To ask how I can quickly lose 8 stone?

[Weightlosswonders]

I need to lose 8 stone as fast as possible.

In an ideal world I would do it more slowly and in the healthiest possible way but due to current circumstances, I need to lose it as quickly as possible.

Im looking into a possible meal replacement diet but that’s looking rather pricey! (Around £12 a day which is too much for one person!)

All suggestions welcome. (my interim target is 4 stone by Christmas) and I’d welcome any advice from anyone who’s down similar.

Exercise. Just an absolute mountain of exercise - running if you can possibly. Weights work too, more muscle = burning more calories.

Careful calorie control - no empty calories from drinks etc, healthy whole grains no white carbs, lean protein eg prawns, chicken, turkey, eggs.

Are you losing it for a medical procedure? Why the timescale? Wedding?

Would you consider surgery/medication? Do you actually need to lose 8 stone, is that the amount of excess weight you have?

I do know someone who used meal replacement and lost 7 stone over a year but that was a few years ago and I dont work with them now so dont know if it was sustained.

Is it for a medical procedure

Ps - there are no shortcuts here. Your body needs to use more calories than you eat. You achieve this by burning more and eating less.

Well, you are certainly being unreasonable. This is massively unrealistic. If you've not lost it yet (sorry, but true) why do you think you can lose 4 stone in 11 weeks...
It take some people a year to lose that. Could you have a more realistic goal?

Sorry, small child!

If it's, eg, for a medical procedure and you need to lose the weight fast (and don't care about being healthy), low calorie is the way to go. It doesn't have to be meal replacement, just eat less. Exercise isn't going to make a massive difference to the actual number on the scale if that's what you're most concerned about.

Excerise, at least 20,000 steps a day.

Low carb.

Have you spoken to your gp? You might be eligible for those injections. I don’t know a huge amount about side effects- I believe there can be nausea and that with them, but a few over weight friends went on them with great success. Unfortunately though I believe they are intended for life long use and many have gained weight back on stopping them. Might be a conversation worth having with a doctor though. Agree with exercise and diet, again useful to chat to your gp as you could get a dietician referral to help you ensure you are doing it as healthy as possible.

You can't lose 4 stone by December in a healthy way I'm afraid

Even in an unhealthy way I don't think

I mean...go on a diet that bariatric patients go on, that might do it. Liquids only, tiny quantities, extended period of time.

But it's still going to take the best part of a year absolute best case scenario. And you are high risk for putting it all back on plus extra if you aren't setting yourself up with sustainable habits.

Why do you need to lose it as fast as possible? When it comes to weight loss, slow and steady often ends up being the fastest way, which I know is not what you want to hear but if you want to win this game, then it's a reality you probably need to accept. I have more than 8 stone to lose and am down almost 3 stone since the beginning of June (spurred on by a health crisis) doing it the sustainable way, which is fast/slow enough for me to be confident I am setting myself up with habits I can keep indefinitely.

Also yes - 4st in 11 weeks isn't very realistic. A high but sustainable level of weight loss is 2lb per week if you are quite large to begin with, so 1.5 stone by christmas is more sensible. 2 stone if you are really very large. Most people can only sustainably lose about 1lb per week

Weight loss surgery. It is life changing and very positive.

If you are going to eat drastically low calories, you need a way to do that without feeling too hungry so lower carb and high protein is what you need to do, can the meal replacements provide that? They're normally full of either sugar or sweetners which personally I believe cause fluctuations in blood sugars.

Ozempic

South beach diet is quite good for quick weight loss. But it will still take a long time to lose 8 stone.

If you lose that amount of weight very fast you will have huge issues with loose skin .

If you are massively overweight then you could lose 4 stone possibly by Xmas. But it will be tough. No chest days, no little bits of things. No snacking. 11 weeks of diet and exercise.

surgery/medication aside

1200 kcal a day. No carbs. No alcohol. No crap sugars. Fruit veg protein.
exercise as much as you can. 10k steps a day if nothing else. Weights/cardio if possible. 4 times a week

I don't see how you'd be able to lose 4st by Christmas, sorry. I need to lose a similar amount of weight (at my heaviest ever now). I did the Cambridge diet some years ago (yes, it was expensive), and I lost 4st in 4 months. I even went to Zumba 4 times a week then, as well as aerobics twice weekly.

Diet Now and Exante are similar to Cambridge, but a lot cheaper as it's just a case of buying the stuff and doing it yourself - no weigh-ins or meetings as with Cambridge.

Worldwide shortage of GLP1s until at least mid 2024

Keto & running

Fast 16 hours a day. Exercise. Drink gallons, eat healthily. Maybe aim for 2 stone by Christmas.

If you’ve got 8 stone to loose then 4 stone by Xmas actually sounds quite achievable on a calorie controlled diet and some exercise. Take your pick from slimming world, weight watchers, my fitness pal, team RH fitness etc etc…..they’re all basically a calorie controlled diet with some exercise to help calorie burn.

If you’re 8 stone overweight then suddenly taking up running on a no carb diet is never going to end well 🤣🤣

For those suggesting running, are you,, or have you been 8 stone overweight. Ive lost 7 stone and still cant comfortably run!!!

I lost 7 1/2 stone in 10 months doing Exante.