is it true that you can lose weight by defecating (i'm not talking about taking laxatives to induce defecation). i'm talking about every day, normal number 2's.
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Yup. Your body hold onto about 5-8 lbs. worth of digested food in your intestine. If you were to stop eating it would take about 2-3 days to empty it out, hence losing about 5-8 pounds. But of course, next meal it will creep back.
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never because you're depriving yourself of food.\nalthough they do work in the short-term, in the long-term they're very dangerous as you'll regain all the weight that you lost.\n\nthe best way to lose weight is to regulate what you eat, cut down on your emotional eating, and to work out more.
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It is EXTREMELY unhealthy to try to loose weight with the use of laxatives. What happens is the laxatives put the digestive system in overdrive and the food gets pushed through the system before the system can digest it. So you end up malnourished because your body doesn't have time to get the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates or proteins out of the food you eat and definitely doesn't have time to store any of it as fat. Since your body thinks it is starving, because of the lack of nutrients, it has to start breaking down the reserves it has stored. It will break down fat first to use for energy and when the fat runs out the body will start breaking down muscle. On top of the body basically "eating" itself in order to maintain, the digestive system gets so used to the laxatives that when you stop taking them the digestive system won't work. You end up constipated and even impacted because the bowels can no longer move on their own. It's a horrible thing to do to your body.
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There is only one way to lose weight, diet and exercise, and it wouldn't happen overnight without surgery.  \n\nLaxatives are stupid for two reasons.  One, you'll do your body real damage.  You'll become dependent on them and probably give yourself IBS or a similar disorder.  Two, they don't even work because by the time you pass the food, your body will have leeched the bulk of the calories from it already.  The only weight loss you'll see will be from temporary dehydration, which will be just that, temporary.\n\nEat less, exercise more, there's no magic to it.
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Yes.  Not only is this true, it is also possible to vomit and defecate at the same time!!  That is not a pleasant thing to do, so don't try it.
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Some of us have that problem of gaining weight, and others have trouble loosing. It certianly has little to do with how much you eat, though a doc friend has told me the amount of times I eat and what times I eat. Finaly I have gained weight, my wife too.
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Yes you will lose weight. As-long as you are consuming those fewer calories! And you ar going to gym 5days a week! Well done! You are definitely on the way to a perfect life style. Just eat healthy. That's the key to it!
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Losing weight fast is usually just in the beginning and yes it's more water weight than anything else. It does provide a great incentive though to keep going. After that losing weight the slow way like you are doing is the best. It becomes a way of life as well and you'll stay in good shape.
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Hello, \nI know the diet and I'm on it it's great. give me you e-mail and ill send it to you. For 3 days in a row you must eat certain foods on the list then the rest of the week you eat a normal diet. When I started it i lost 6 lbs. in 3 days.\ngabynjess@yahoo.com
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You can lose the weight on any healthy eating plan but what's important is to find the eating plan you can stick with for life.  If you go off the plan after you've lost the weight you'll just gain it all back and more if you revert back to what you were previously eating.  That's the reason most dieters fail.  So do your research before you begin and don't be afraid to switch from one plan to another as you are losing.  Consider it a learning process for maintaining your weight.\n\nFor ideas on the various plans you can search Google or go to the Weight Loss forum at About.com.  You'll see kinds of comments there about the various plans as well as articles at the site home page...\n\nhttp://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ab-weightloss\n\nI do know what I'm saying.  I've had weight issues all my life and had lost quite a bit of weight twice before.  It wasn't until early in 2004 that I found the plan that actually works for me.  I've maintained a 70 lb. loss for two years now.  Previous to this loss I had always started gaining again within just a couple of months of hitting my goal weight.\n\nSo you see...  The magic for keeping it off is to choose an eating plan that keeps you happy and doesn't eliminate the foods you like the most.\n\nEveryone is different when it comes to results, although most people have significant losses during the first week or two.  Most of it is just water but it's nice to see the scale drop so quickly.  Losing one to two pounds per week is ideal after the first couple of weeks.  Losing faster means you're losing muscle rather than fat and could also be starving yourself, which can permanently screw up your metabolism.\n\nYou can also get good answers to your exercise questions at the Weight Loss forum.  There are many people there who are practically experts.  You can also find good information at many of the exercise sites at About.com.\n\nGood luck!
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I have some detailed ideas about weight loss on myYahoo!360 Blog of September 10.\n\nTo summarize briefly, don't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nAnother overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.\n\nAloha
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I'm serious, don't get sick though. I had food poisoning from consuming fish/chicken, don't know which one made me sick, and I lost 30 pounds in 1 month from throwing up and having the runs. People were complimenting me on my weight loss, but I was living in agony. I don't know what I had, but the first round of antibiotics from the doc did not work. It took 3 treatments! I have since gained the weight back because as soon as I got better, I ate everything in sight! Food never tasted better in my life. I've learned that drinking cold water boosts your metabolism 30% because your body has to work harder at maintaining the water at body temperature. Good-old fashioned exercise and food portion control ought to do it. Don't skip breaksfast and drink as much water as you can! That's my best advice. I don't think there is a HEALTHY way to lose a large amount of weight in a short period of time.
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The water isn't going to get stored any more than usual.  Your weight fluctuates.  Don't cut back on water!  You need it to flush everything out.  Just keep on, add more exercise, you'll see some movement.  And add more fiber to your diet!  One bowel movement a week isn't a lot.  Eat more greens, or take a fiber tablet if you can't get enough with your diet.
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Crappy ways:So called liquid diets.Replacing meals with vitamin pills.Taking diuretics or laxatives.Can't help you with scources.All my info is from stuff I've seen idiots, I mean people put themselves through.
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I know your hands are full and you don't have time to od much. But, its' good that you are thinking about your weight to stay healthy. Let me tell you what worked for me. My Dr. recommended the Medifast Diet. It teaches you to eat 5-6 small meals a day every 2-3 hours. You lose weight quickly and healthy with very little execise. And, it is convenient you can carry the food with you where ever you go and not break your diet. I lost 26 lbs. so far. If you want more information just e-mail at lovejae247@yahoo.com
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I did lose a lot of weight, over 100 pounds. And that helps with the asthma. I made a conscious effort to lose weight because I knew I could be happier as well as being healthier. I started by going on a diet a year and a half ago and I got a personal trainer, but I definitely have a healthier lifestyle now.
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