jmt4127 asked:


I need to loose 5 lbs in a week..I don’t care if I keep it off.. I just need to make sure I can get them off, I’m willing to do anything it takes..I know this sounds unhealthy, but i need to look my best for 4 days, and i’ve read up on laxitives and what will happen..but has anyone every used them just for weight loss and what happend?

Bradley

4 Responses to “Laxitives for a quick weight loss?”

1. bri on December 11th, 2008 12:23 pm

   You need to be very careful if you plan to do this as you will give yourself dreadful diahrroea which could mess up your bodies delicate balance of salts and electrolytes. This can be very dangerous and can even result in death.
   If you put yourself on a very strict diet 800 cals per day you could probably still achieve the weight loss, taking diuretics on the most critical days.

2. Dancer_grl on December 14th, 2008 6:00 pm

   That’d probably work. Also, try not to drink a whole lot of liquids the day you’re wanting to look skinny because they temporarily make you bloated.

   Carbs are good for you, but if you’re just wanting to lose some weight in a week I wouldn’t eat anything with a lot of carbs. Not eating carbs is a very fast way to lose weight, but it should only be a temporary solution as it is not healthy.

3. magically delishious on December 18th, 2008 4:35 am

   …starve urself…geez… o and yea i doesnt make you lose weight fast just makes u…well u no alot o and it makes ur skin look really bad afta like whor-able and sumtimes ur skin never goes to how it was so i wouldnt try it… go on a fruit diet or somethin dat works better

4. adamadamum on December 20th, 2008 2:23 pm

   Laxatives will make you lighter, no doubt, as they will empty your bowels, to an unnatural and unhealthy extent, and of course your waste products will weigh something.

   But you won’t lose fat any faster, and won’t look slimmer than if you just stick to a sensible diet of around 1000 calories a day.

   You will eliminate food waste (which would come out anyway) and water, not fat. And get nasty diarrhoea, severe at times abdominal pain, probably an inflamed anal area, feel weak, and have the antisocial issues of possibly excess flatulence and needing to be able to find a loo to poo in wherever you go.

   If you are really desperate to look slimmer in four days, I may be wrong but I think there are salon treatments which may have instant results, albeit temporary. Obviously I don’t mean liposuction!

   I am sorry I cannot give you information on those, I have never gone down that route myself! No doubt they will not be cheap but I am sure they would be healthier and more effective than laxatives for a quick fix.

   Maybe if you post a question in Answers regarding salon treatments for a quick temporary inch loss, you may get some answers from those who know more about it than me!

   Please don’t be silly enough to take laxatives. Even though it won’t really work it will damage your health, and so many people take them habitually, it can become part of an eating disorder. Do you really want that?

   Good luck. If you diet sensibly for the four days you will be lighter, and often you have a big weight loss in the first week or so anyway – mainly water loss but it makes you feel and look better so that may be all you need anyway!

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