Fast Weight Loss

[buchik_27]

Any idea/advice/suggestions on how to lose weight fast?

[naturallyadiva]

I am trying to lose ten pounds by christmas working from home and sitting on my butt all day has taken a toll a little. But Im planning on starting a work out routine, i do not have bad eating habits or anything.

[geojen]

Why do you need to lose it fast? You didn't gain all of your weight in one day, you can't lose it all in one day either. The recommended amount of weight you can safely lose in one week is .5 to 2 lbs. More than that is unhealthy, and you would probably be losing muscle mass--not body fat. What is up that you need to lose it so quickly?

[Fizgig]

An oldie but a goodie - Scarsdale. Just goggle it, you'll find the menus.

Whenever I find that I've crept five pounds past my optimum, I do Scarsdale for a week or two to get back to my fighting weight. (Once or twice a year.)

Yes, slower is better but sometimes those reunions or parties or whatever show up on your calendar and it's time to bring in the big guns.

[sakigt]

Like saving money, there is hardly ever a quick fix. Diet and exercise. But you already knew that

Snack healthily throughout the day. Dont starve yourself. Keep moving for 30 minutes a day, three times a week. Get plenty of rest. Eat those holiday goodies, but in moderation. Yes...you can have a cookie once in a while, but no need to binge as a "reward."

Good luck!

[Ima saver]

quit eating and start moving!!

[Hot dog]

The only thing that has ever worked for me is called the rotation diet It was big a long time ago. I like it because you eat normal foods just in single portion A bowl (1cup) of cereal with fruit or piece of bread with cheese and fruit for breakfast or maybe cottage cheese fruit and piece of bread -- one dairy one fruit and one carb. Lunch is tuna sanwich or salmon or salad with tuna or cottage cheese with one piece of bread Dinner one piece of meat (size of a deck of cards) and two vegetables It works if your heavy 21-25lbs lost in 3 weeks if maybe 30 - 40 lbs overweight at least 10-15 lbsand you get pot roast stir fry spaghetti (2nd week) but mostly fish chicken and beef rotated 1st and 3rd week

[Fern]

Eat less.

It's 200x harder to take it off once youv'e consumed the calories,
so Just. Eat. Less.

No complicated caloric counting, wierdo 1 food diets, just self-discipline. When you find yourself thinking about food, distract yourself by doing something like exercise. Get used to that hungry feeling in the pit of your stomach. Means you're doing something right.

[tinapbeana]

drink water. mild dehydration is mistaken for hunger by most people, so if you think you're hungry slowly drink a glass of water and wait 15 minutes. if you're still hungry, then eat, but chances are the craving will have passed.

[jodi]

South beach worked great for me. You lose 7-13 lbs. in the first two weeks (Phase 1), then lose about a pound a week after on Phase 2. You can eat as much as you want, so long as it's the right foods. There's a big emphasis on no sugar/white flour - actually, no flour or fruit at all in Phase 1, but then you add back the whole grains and fruit in Phase 2. I lost 20 pounds the first time I did this, but then gradually went back to my old habits (LOTS of dessert) and gained 5 back. I've went back to Phase 1 for a week and a half (lost 3.5 lbs) and am now in Phase 2.
I have to respectfully disagree with having a hungry feeling in the pit of your stomach - for me, at least, that would never work. I would always feel deprived and likely binge. I prefer to eat until I am full and have two snacks and dessert every day (doable on SB).

[geojen]

Recognize that the high weight loss seen in the first week or two of a diet program is water weight. Also recognize that you need to drink tons of water while you are dieting--muscles hold on to water when they think you are trying to starve them, but drinking more water keeps your system working and counteracts bloat.

[fairy74]

Exercise as much as possible, walk everywhere you can, lots of water, NO COLA! (google why soda makes you gain weight, scary--up to 15 pounds per year), no fried food, cut down on the starches, watch the calories, keep yourself busy---if you're meeting friends meet for a walk, not for dinner. It won't come off fast, but it will come off.