need to drop 10lbs over night

[Pantlegz]

So I was an idiot and mis-read/remembered the weigh classes for my competition tomorrow and I'm about 10lbs heavy right now. The weigh-ins are at 8am and the competition doesn't start till 11:30 so I figure I'll skip breakfast till I weigh in, other than that and eating/drinking nothing until I weigh in what else should I do? I already ran for about 20 min after mma tonight, I don't want to wear myself out too much if I can help it.

Not making weight isn't really an option, right now I know of 3 people that weigh more than 100lbs more than me that would be in my weight class, there is no way I stand a chance against anyone nearly that big...

 

[eits]

do what everyone else does... laxativies. and only drink water and eat small portions of lean protein, like sandwich meat slices.

 

[HarryLui]

You're screwed.

 

[superccs]

2lbs maybe, no way your can drop 10lbs. Let us know how it goes though.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

This is completely doable but it will be a little rough. It's too late for laxatives if you want to make weight tomorrow AM and not shit yourself on the mat. Get a garbage bag and cut holes in like a pancho. Layer a bunch of heavy clothes on top of it and go for a 20 minute run. Before you leave turn on your heat on or just turn off the AC if you are in warm climate. When you get home keep all the clothes on and jump into bed with some heavy covers and stay there for another 15 minutes. edit: You want the room 85-90 degrees.

If you start getting really light headed take the covers and clothes off. You can also get some really sweet gum like bubalitous. You should be able to spit at least .5lbs per hour.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

do what everyone else does... laxativies. and only drink water and eat small portions of lean protein, like sandwich meat slices.

Don't listen to any of this.

 

[DougoMan]

Just cut off an arm.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Eh, do you have to drop the full 10lbs or do you have some leniency? I know some competitions will give you +2lbs. Honestly, you could just not eat/drink anything, make sure you empty everything in your system, and potentially sweat it out a little bit. It will significantly diminish your performance though. It might be worth it just to compete in the heavier division.

 

[thescreensavers]

This wont end well

 

[eits]

Eh, do you have to drop the full 10lbs or do you have some leniency? I know some competitions will give you +/- 2lbs. Honestly, you could just not eat/drink anything, make sure you empty everything in your system, and potentially sweat it out a little bit. It will significantly diminish your performance though. It might be worth it just to compete in the heavier division.

yup. don't starve yourself, exactly... it'll zap all energy. that's why i suggest some water and a couple slices of sandwich meat, but sc is right... you wanna try and keep as much weight from going in as possible and expel as much out as possible. just make sure you sip a gatorade or fruit juice or something before you compete. if your drive is strong enough, you'll overcome the lack of energy and win.

laxatives. i wouldn't suggest it normally, but in your dire case, that's what i'd recommend to drop as much dookie as possible... potentially, 5 or 6 lbs. it's pretty much your only hope.

 

[eits]

Don't listen to any of this.

dude's in dire straits. desperate measures. is it safe to do on a regular basis? no. is it smart? not really. would it be ok just this once? yeah.

obviously, the op knows this isn't a healthy option and isn't a smart thing to do on a routine basis. but he's desperate tonight and desperate times call for desperate measures, just this once (i hope).

 

[eits]

just found this article to help back up what i said:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/178550-how-to-lose-weight-rapidly-for-boxing/

 

[marvdmartian]

Just cut off an arm.

Close, but not quite.

1. Cut off arm, bandage wound. Be sparing on the bandages, though, due to weight. Put arm on ice.
2. Weigh in.
3. Rush down to hospital, get arm surgically re-attached.
4. WIN!! :thumbsup: :hmm:

 

[the DRIZZLE]

just found this article to help back up what i said:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/178550-how-to-lose-weight-rapidly-for-boxing/

You don't know what you're talking about. If he did what you suggested he wouldn't even come close to making weight. He probably dropped around 2lbs overnight from sleeping. Your suggestions wouldn't lose him the other 8lbs.

The OP completely messed up the process by only giving himself 12 hours to lose 10lbs so he needed to get extreme. That means not eating or drinking anything and intentionally dehydrating himself. It's too late for laxatives since they usually take a while to work won't be out of his system by the time he competes.

I'm not talking out of my ass here. I've personally done everything I told the OP to do when I wrestled.

 

[silverpig]

Laxatives will make it through his system in time, but there will be a lingering period where things won't be quite normal, and yes, he will likely have an accident on the mat. I'd suggest the laxatives at 24 hrs out, but that's not an option.

Dehydration is the only option, short of lopping off body parts.

 

[highland145]

Update?

 

[SociallyChallenged]

You don't know what you're talking about. If he did what you suggested he wouldn't even come close to making weight. He probably dropped around 2lbs overnight from sleeping. Your suggestions wouldn't lose him the other 8lbs.

The OP completely messed up the process by only giving himself 12 hours to lose 10lbs so he needed to get extreme. That means not eating or drinking anything and intentionally dehydrating himself. It's too late for laxatives since they usually take a while to work won't be out of his system by the time he competes.

I'm not talking out of my ass here. I've personally done everything I told the OP to do when I wrestled.

Not to mention laxitives have their own negatives effects on total body pH and ion balance, further reducing performance. I mean, if his life depended on it, then sure this is the way to go. Otherwise, I'd just accept defeat, and eat/drink a shit load and just try to get as heavy as I could in the next weight class.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

Not to mention laxitives have their own negatives effects on total body pH and ion balance, further reducing performance. I mean, if his life depended on it, then sure this is the way to go. Otherwise, I'd just accept defeat, and eat/drink a shit load and just try to get as heavy as I could in the next weight class.

It sounds like he was one weight class below heavyweight, so it was a huge jump in weights. 10lbs in 12 hours is rough, but it's doable. Basically he needed to lose 1.25 gallons of water, a little less if he took a dump.

 

[brad310]

cut your fingernails. shave all hair. donate blood.

in all seriousness, the garbage bag method while you do cardio is the best. ive even seen people do cardio in a sauna in a suit, which is probably the most effective.

 

[Pantlegz]

I ended up dropping 6lbs over night and in hindsight I should have sweated the other 4lbs out because I ended up sitting around for more than 5 hours after weigh-ins and would have had plenty of time to eat, let it digest and get re-hydrated. So I ended up going against someone at least 40 lbs heavier than me and lost by 3 points(IBJJF rules/ scoring). Which I would have had if there was a little more time, I got a sweep and was in the process of taking his back when the match ended... Unfortunately it was single elimination so that's was the end of my day. Next time I'll be sure to be at weight before the night before.

 

[Doppel]

LOL the only way to do that would be to take drugs and sweat out everything you could. It would be awful.

 

[Pantlegz]

I sweat out more than 4lbs on a daily basis with ease. If you assume I'm 60% water, which is probably an under estimate then at 224 I'd be about 135lbs of water, and 4lbs would be less than 5% of my total water weight. I know a majority of that water is necessary to survive but about 25%(33.75lbs) of the 135lbs is just extra water, not used in blood or muscle fibers. Or essentially I'd have to lose 11.85% of the total excess water to make weight which wouldn't have been much trouble at all. But I wanted to make sure I didn't wear myself out and wanted to make sure I would be hydrated to compete which given the original schedule I would have had about 1.5 hours rather than 5. They basically changed everything around because they had a lot of same day registrations and had to make the larger brackets as they went so we got bumped way back.

 

[QueBert]

There are UFC fighters who cut close to 20lbs in a single day, it's extremely dangerous though. I find it impressive that a fighter can weigh in the day before a fight @ 205 and fights the next day at 225. Tito Ortiz is notorious for his 24 hour cuts.

 

[swinger222]

Holy...
4lbs of water weight already sounds crazy to lose, but 20lbs in a day? That's ridiculous! You're playing with death with something like that.