Seriously though.... without the total lifestyle bull ( remember we train to wrap shins around our opponants necks....not very healthy!) what have u guys found to be an effective RAPID weight loss regime? In Thailand, they just cut the rations ( calory control?). But ive had fighters who have been on as little as 800 cals/day while training and have found that their metabolism adjusts to this 'famine' state - meaning they are always hungry/miserable, but the weight stops falling.
Ive lost as much as 9kg/3 week stint on atkins 3 times now and am quite happy that my energy/general health did not depreciate. And, though bored of the regime, I never felt hungry. (Ive lost weight on low cal regimes too - no probs if the motivation is there). Unlike Sandy, my weight is highly dependant on training and diet - loosing/gaining 5+ kilos per couple of months! Before I started muay thai, i weighed 100+ kilos.
So ignoring the healthy lifetime regime advocated by girly magazines and concentrating on fighters weight loss - Dr Atkins?