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Do you snack after dinner? I find i can drop a couple lbs if I totally cut out the post dinner snacks (I think because normally I tend to inhale a lot once the kids go to bed!) so after dinner I try not to eat anything... Except for a glass of wine

I like this cleanse because it lets you eat solids, but you have to have a good blender.
http://www.kaylachandler.com/start-the-new-year-off-right-with-a-7-day-detox-cleanse-and-lose-weight/

For the goal of looking more trim in photos in just two weeks, I would cut salt (to drop water weight/bloat) and just wail on your abs. At least do like a quick ab workout every day. Cutting carbs will make the scale number go down but I don't think it impacts your appearance that quickly.

I had to cut all carbs and sugar out for my IVF cycle. I lost 5 lbs in a month. I even had to restrict some fruit. It was hard, but effective. If I ever need to lose weight again that's what I'd do.

I just lowered my carb intake below 100 carbs a day and dropped bloat and weight in a week. I can't go zero carbs because I hesitate to call things like fresh fruit, beans, and sweet potatoes not a healthy part of my diet. I do love the low carb because I don't feel restricted that much and I have lots of energy.

A day for me looks like:
Breakfast - scrambled eggs with cheese, cut up apple
Snack - babybel cheese
Lunch - Rotisserie chicken breast, mixed veggies, sugar free pudding
Dinner - Teriyaki salmon with frozen Asian veggies. And a bonus is that wine is carb free

@youboots: my husband went on a no carb diet while stopping his running habit and he's the slimmest he's ever been in the entire time I've known him (12 years.) Granted, he was always slim but now he's tight, no more little bit of love handles he had. He doesn't count calories, just limited carbs and sugar. Some examples of food he eats are bacon and eggs, coffee with half and half, hard and cream cheese, creamy dressing like ranch and blue cheese, butter, meat, veggies, nuts. It's basically paleo, atkins, south beach - whatever you want to call it. I thought eating everything in moderation was healthier but I can't argue his weight loss and appearance. He did strictly no carbs for about a week at first and he said you lose a ton that way, but he didn't feel good doing that so after the first week he started eating a little carb daily - prob about a half a cup/bowl worth of carbs. He also splurges once in a while, like ice cream, he's not crazy strict about it. It's more of a sustainable lifestyle now. Oh and he also drinks a lot less, esp beer. He recently got a buddy of his into it, and he said this guy lost 18 lbs in a week. Granted, he was a little heavier to begin with, and he also went ALL IN. My husband didn't think that was a healthy way to go but whatever.