Just curious...when did you know you were going on the cruise? :P

If you crash diet for two weeks you might lose more than a safe amount of weight, but you'll also be exhausted, irritable, and no fun on your trip.  Also, chances are you'll lose muscle tone first and the scale may say you're down X pounds, but you'll look flabby, and if you're not getting the right nutrients your skin will show it too.

What might be more fun is to lose 2lbs/week the healthy way, start a bit of weight training to really define your arms and look better in sleeveless stuff, then go get a haircut or whatever else would make you smile and walk around more confidently (pedicure, eyebrows threaded, new sunglasses). 

I bet the cruise itself is what could kick-start some new healthy eating - rumour has it they chop up all your vegetables for you (always something I get lazy about so I skip salad :). 

Lean on a counter while you stand on the scale.

I've lost 5 pounds since Friday.  I've been dieting since January so I know it is not water weight.  It really depends how much you weigh.  I'm in hte low 200's so it is easier for me to drop more weight than someone who weighs 145. 

Do at least 30 minutes of cardio a day and eat lots of fruits and veggies and protein!  Don't forget to take you're vitamins though!  Also you might want to cut the carbs for the next two weeks if you want to drop some "puffyness".  I'm not big on the low-card diets but I think they make you lose weight more quickly in the first two weeks by not eating any carbs or sugar.  Hope this helps! 

And why did you wait so long to start dieting for a cruise?  lol shame shame procrastination is never good!  :)

As everyone has said, you'd never keep off the 10 pounds if by some complete injustice to your body you even managed to lose them in two weeks. You also wouldn't really be losing much fat.

Instead, start eating healthy now. Two weeks is enough time for many people to get into a groove with healthy eating. It's enough time for me, I know. Once you're committed to eating healthy, are feeling healthy, and have probably lost a couple of pounds, it will be easier to stay on track on the cruise. And bonus: you'll actually keep the weight off.

You could always pull a "Biggest Loser" in the next two weeks and work out for 7 hours a day and eat nothing but healthy stuff and lose about 7 lbs per week.........

I'm sure some of the other suggestions sound way more appealing right about now, huh?

Have fun on your cruise, you'll have a blast no matter what you weigh. 

Original Post by betsylin:

But how can I realitively safely lose about 10 lbs. in two weeks. This is not how I normally diet, but I'm going on a cruise and would like to lose some of this weight, actually, my goal is 17 lbs total. Any advice?

Ten pounds in two weeks is not bad at all. I have done just that and didn't gain it back (of course I continued my routine). What I did was this: I ate the minimum of 1200Calories, and I exercised for about an hour and half every day. Mostly cardio. After the deadline came, I just continued eating those calories, but exercised about 30min a day. My weight loss decreases, but I didn't gain anything back. If you feel like trying it, go for it. It won't be easy, though. When I was on that diet, I got really hungry at the beginning, but eventually that went away. After I decreased my exercise time, I felt fine.

If you watch what you eat you can loose like half of it and that is  in a healthy way ....and  getting halfway is not that bad either, right?:)

chop off a limb :D

have fun on the cruise!!

I don't think a diet is what you're looking for... You want to look better in a swimsuit, right? If so, a diet will probably not help you any, because you won't look as good after two weeks of starvation!--and dieting isn't going to give you the results you want. Instead, tone your muscles--that is something you can get results for in two weeks. Weight training is surprisingly fast, and in women it does not result in bulky muscles (you simply don't have the testosterone) but in more of a defined shape. You want to go towards high numbers of reps with low weights, rather than the other way round. This kind of workout is actually semi-aerobic because you are moving rather quickly. Combine that with a sensible diet and you should have your goal "look" without losing dangerous amounts of weight. You don't want to have to go to the emergency room instead of your cruise, right? Thought not...