Is this good to lose 10 pounds in 10 days?

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7 and I'm 143 and I wanna try something new to lose at least 10pounds. Will this work?

Breakfast

1 cup strawberries

½ cup serving plain yogurt

1 cup tomato juice.

Lunch

1 banana

Lettuce/tomato salad with lemon juice

1 cup vegetable soup

Dinner

1 orange

1 cup Steamed Brussels sprouts

1 cup onion soup

Snack 1 Fruit serving 1 Vegetable serving

In addition to green tea. But I will change it a bit, like instead of eating orange every dinner for 10days. I'll eat some other fruit. Thanks all

[Chris_52]

For losing weight, you need to burn off more calories than you take in. Guaranteed that your body's metabolism burns your food you eat throughout the day (that's why eat smaller meals throughout the day is better) plus some extra exercise during the day. You will most likely not lose 10 pounds in 10 days, which is actually very unhealthy. You are better off slowly losing the weight 1-2 pounds a week. It takes time, but it is all about getting into that healthy habit.

And like Stitches said, you need protein in your diet, helps your muscles (which burn calories throughout the day themselves). But over all, you need to make sure you body gets enough nutrients it needs.

[martyfellow]

This is 'binge dieting' and you'll be starving so after the 10 days you'll quickly gain it all back.

Plus, you are rsking fainting by eating so little. It would be OK if you just sat cross legged and chanted prayers for 10 days, but if you have a normallly active life style, you can't maintain it on so little food.

[oneirataxia]

After 10 days, then what? You'll either go back to your previous diet, or binge, and gain the 10 pounds back (maybe with interest).

Try something more sustainable. Eat healthy and exercise. Make slight modifications to your diet/lifestyle (and make SURE you enjoy doing it).

Anyway, your weight doesn't seem terrible for your height. If you want to change, it's not necessary to do so in an extreme way.

[elements]

Ideally, you should be losing 1-2 pounds a week. Lose any more than that, and it won't last. You will gain it back pretty quickly.

And I'm no expert, but being 143 at 5'7" sounds like a healthy weight to me.

[kinkynconfused]

Anything that loses 10 pounds in 10 days is going to be mostly water weight. Our bodies just can't metabolize fat that quickly. Responsibly limit your calories and exercise more, aim for 1-2lbs a week. Since you are of a decent weight already your weight loss rate might be a bit slower.

[WoIIie]

You won't lose 10 pounds in 10 days. No. Stop it. You won't lose 10 pounds in 10 days. Understand?

As for your diet, you need more protein. If you don't like meat, go ahead and buy some protein powder and mix it with fat-free milk to get a serving of protein in for every meal. If you keep doing this combined with LOTS OF CARDIO, you can easily lose 10 pounds in 4-5 weeks.

[Jager66]

no not really