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But you might want to try the 48 hour Miracle Diet they carry them at Walgreens. They say you loose close to 5% of your body wieght in two days.  
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The body weight lost is just water weight when it comes to those type of things like 48 hour Miracle Diet, The Hollywood Diet,  diuretics or anything that requires you to sarve yourself for 48 hours.  :-/

Thanks anyway though.  :)

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Maybe I'll try just eating 1 sensible meal a day with 3 fruit/veggie snacks, drink lots of water and ride my exercise bike for an hour (1/2 a.m 1/2 p.m.) everyday for the next 2 weeks. That sounds like it might work. My chances of making it are not very good. Well, at least I'll try.  :P
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What do you plan to do for week 3, 4, 5, etc?  Do you intend to maintain this regimen?  
If not, you may be in for a rude shock.  

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This deadline was given to me a bit ago, so please don't think my Dr. is psycho. I am!  :o

Actually, since that deadline was given, I have made some very good changes. Those changes have made some difference, but the results are very slow. I know they'll make a difference in the long run, though. I do know that.  :)

Let's put it this way - I'd eat an entire bag of chips in one sitting. I've cut down on the snacking and when I do snack moderately, I eat healthier. I'd drink an entire 2 liter bottle of Coke a day. That alone contains 100 calories per glass. So you can imagine how many hundreds of calories I save myself from by just by having only 1 glass daily - 700!  :o

I used to be in very good shape and it was definitely due to the fact that I exercised more - Mind you, I still had poor eating habits then.

Now that my life's busier than ever, I've not had the energy or the will to exercise at all. So, I didn't. So, I put on weight.

The weight's enough to have made a significant difference. I tire easier, I feel tired more often than not, cholesterol's higher, my pants barely button-up because of an expanded waist line. It does bite when clothes don't fit well and you have to go out and buy some to accomodate extra pounds.  :P

I'm going to accomplish my goal and not kill myself doing it. It won't be a fad diet or some outrageously expensive weight management company by which means I will succeed.

I may take some time off to devote to extra exercise for the next couple of weeks and at the same time cut down some more on my calorie intake. Meaning that instead of 3 meals a day and snacks in between, I'll do like 1 meal a day and the snacks.

After I see the doc, I'll attempt to balance myself out. I won't be doing as much exercise, but definitely more than I'm doing now. Oh, and I will be going back to my 3 meals a day too.

My metabolism should be kicked-up a notch by then, so I will be able to burn the calories much more efficiently, thus not gaining the 15 Lbs. back. Of course, I will not be eating as poorly as I'd been either.

Thanks again for your input folks!  :)  You're the greatest.  ;)

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This is a great time to get into a good routine. BEFORE the holidays when we all binge a bit. ::)
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Good point. Goodness, I love my Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners!!! <Homer Drool "Arrghrrrgh">  :)

Pumpkin pie, Pecan Pie, Candied Yams... Oh, and the food too!  ;D

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Oh yeah, I forgot one more thing. Resist the urge to take a hacksaw in her sleep to people like, nothing personal, BPChick who can eat anything and loose weight. They are pod people. Here to goad us into jail sentences. They have been programmed by penguins.
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Is it a bad thing to have the urge to hold these people down and stuff them with twinkies until they weigh twice what they were before? ;) ;D

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Is it a bad thing to have the urge to hold these people down and stuff them with twinkies until they weigh twice what they were before? ;) ;D
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LOL! ;D

Trust me, it's a strong desire!!  My dear hubby has this superfast metabolism-he can eat like a darned horse and never look a pound heavier.  I hate that.  He has actually recently put on maybe 5 pounds in ten years--he whines and I say, don't complain to me honey--it's about time someone besides me in this house can't fit their jeans so well anymore!!

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As far as methods, I'll do whatever it takes at this point. I had a deadline before my next Dr. appointment. I've gone and waited to the last minute. If it gets me a little lighter in 2 weeks, I'll give it a shot. Exercise alone is not doing it.  :-/

Does anyone know if "Slimfast" really works?
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What good is it to lose 15 pounds in two weeks if you are not healthier. There is no healthy way to do it. You may lose water weight, but that will not be real weight loss, as you will get it back again quickly.

The most important thing to do is exersize. Dieting will not work. Here is why: When you cut your calorie intake (eat less food), your body burns less calories by lowering its metabolism. So if your body right now needed 2000 calories, and you only eat 1200, after a few days your body would adjust to only burning 1200, and you would stop losing weight. What is worse, when you go back to your normal diet of 2000 calories, for a few weeks your body will only burn the lower amount, and you will gain weight.

What is so wonderful about exersize is it raises the metabolism. So if your metabolism burns 2000 calories a day, and you run or do aerobics for an hour, you could burn an extra 500 calories a day, and that would be without changing your eating habits. I would also do some weight training too as a means to keep fat off the body, because every extra pound of muscle burns 105 calories a week. That may not seem like much, but an extra 10 pounds of well proportioned muscle would burn over 54,000 calories a year (about 15 pounds of fat a year).

Now here is where it gets really exciting, if you lose your 15 pounds, and replace it with some muscle, you will look so much leaner and thinner, becasue pound for pound, one pound of fat takes up as much space as 3 pounds of muscle.

One other side note, once you start exersizing, and your metabolism increases, that is the time to change your eating habbits. One general rule is not to drastically cut your calories, instead lower your portions by a small amount. You will be suprised how quickly you lose weight. Remember, it took you a lifetime to get to where you are, you can not reverse it in two weeks.

Lastly, if you do cut back on food, get a good vitamin supplement. You need B vitamins to metabolize carbohydrates, you need calcium to keep your bones strong while you exersize so you do not get stress fractures, and you need certain ammino acids and minerals to help burn fat. Not to mention the other vitamins in a good supplement will help keep you healthy.

Good luck, and take it one day at a time. The start is always the toughest.