What's the best way to lose a few pounds in one week?

[spacedonkey]

Is it possible? My belly is ridiculously protruberant and I'm going out next Friday. I think it's partly fat and partly bloating from xmas eating. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

detox...

No sugar, no wheat, no alcohol.

Good luck!

ok I don't drink anyway so alcohol's easy

if i cut out bread and sugar and just eat soup for dinner every night will that work?

is rice bloating?

Eat brown rice, not white.

I've lost weight since being on a version of the low GI diet while I've been pregnant - am considerably trimmer than before I got pg! I have gestational diabetes, so what I can and can't eat is a bit different from low GI - I've discovered that white potatoes don't affect my blood sugar levels, for instance.

Drink lots of water too - big glass before you eat and you won't be as hungry - often we think we're hungry when we're just thirsty.

i've got the GI book here - i'll have a read of it later

may have to resort to healthy options like laxatives and speed

Try to cut out bread and potatoes and replace with ryvita or crackerbread. Drink about 8 small glasses of water throughout the day. Eat main meal at lunchtime and have light snacks of fruit, yoghurt and crackers throughout the day. I usually do the 2 bowls of cereal diet and end up losing about 6lbs in a week. Also try and do 100 situps a day - break it down to 25 situps throughout the day - less punishing. Have a good clear out of any Christmas leftovers. Good luck!

hurray! you're all giving me hope - will follow suggestions and give away remaining boxes of chocs etc

myalias - is that cereal diet any good ... ?

The cereal diet deffo works I usually have a bowl of special k for breakfast, a healthy lunch and a bowl of cereal at tea time. I also have it with skimmed milk if you can stomach it. I have really bad chocolate cravings so I have a hot chocolate in the morning and one before bedtime. The most I have lost is 10lbs after the 2 week period. But I do go mad with the sit ups and cycling to help the weight loss.

michelle mcmanus has a 4 day detox in htis week's Heat magazine - looks really good so Im going to give it a go