making weight for an audition

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum here. I am in a unique situation for weight loss, and so bear with me as I explain; I'll try to be as concise as possible. Also, pardon the lack of detail, as it is in my best interest to keep things mostly anonymous.

I am a professional musician (the "classical" kind). I have an upcoming audition with a premier band for a branch of the military. Long story short, this is a "dream job" for me. The pay and benefits are absolutely amazing, and winning this audition would be one of the those "I have arrived" moments for me, and I would basically be set for life.

The problem is that I am overweight, and there is a weigh-in before the audition that I MUST make to even take the audition. Needless to say, if I wasn't allowed to audition because I was too fat....I would be devastated in more ways than one.

For my height, weight, and gender (male), I need to be 202 lbs at the audition. When I found this out through an interview, I was 227. Today, the audition is 24 days away, and I am 214 (I lost those 13 lbs in about 3.5 weeks). I have done some math on it, and given a food calorie allowance of 1500 calories a day, I need to achieve a caloric deficit of roughly 1800 calories a day, or slightly over .5lb. Factoring in my estimated BMR, that's roughly 1200 calories from activity (exercise/playing my instrument, everything else).

I am monitoring my progress daily with an excel sheet, using a weight average from 3 weigh-ins a day. The way I have set it up, if the number for "caloric deficit per day" goes down or stays the same, I'll make the weight. If that number goes up at any point, it means I am not losing enough weight per day and may not make it.

All that said, I have lost weight many times in my life, but never with this sort of hard deadline approaching. A couple things you should know before responding to my inquiry:

1) I know that 2 lbs a week is considered "healthy"
2) I know a good deal about nutrition, and my 1500 calorie allowance is ENTIRELY from whole foods. I am attempting roughly a 40/40/20 nutrient ratio.
3) I know that crash dieting leads to quick weight rebounding. I plan on easing slowing back in, after the audition, to avoid this issue.
4) I've already purchased a plane ticket to the audition...I'm going to go there no matter what.

My question is: Can anyone give me some suggestions as to the healthiest way possible for me to make this weight? This is not a long-term thing, just a 24-day period in which I MUST lose a certain amount of weight.

Thanks for reading!
 
Hi there,

I'm not expert, and respecting your wishes to support you with this choice in weight loss...I would suggest upping your cardio and exercise- but make sure when you're doing intense exercising, you're eating enough to sustain you.

I would suggest brisk walking for 20-30min at least 3 times a week, if not more.

Good luck! And keep up updated!!!

I hope your audition goes well- it seems like this is a fantastic opportunity and something very important to you :)
 
I would have to say... START RUNNING!!!! RUN! RUN! GO! GO!!!!
Get the running shoes on, and run your ass off!
and good luck!
And then run some more.
and when you can't run, walk.
 
EDIT: My mistake..somehow I read that as 24 hour..not 24 day. It's excessive but achievable.

Ok. follow what everyone else said and secondly, before you eat something or order something just say to yourself 'is this the best option for me?'. Ordering a salad, make the mental answer be get dressing on the side and add yourself to control the amount. Also, mental cues will help. Is there an ad or a symbol you can keep on your person to touch or see when you are at meals to remind you of your goal?
 
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Recommended amount is half that and under so, yeah, pretty extreme.

But I agree with Tik, get some exercise in there! The job sounds something you are very passionate about so good luck :) xx
 
wrap yourself in cling film and go in a sauna, i know it seems far fetched but u can lose somthin like 20lbs. you basicly just dehidrate yourself
 
scottsblue said:
sorry just being a life time dreamer i love to see people get there dreams.:iamwithstupid:
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Through horribly unhealthy ways? If I told you my dream was to be rich would you tell me to rob a bank?!

EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATINGGGGG! *bangs head on table* Not saunas.
 
It's a lofty goal, but if you work hard, you may be able to get there. Make sure you're getting as much activity as you can... walking, running, swimming, cycling, hiking... whatever you like to do.

Vary the intensity. Some days do longer, 30-90 minutes (or even 120 mins) of low to moderate intensity activity. Some days do shorter, 20-30 mins of higher intensity activity like a walk/run program, or something similar that involves 30-60 sec of high intensity activity with 90-120 sec of low intensity activity.

Also, try not to sit down when you don't need to. Don't sit on the couch and watch TV, avoid the computer, take the stairs not the elevator, park farther away from wherever your destination is, walk or bike to and from work... Anything you can do to not sit still!

The eating part it seems like you have a good handle on... eating no processed foods will get you a long way in terms of weight loss!

Good luck!

P.
 
If yours is a short term weight goal, I would also recommend abstaining from salts, you would lose a lot of water weight, even if you just totally abstain from salts four days prior to the audition and drink a lot of water.

Good luck!
 
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