight you.

On KK and her 16lb loss she is not a slim woman and the bigger you are, the easier it is to lose alot of weight initially. The sauna suit will also have caused the loss of water weight through dehydration, not actual fat loss or muscle gain.

Yes, she was literally sewn into the dress. You could clearly see the outline of her bum and belly button, which might elicit a yawn today, but in the days when women wore battleproof undergarments under their clothes, it was truly scandalous.

Now, it's just another slinky sequinned dress.

When I was 22 years of age I had a bad accident in a foreign country and ended up in hospital completely alone for two weeks .With the stress of it all and not knowing wether I would ever walk again I lost 12 kgs and I was eating a little .So I do think maybe it is possible to loose 8kgs in three weeks considering they have all the support to do so .

She 'reportedly' lost all that weight and yet wasn't able to do up the zipper of MM's old dress.

She used the fur stole to literally cover her arse.

My flabber was basted by the fact she spent14 hours doing her hair for that gig. 14 hours!!!

Dyeing your hair from dark brown to platinum blond will take a long time...

And yet even after she'd managed to do all that she stayed so much more classy than KK.

Exactly. And she was famous for her screen presence and her comedic and dramatic acting talent. Kim K is a dull and narcissistic woman with vocal fry who is famous for being famous.

I doubt they did that in one 14hr day. It would’ve snapped off! You would usually do that over a period of months. She would’ve just worn a really good wig, surely?!

If you're 5' 4" and size 20 you don't need to lose weight!

10 not 20

She also failed that exam done 4 times apparently.

@elbea I'm not making up anything - I'm simply sharing something I saw on social media about her comments and if / how she managed to lose so much weight so quickly. I see another poster has posted a photo of her which shows it was untrue though, so fair enough. I actually quite like the Kardashians and I'm not sure how suggesting a woman who has clearly had several cosmetic procedures may have had further ones constitutes hate but there we go.