I have a weight loss bet with my friend before we go to Vegas on Wednesday night. We had 2 months each to lose 20 lbs. We weigh in on Wednesday morning at 8 am. I need to be at 204 and am currently at about 208. Can I lose approx. 4 lbs over the next 70 hours? I was never a wrestler, but I know there are some good weight cutting techniques. Right now my plan is to eat next to nothing, two-a-days at the gym on the treadmill (approx. 7 miles per day) and start to limit my water intake. Then on Tuesday night/Wed. morning spend some time in the sauna. Can I get there with this strategy? Any other hints from the wrestlers in OT that did this on a regular basis?

Thanks!

and also try to have a low sodium diet until the weigh in.

Run with garbage bags under your clothes.

Dont eat the day before you weigh in.

Work out hard morning before get a good run in hit the sauna.

4lbs you can lose taking a big dump. Get a 24 hour colon cleanse theres built up bulk that rests in your colon if you dont clean it out that should be at least 2 pounds.

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

Just work out, limit your food intake and drink plenty of water. At your weight four pounds should be fairly easy.

only drink plenty of water until the end. Don't rehydrate after that last workout until after you weigh in. You CANNOT lose 4 pounds of fat in 70 hours. It will be mostly water weight.

 

Originally Posted by Jaybone2315

Id would help... but id probably be grossly exaggerating on how to lose weight.

probably

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

 

Originally Posted by CapTinBisKuiT

Don't rehydrate after that last workout until after you weigh in.

I would only do this after weighing yourself and still being over the limit. If you are at target weight then continue to drink a little water. If you are less than a pound from target an hour before weigh-in then you should still be able to sweat it off in that time with a strenuous workout.

come on dyz, of course he can drink the amount he is under weight. He shoudln't be drinking tons of water to rehydrate after the last workout cuz he will gain back everything he just lost.

 

Originally Posted by Jaybone2315

Dyzalot... water isnt the best way to go about this.

Cutting water intake should be the last resort. Most likely if he is working out hard then he will be losing more water than he is taking in anyways. I wouldn't cut water out of my diet until 12-24 hours before weigh-in, if you are still short of the target weight.

 

Originally Posted by Jaybone2315

Dude could just go run with a few shirts on and a hoody for about 2 hrs and he would lose 4lbs.

That's kind of my point. If you have to dehydrate yourself for the last couple pounds, wait until the very end to do it to reduce the risk of damage to your body.

i have fond memories circling taft elementary school's football field in NE DC in shoulder pads and a helmet, wearing sweatpants/sweatshirts and a trash bag in 100+ degree weather, in all the glory of the dc's infamous humidity....and then before weigh-ins being in a van with a dozen other kids with the heat on full blast wearing those same sweats + trashbags. good times.

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

I remember my first year of wrestling, weighing 85 pounds (98lbs being the lowest official weight class in NY at the time) and eating/drinking on the way to meets while teammates were jogging & spitting on the bus ride to lose that last pound. They were so jealous...

we had the same thing on our team. recruited some 90 pound kid for 103 cuz we were forfeiting every match at 103 (and we were a really good team too so that wasnt good ). he won some matches for us, but i still cringe at the thought of the tourney where he lost to a girl...then has to wrestle her again on the consolation side of the bracket and lost again:/. he did get to eat on the bus tho.

lol.

Im so happy that in my 4 years (103, 112, 119, 119) that i never had to wrestle a girl. All the guys above and below me had to but I always lucked out. None of them ever lost tho, which was a good thing.

Even at 103 I still had to cut weight. I was 115 and the teams didnt have a 103. I have no idea why i ever agreed.

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

Just work out, limit your food intake and drink plenty of water. At your weight four pounds should be fairly easy.

but he is 6 foot 8.

I appreciate the responses guys...I was only planning on the cutting water/sauna stuff in the last 16-24 hours if it was really necessary. I guess I feel like I can drop 2 of the 4 lbs no problem with a serious diet and exercise for three days. Just wondering if the extra 2 lbs was doable in a sauna for an hour or so before weigh in. Sounds like it should be from the responses.

You wrestlers were crazy in high school, that had to be a hell of a committed lifestyle.

 

Originally Posted by dams

I'm kind of doing the same thing as you, but this morning I weighed 205 at 6'1. Then I got a haircut and showered and weighed 204. Then I ran 2 1/2 miles and now weigh 205.5. I think it's time for a new scale.

What happens if you lose the bet???