Losing Weight The Right Way
Tips For Losing Weight
Can you really lose ten pounds in just ten days? Yes actually, but it's not always easy the easiest thing to do. And sometimes of course it's not very smart.
A reasonalbe rate of weight loss is about one to two pounds each week. Many people want to lose much more than just that, much faster though. Maybe they're getting married shortly, or their high school reunion is coming up in the next month, and they've waited till the last minute to try and shed a few extra pounds.
Regardless of why you want to do it, let's consider a few tactics that work.
1. Go on a juice fast. Pick one that's known to work such as the lemonade diet or the hollywood diet, and follow the instructions to the letter. You can't always just pick your favorite fruit or vegetable, mix it up with some ice in the blender, then drink only that every day. In many cases this might work, but in many it might not. Often the fruits we love most are the highest in sugar content, and if you're drinking that fruit as a juice you're probably drinking almost pure sugar. And that won't help you lose weight.
Following a fast that's known to work is your best bet for weight loss success.
2. If a juice fast sounds too drastic or difficult for you, try dropping your calorie intake dramatically instead. If for instance, you know you need 1500 calories a day to maintain your current weight, you could try limiting yourself to just 1000 or 1200 calories instead. If you want to make sure you won't fail with your weight loss plans though, you may want to drop to 500-800 instead.
This is also difficult to do, and you have to be very careful about what you choose to eat. If you fill up on 500 calories worth of junk food, you will very likely get sick. Doing this is not as drastic as a juice fast, but it's still a huge burden on your body. Be sure to take a good multi vitamin during this time and again: Use your calories wisely. Eat good healthy foods.
3. Hike across the country. Or do something similar and equivalent in your local neighborhood. Seriously, if you spent all day long walking, jogging or other active exercising, there's a very strong chance you'll lose the weight you want quickly. Now this is not an overly reasonable or feasible option for most of us. If you have to work 8 hours a day, you can't be out somewhere exercising your tail off. And if you're not in great shape to begin with, you probably won't be able to last even one hour doing intensive exercises.
4. Go on a low carb diet. Unlike the first two options above, this might be the easiest and safest way for most of us to lose ten pounds in just ten days. Choose a diet plan that really restricts your carb intake such as Atkins, and stick with it. Most people lose 10-20 pounds just in the first 5-7 days of being on this diet. That weight loss is usually water weight more than fat, but it's weight non the less.
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