making weight

[The Game]

need to get from 160lb to about 140-145lb i dont really have a time limit as i am not training for a fight just now.i want to lose fat while keeping muscle.I no the basics of low calorie balanced diet and exercise but anyone no anything esle that could speed up my weight loss thanx.

[Smith]

Drink 5litres of ice cold water a day, & just make sure you eat smaller meals 5/6 times during that day. Youll get there after a while. DO NOT SKIP MEALS

[The Game]

thanx , what is the reason behind the ice cold water, is there any exercise secrets i could use ?

[Smith]

Water has a zero calorie content, you can actually use simple physics to burn calories
just by drinking it! Everything in your body is heated or
cooled to core body temperature, and every action performed by
your body requires energy to do so.

Your bodies unit of energy is calories, so simply by drinking
your water ice cold will burn extra calories using your
bodies own heating mechanism to raise the temperature!
Studies have shown that out of the hundreds of people studied over the years, the people who drank the most ice cold water lost the most fat! You can burn up to 2000 cals a wekk just from water.
If you're not drinking at least (yep, at the very least!) 4 litres of water a day, you're really not using it to it's fullest potential!
Look at water as one of your best allies in your pursuit for a
better physique. It's free, it's convenient, it's easy to
prepare... how hard is it to put a glass under a tap and throw
in some ice?!

[The Game]

thanx again m8, on the exercise side of things what should i be doing to lose the fat while keeping muscle and training for boxing.I no running and jumping rope but anything else apart from the usual that would help ?

[Smith]

thanx again m8, on the exercise side of things what should i be doing to lose the fat while keeping muscle and training for boxing.I no running and jumping rope but anything else apart from the usual that would help ?

If youre a member of a boxing gym you should have trainers there that will direct you, but make sure you hit the bags and eventually spar for boxing specific. I myself do a lot of weights in my training, but some warn against this(those who dont do waits will probably give you a bit of advice later) Just make sure your diet is clean and calorie's are in deficit. On your rest days just have a little jog, say 20 minutes. You'll get there. Someone will come along soon to give you more info, i myself have to shoot out.....:good .:hi:

[younghypnotiq]

LMAO you like the Gayme. w.e well what i do for wrestling is that im around 170 usually and i just dont eat the day of the fight and go in a sauna while wearing garbage bags to lose weight

[boxing4life]

well hey THE GAME, how long have you been boxing for? I also need to get down 6 pounds in 17 days for my fight if anyone has any suggestions please throw em out there

[Slicknick56]

run in the morning before eating and drink lots of water. running in the morning burns fat 3x faster and the water will make u shit out everything else.

[younghypnotiq]

6 pounds is easy. you can sweat it all out. dont eat the day of the weigh in and chill in the sauna and run while wearing garbage bags

[chinachin_76]

Train more, eat less and more balanced ... and set yourself realistic goals. You don't lose that sort of weight overnight. It takes planning and discipline.

[Smith]

Train more, eat less and more balanced ... and set yourself realistic goals. You don't lose that sort of weight overnight. It takes planning and discipline.

:good It really is that simple ladies and gents, theres no magic involved, it takes discipline and hard graft

[Relentless]

run in the morning before eating and drink lots of water. running in the morning burns fat 3x faster and the water will make u shit out everything else.

it also burns muscle.

and drinking 5 litres of water a day is harmful to the health.

[Smith]

it also burns muscle.

and drinking 5 litres of water a day is harmful to the health.

No its not pal, more than 5 litres is, but 5 litres(this can include other fluids) is beneficial.

[Relentless]

no it is not, 2 litres of water isn't even needed in a day.

[Relentless]

read this boy'd

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[Smith]

Well you think that re'le'n't'l'ess, i'll still keep doing it, it does me no harm, as thousands of others. I can get links that counter what your link is saying so ... It is imperative to get cold water, but of course you get water through fruit et al as well.

[Relentless]

that much water will also wipe away alot of vitamins and nutrients.

[amy]

6 pounds is easy. you can sweat it all out. dont eat the day of the weigh in and chill in the sauna and run while wearing garbage bags

Don't listen to this guy.

Train more, eat less and more balanced ... and set yourself realistic goals. You don't lose that sort of weight overnight. It takes planning and discipline.

Listen to this guy. :deal

[amy]

that much water will also wipe away alot of vitamins and nutrients.

That's true. My grandmother got osteoprosis becasuse of drinking too much water.

[Relentless]

and what about water contamination

[The Game]

i have been training on and off for a couple of months.BUt I am now going to training seriously so I am looking to lose fat not just water which i will put back on when I re-hydrate.

[thunder06]

making weight sucks. i walk around at 175-178 lbs and fight at 165. its the worst kind of pain for me. i hate being hungry:twisted:

[sjfou]

run in the morning before eating and drink lots of water. running in the morning burns fat 3x faster and the water will make u shit out everything else.

Thats bullshit - running on a empty stomach has been proven to lose about an extra 300 calories a year or .03%. i dont know the exact figure but it makes running on an empty stomach irrelevant. Besides that id rather have some fuel & workout harder.

Water helps, but fibre is what makes you shit.

[chinachin_76]

2 litres of water a day is enough. I'm pretty sure 5 litres is harmful to your health. In reality there's no point even measuring how much you drink. Know your body, it's easy to know when your thirsty and not.

[younghypnotiq]

Don't listen to this guy.



Listen to this guy. :deal

WTF are you talking about? you obviously never had a fight before. Alot of people do it

[amy]

WTF are you talking about? you obviously never had a fight before. Alot of people do it

I've had 11 fights there bub. He said he wasn't wanting to lose weight for a fight and that he wasn't in a hurry. No sense in wrecking your body for no reason. :deal

[younghypnotiq]

yah i know but right before the fight if he stil needs to lose weight than you should do what i said.

[amy]

yah i know but right before the fight if he stil needs to lose weight than you should do what i said.

He's not losing weight for a fight.

[younghypnotiq]

oo alright but if he was my idea would work

[amy]

oo alright but if he was my idea would work


Seriously, don't listen to this idiot. ^

[younghypnotiq]

are you a dumbass. who ever wants to know how to lose weight ask your nearest HS wrestler they will tell you the same thing i said.

[younghypnotiq]

Althought you shouldnt do what i said unlesss you really need to lose weight badly quickly and when they make you pee in the cup drink some water right before you go and spit in the cup thats what i do. it is dangerous if you lose to much at a time i lost 12 pds in one day last year

[amy]

are you a dumbass. who ever wants to know how to lose weight ask your nearest HS wrestler they will tell you the same thing i said.

:rofl A high school kid is the LAST person I'd ask for advice on anything. Period.

[amy]

are you a dumbass. who ever wants to know how to lose weight ask your nearest HS wrestler they will tell you the same thing i said.

Here's the original post just in case you need to read it again:
need to get from 160lb to about 140-145lb i dont really have a time limit as i am not training for a fight just now.i want to lose fat while keeping muscle.I no the basics of low calorie balanced diet and exercise but anyone no anything esle that could speed up my weight loss thanx.

[younghypnotiq]

come on you have got to be kidding my idea clearly works.

[younghypnotiq]

I KNOW BUT i am saying what i do to make weight if i need to lose extra weight. to answer original question. go on a cutting diet eat around 40%cals, 40% protein, 20% fat, eat 6-7 small meals, stay away from anything unhealthy every other week have one unhelathy meal. eat around 14x your BW in calories

[Olz15]

come on you have got to be kidding my idea clearly works.
no your idea doesnt work thats not losing weight which is what the poster want, your describing cutting weight which will come back on oncee you rehydrate

[younghypnotiq]

I Know But I Was Saying How To Cut Weight.

[Relentless]

follow younghypnodicks idea if you want to be weak and dehydrated.

[younghypnotiq]

wow you guys are dumbasses you only do it until weigh ins then you gain it all abck

[Relentless]

this isn't professional boxing dumbass there is no time to gain it all back, we fight the same day as the weigh in.

[amy]

wow you guys are dumbasses you only do it until weigh ins then you gain it all abck

Look Slappy, we all know what cutting weight is and most of us here have probably had to do it at least once so you can stop with the dumbasses schitck.
The original post had nothing to do with cutting weight quickly for a fight, in fact he stated specifically that he was not in a hurry and wanted to actually lose fat (permantly) and you gave the worst advice possible. Not only is it unhealthy, for his goal......IT DOESN'T WORK! So knock it off already.
We all know how to sweat off a pound or two, we get it, really we do. But that's not the topic so zip it already!

[younghypnotiq]

I KNOW BUT i am saying what i do to make weight if i need to lose extra weight. to answer original question. go on a cutting diet eat around 40%cals, 40% protein, 20% fat, eat 6-7 small meals, stay away from anything unhealthy every other week have one unhelathy meal. eat around 14x your BW in calories

i know i also wrote this.

[Relentless]

hey hypnodick how about you stick to receiving advice instead of giving?

[younghypnotiq]

because diet and weight training i can actually help with

[Smith]

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Im keeping my mouth shut this time, this is just ridiculous - Hypnoboy, have you considered writing a book of your advice, would sell a lot!

[sjfou]

honestly, i couldnt be fucked reading all this, but i will boxers cannot cut weight like wrestlers due to the simple fact the brain is about 70% water. Any dehydration causes it to swell, therefore has less impact absorbtion.

It takes up to 40hrs to fully rehydrate.

Also - you want good diet advice? see a professional nutritionist - there is ALOT of good info. on the net but NONE is specific to YOU - ive never been leaner, stronger, lighter & fitter than when i had a program written for me. They really arent that expensive, especially for the piece of mind, but the first person you see may not be the best, so try find one with experience in the field you compete in - in this case boxing. Just trust & believe in what they say, follow it as close as possible for at least 6 weeks.

[benj4]

Running in the morning on an empty stomach won't burn muscle. After around 2 hours of running it will. And i doubt many people here run that far.

As for cutting weight:

1. 5 days out from weigh in drink 2-3 gallons of water a day and use more salt on your food than normal. 2 days out begin cutting back on your water and salt. Use no salt and drink 1 gallon of water a day. the day of the weigh in drink no water till after. This will trick your body nto dropping more water weight.

2. On the day you begin excess water intake (5 days out) begin to stimulate water loss by using a mild diuretic like dandelion root. this will make your kidneys excrete more water.

3. 5 days out also seriously decrease your intake of carbohydrates. A gram of carbohydrate holds about 3 times its weight in water. Increase your Protein and Fat intake.

4. 5 days out and up to weigh in eat more fiber. You can bu fiber supplements. You can lose 1-2 pounds from this alone.

After the weigh in:

1. DO NOT FUCKING PIG OUT WITH ONE BIG MEAL.

2. Eat small portions of food every 1-2 hours up to the competiion. Drink gatorade as well. Eat your last meal 2 hours before your comp.

That is all

[death]

I know this is kind of an old thread but you can never bring up this kind of stuff too much in my opinion.
I just wanted to mention my own experience about an article that relentless posted, specifically talking about water intake.
I used to drink a boat load of water because my kidney doctor was always saying how much I needed alot of water etc... Everybody was telling me how much I need to drink. They would say, keep drinking, keep drinking. So I did.
I can't remember exactly how long after, but I started to have severe nausea, and malaise quite often throughout the week, somtimes lasting up to 3 or 4 hours or so each time. I literally thought I was going insane as well. Then it would gradually leave. It was consistant for a little over a year. I dreaded life for this alone. It was one of the worst feelings I have ever felt. I would feel it hit and would literally grovel on the carpet in utter agony. I went to my kidney doctor, and general doctor about the issue and they had no f'ing clue, and it didn't really seem that they gave a damn either. My general Doctor told me to drink more water, (Which was the actual f'ing problem!)
I switched my general doctor to a new one and told him what I was going through. He did some bloodwork, and I ended up having Hyponatremia. I quit drinking so much water and I haven't had one of those horrible episodes since. It was so simple to cure. Hyponatremia is nothing nice. The definition of it on wikipedia is pretty accurate.

I took this out of wikipedia and it is dead on. "As the hyponatremia worsens, confusion, diminished reflexes, convulsions, stupor or coma may occur"

Don't drink too much water.

[GPater11093]

it was real funny as on th ehompage i was looking at the right saying last reply and it said

'making weight last reply by Death'

that sums up makiing weight realy

[scurlaruntings]

I KNOW BUT i am saying what i do to make weight if i need to lose extra weight. to answer original question. go on a cutting diet eat around 40%cals, 40% protein, 20% fat, eat 6-7 small meals, stay away from anything unhealthy every other week have one unhelathy meal. eat around 14x your BW in caloriesHonestly you never cease to amaze me.. 14 times your bodyweight in calories? What on earth are you talking about? Every time i come on this training forum theres always some idiot giving out bullshit advice thats about as useful as a chocolate teapot.


With that im off to the gym!!!

[BlackWater]

Guys...this was over a year ago.