Has anyone tried this for loosing weight?

[Thatgurl058]

A friend of mine said she drank a v8 for lunch and dinner everyday and last week alone she lost 6 pounds. I was totally stunned. I do exercise but I'm so very self conscious about my weight. I'm not obese but I feel like I am. So I wanted to try this. Just to see what happens. Has anyone else ever tried this for loosing weight? And if so did it work?

[underconstuxion206]

A v8 for lunch and dinner is not enough nutrients to keep you healthy, you can do that for a very short period, but it would not last for long and then you will gain that weight back and more, because if your body loses that much weight that fast, it will go into starvation mode (it thinks it needs to survive a famine) and try to makeup for lost body fat. Best way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat a healthy diet and keep it consistent, stay away from sugar (the body doesn't need much) what the body does need you get from everyday foods.

[jp612612]

I've never heard of this, but that should work. Is she drinking the v8 in lieu of lunch and dinner? Or did she drink them with her lunch and dinner? If she drank them with, then I'd be skeptical but a v8 has a tiny, tiny amount of calories. The thing is, I think you'd have trouble getting satisfied with a v8.

[RJGraveyTrain]

You will lose weight, but it isn't the healthy way to go about it. Yes vegetables have vitamins and such but you need a balanced diet to maintain your body properly. Getting into the habit of essentially starving yourself to lose weight will lead down a very bad path. Especially if you're admitting to having bad self esteem and feeling overweight even though you acknowledge you aren't.

Talk to your doctor, let him get you in touch with a nutritionist.

[shadowlegend]

Having only a liquid diet will make someone lose weight over the first few weeks but it isn't healthy long-term (numerous side-effects) and the weight won't stay off when they start eating food again. The body needs nutrients from actual food, not liquid, and the body will have problems readjusting if they stick with liquid for ages then switch to food.

[kaylaS91]

v8 is salty af. It's basically a dieuretic so- yeah, she might've lost weight. Mostly, if not all, water weight.

There is no quick + easy way to lose weight as in actual fat.

[JenSCDC]

The change is her weight was mostly do to either dehydration or "not having very much material in her digestive system". One pound of fat is 3500 calories, so if she would have to have run a deficit of 3000 calories a day to lose 6 lbs of fat. Given that the average woman needs about 2000 calories a day, that's impossible without a _huge_ amount of exercise.

A realist goal is 1-2 lbs a week.

[Streamhopper]

Yeah, you'll lose weight. Most of it will be water. V8 is somewhat high in sodium, so it'll suck the water right out of you. Slow, steady weight loss is key (for people not like me) and that's what you should focus on. High protein, low carb, good water intake. You'll see better results with that than any fad diet.

[writing_essays]

Starvation diets don't work long term. If you want to lose weight go on a low carb diet and then avoid grain to maintain your weight loss.

[mecca99]

i never used v8 to diet before. to be honest it doesn't sound safe. i did do a green smoothie diet for a week and lost 5 pounds...

[Sephora_Addict]

Uhhhhhhmmmm it doesn't work. Don't listen to her. You'll lose it fast and gain it faster and you'll weigh heavier. BAD IDEA!!!

[mmagirl7]

just V8? lol that's disgusting and idiotic. that is NOT healthy and that will 100% lead to a binge that will make you heavier than when you started. in order to lose weight you must fill your body will nutrients.. eat up!

[PJMICH]

cleanses only make you do two things: #1 & #2. sustainable weight loss isn't reached by drinking fluids for 7, 10, or 30 days, despite what anyone tells you. good habits are what ultimately keeps a healthy weight, not fads

[Zendrya]

that is so unhealthy...