Safest Ways To Cut Weight

[Youngblood]

We've discussed already quick ways to lose weight in another thread, and generally can agree it is not a healthy practice. Not only for what it can do to a body as far as drain, but also some of the serious long term complications of it.

So basically what my inquiry is, what do you think is a healthy way to lose weight for an upcoming match. Nothing extreme. No saunas or dehydrating. Say for example, for a 1 or 2 or 3 week timespan. Say to lose about 3 to 5 pounds. Is it realistic to be able to do it in a healthy manner successfully?

I have some ideas, but admit I don't really know. I'm thinking making sure to be careful of salt intake, as in limiting it? Also jogging more as opposed to sprinting for cardio? Trying to break meals down to smaller portions but more often daily?

[Sharla]

Someone wise recently told me about the properties of apple cider vinegar - among other benefits a small amount regularly is supposed to help.

Thought I'd mention it here since it was a big suprise to me!

Reducing excess but not all salt would help too i'd imagine - depending on how much you consume already. Would reduce fluid retention i think.

[sourpuss]

Someone wise recently told me about the properties of apple cider vinegar - among other benefits a small amount regularly is supposed to help.

Thought I'd mention it here since it was a big suprise to me!

Reducing excess but not all salt would help too i'd imagine - depending on how much you consume already. Would reduce fluid retention i think.

The apple cider vinegar thing really does work. It's good for all sorts of things, balancing pH in the system, skin rashes, controlling yeast in your body. Appetite suppression just happens to be a beneficial side effect.

[Youngblood]

Someone wise recently told me about the properties of apple cider vinegar - among other benefits a small amount regularly is supposed to help.

Thought I'd mention it here since it was a big suprise to me!

Reducing excess but not all salt would help too i'd imagine - depending on how much you consume already. Would reduce fluid retention i think.

The apple cider vinegar thing really does work. It's good for all sorts of things, balancing pH in the system, skin rashes, controlling yeast in your body. Appetite suppression just happens to be a beneficial side effect.

Okay well I am getting sold on this deal, and have sent Sharla a PM, but no idea when she'll be back. So my question is...how much and how often?

[Trainer Monkey]

Vegetarian meals intersped will help A LOT
Putting in some Falafel or such, makes you feel plenty full,but its not putting on weight

[sourpuss]

Try a couple of tablespoons with a few ounces of water twice a day. Usually after breakfast and after lunch. It tastes awful! So hold your breath!

Here's kind of what I do when I need to lose weight for a tournament.

1. Try to never get more than 5-7 pounds over your competition weight to begin with.

2. Start way in advance so you don't have to crash diet.

3. Begin by cutting calories where you can. No soda's or treats. Cut back on salt and sugar.

4. A couple of weeks before tournament time cut back on breads and rice, but don't do some high protein fad diet thing. Just replace those carbs with oatmeal and fruits and veggies. (except bananas, save those for after the tournament)

5. Be a little more active. If you usually train 5 days a week. Up that to 6 days a week when you start. Then as time gets closer, it helps me to do a little something in the morning and then do my regular workout in the evenings. If I have boxing training from 7-9pm, I'll do a 2-3 mile run in the morning.

6. Try not to eat after 7 at night. A light snack after working out but that's it. Light dinners, early in the evening or late afternoon are best.

That's what works for me, I'm usually able to lose .5-1 pound a day doing that without sacrificing any energy.

[Youngblood]

thanks sourpuss, great stuff.

Yea some of that is what I basically am trying to do, and to do it in a healthy manner, and of a slower process this time. Whereas my last fight, I had to drop from 160 to get to 154, and in too much of a hurry.

As of this morning I weighed in at 156, and am trying to graduallly and comfortably get there, or 153 even, to ensure no last minute silliness.

[porkypara]

We've discussed already quick ways to lose weight in another thread, and generally can agree it is not a healthy practice. Not only for what it can do to a body as far as drain, but also some of the serious long term complications of it.

So basically what my inquiry is, what do you think is a healthy way to lose weight for an upcoming match. Nothing extreme. No saunas or dehydrating. Say for example, for a 1 or 2 or 3 week timespan. Say to lose about 3 to 5 pounds. Is it realistic to be able to do it in a healthy manner successfully?

I have some ideas, but admit I don't really know. I'm thinking making sure to be careful of salt intake, as in limiting it? Also jogging more as opposed to sprinting for cardio? Trying to break meals down to smaller portions but more often daily?

A way to lose weight very quick is to have a doctor take off an arm or a leg.

Of course you might strugle as a boxer then.LOL

[Youngblood]

That's interesting Sharla...going to look into it.

Yours is interesting too porkypara! But I'm afraid I'm going to have to file that one under "serious long term complication".

[Boom Boom]

We've discussed already quick ways to lose weight in another thread, and generally can agree it is not a healthy practice. Not only for what it can do to a body as far as drain, but also some of the serious long term complications of it.

So basically what my inquiry is, what do you think is a healthy way to lose weight for an upcoming match. Nothing extreme. No saunas or dehydrating. Say for example, for a 1 or 2 or 3 week timespan. Say to lose about 3 to 5 pounds. Is it realistic to be able to do it in a healthy manner successfully?

I have some ideas, but admit I don't really know. I'm thinking making sure to be careful of salt intake, as in limiting it? Also jogging more as opposed to sprinting for cardio? Trying to break meals down to smaller portions but more often daily?

Exactly what you want to do. Sodium retains water, smaller meals throughout the day keeps your metabolism going....saunas and sauna suits are the worst way to go. Dehydrating yourself for a fight is unsafe. Your basically drying out your brain and the fluids around it.You will not take punches as well and can get seriously hurt. You need those fluids to absorb impact.

[Outlaw Immortal]

bro look, u can take everyones advice and just procrastinate, or you can take my scientifically proven facts and just incorporate them in your life, ok so before i start let me just say its up to you whether you want to stay fat or not.

I started cutting 5 weeks ago, i was 96kg, now im 90kg, and I have maintained most of my muscle, not all of it, but most of it because it is naturally impossible to keep your muscle the same while cutting.

Ok ill make it quick and simple:

1) No Sugars ('simple carbohydrates'- e.g. juice, soft drinks/sodas, fruit cake, ice cream, pie, chocolate, flavoured milk. some fucked up protein bars etc), No Saturated Fats (fat on animals, mcdonalds, nearly everything in this world... just read the back of the food label and see if the SATURATED fat exceed 3-4 grams. Monosaturated Fat is healthy (e.g avocado, peanuts, other nuts etc).

2) GYM (weights) four days a week. Cardio on other days (so therefore its 3 days of cardio).
The type of cardio you should do is High Intensity Interval Training. In other words what that is fundamentally is when you sprint as hard as you can for 1 minute, and then walk at a very slow rate for 1 minute, and you just go back and forth for around 20-30 minutes, trust me you're probably thinking oh shit 30minutes is nothing...bro..you haven't seen hell until you do this ok

3) Dieting- Have Carbohydates and Protein in the 3 VERY IMPORTANT MEALS-
*BREAKFAST
*PRE-WORKOUT MEAL
*POST-WORKOUT MEAL

Have about 40-50 grams of carbohydrates each meal (COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES IN OTHER WORDS-- 3 slices of wholemeal bread/ nearly a cup of oats/ a can of beans/ etc.)

As for your protein---HAVE PROTEIN IN EVERY MEAL------ i say this because you need to maintain your muscle because you are training so hard therefore muscle needs to be broken down and rebuilt. So have 35-40 grams of protein in each of your meals ( 180 grams of tuna/ a big steak/ 2 chicken snitzels/ 6 egg whites+ 125grams of cottage cheese etc, those are just examples for your understanding, but realistically you can do anything if u know how to choose healthy food)

Lastly have 5-6 meals a day, so basically because youll be training nearly every day your diet will look like this:

MEAL 1 ----Breakfast: Carbs+ Protein+ Fruit
Meal 2---------------Protein+ Vegetables
Meal 3------Pre Workout Meal--- Carbs + Protein + Vegetables
Meal 4------Post Workout Meal--- Carbs + Protein + Vegatables
Meal 5---------------Protein + Vegetables
Meal 6---------------Protein + a handful of nuts

Ay also, if you are a late trainer, and you are worried because you just had your post workout meal and it contains carbs and then you want to sleep, personally i think its best if you go to bed after an hour of your food entering your body, because thats what im doing and im seeing results.

I can guarantee you this diet will work, because its all science, bro i've lost 6kg in 5 weeks, so it works. Optimal weightloss range is roughly losing a kilo each week, so dont go expecting some bullshit jenny craig or atkins bullshit where its like 'HEY IVE LOST 30KG IN 1 WEEK' hahah, because in the real healthy world..shit doesn't work like that, unless something dangerous is gonna develop in your body soon.

Anyways good luck let me know if you take this on, and update me on your results after a month

[Youngblood]

you lost me at procrastinate, sorry.

Not doing any procrastinating, and got my weight exactly where I want it.

stay fat? I'm 6'1" and at 153lb. That's roughly 69kg.

Thanks for playing tho.

[Outlaw Immortal]

you lost me at procrastinate, sorry.

Not doing any procrastinating, and got my weight exactly where I want it.

stay fat? I'm 6'1" and at 153lb. That's roughly 69kg.

Thanks for playing tho.

lol....

why do you make threads and expect to receive answers as basic as your mind can comprehend, everything i gave you was as basic as you needed, and is the most ideal. What i explained to you was right, anyone who wants to debate my points, can feel free to set up a thread debating the matter with me. Anyway for your height i dont even know why the hell you would want to lose weight, you're lanky from the sounds of it even if u have a low body fat percentage. Why dont you just maintain your weight or move up in division?

[Salty]

you lost me at procrastinate, sorry.

Not doing any procrastinating, and got my weight exactly where I want it.

stay fat? I'm 6'1" and at 153lb. That's roughly 69kg.

Thanks for playing tho.

lol....

why do you make threads and expect to receive answers as basic as your mind can comprehend, everything i gave you was as basic as you needed, and is the most ideal. What i explained to you was right, anyone who wants to debate my points, can feel free to set up a thread debating the matter with me. Anyway for your height i dont even know why the hell you would want to lose weight, you're lanky from the sounds of it even if u have a low body fat percentage. Why dont you just maintain your weight or move up in division?

If you read his original post it alluded to the fact that he had posted his predicament in another thread. Which was that he needed to drop down to 69 kg just to get a fight as his opponent bailed on him. Therefor in such a short period of time your techniques aren't the most effective/relevant.

[jennifer8055]

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