Hello Everybody,
Quick weight loss can be safe, but you must know what you are doing. Look carefully at any quick weight loss plans you are considering and see what they ask you to do.
Starvation diets, in which you drastically cut down on calories, are bad for you. After 24 hours the body goes into starvation mode and slows down its metabolic rate. It protects vital organs by making the most of the calories it can obtain. The body adsorbs lean tissue and muscle to maintain the calorie level it needs to continue functioning. You are losing muscle, and muscle is the tissue which normally burns most calories. So, although you may lose weight quickly at first, the weight loss will slow down quite soon.
Trying to slim really quickly for a special event may well succeed but, if you start eating again as you did before, the weight will return as fat because you have slowed your metabolic weight and lost muscle. You will then have to exercise to regain the muscle you have lost. So, I hope you will agree that starvation diets are not a good idea. Do not persist with one. If a starvation diet becomes an obsession it can very soon become an eating disorder.
There are a lot of weight loss pills available over the counter. They are not all effective and some are possibly unsafe. In the USA the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors the safety of drugs available on the open market. So do some research and check the FDA website before buying.
What is a safe way of losing weight quickly? First of all let us define ‘quickly’. Two or three pounds a week is fairly fast. Anything more is quick. To achieve quick weight loss drink a lot of water, eat lean meat and fresh fruit and vegetables. Fats should be from oily fish, olive oil, flax seeds or flax oil. Cut out animal fats, sugar, fizzy drinks and alcohol. Decrease the size of portions on your plate. You will need to exercise - remember what happens in a starvation diet. You will need to walk, swim, cycle or go to the gym for a minimum of half an hour a day. As long as you keep to a healthy diet the more you exercise the more you will lose.
Keep it up, persistence is the only way to lose weight. This kind of quick weight loss plan can be hard work and is not as quick as some, but it is the only way of losing weight and staying that way.
See you soon,
Peter Stockwell
5 March 2010
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