Losing Weight Fast with Good Diets
Losing Weight Fast with Good Diets
Most of us have tried it. Most of us hate it. Dieting is the most dreaded thing we do, and while we want the results, we loathe the process that we have to go through to achieve it.
The never-ending quest seems to be in finding the best method to lose weight as quickly as possible. This is not a bad thing, as long as we do it with a good diet.
The issue of fast weight loss often comes in the form of fad diets. These diets are equated with being more successful, even if pain has to be endured for the short term.
But the problem is that even with the horrible food selections or vast elimination of almost everything edible, the results achieve a low success rate in lasting long-term. So after a month of committing to nothing but say, cabbage soup, three months later you’re more like to be back where you started, if not worse off than before you started.
This is the actual danger of rapid weight loss. It’s not that the weight loss itself is dangerous, but rather that most people are likely to regain the weight plus an additional few pounds. Losing 2 – 3 pounds or more per week is possible, as long as it’s done with a doctor’s approval and with a healthy diet and exercise.
Losing weight, fast or slow, is a matter of eating at least the minimum calories your body needs for metabolic function, and then burning any excess calories you eat. Experts recommend a minimum caloric deficit of 500 calories per day to lose weight quickly.
This should be achieved through a combination of eating less and increasing weight loss with exercise. Over the course of a week, this should yield a loss of about 1-2 pounds of fat or more, depending on your individual height, weight, and age.
To increase the weight loss rate, you will need to further reduce your caloric intake while expending more calories. This can be accomplished; however, it is important that you do not go below 1200 calories per day.
Even more weight can be lost by changing your eating habits. Cutting starches and reducing sodium intake can increase weight loss through the loss of fluid retention. Reducing sugars, dairy products, animal fats, and alcohol can further assist in rapid weight loss.
Choose foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Select healthy proteins from lean meats, low-fat dairy products, and nuts. Be sure to add a daily food-based multi-vitamin and mineral supplement to your daily regimen. This will ensure that your body has all the nutrients it needs to function properly.
Keeping a food journal is an excellent way to ensure that you are on target with your eating habits. It fully displays what you eat from day to day, the times to eat, and the quality of foods that you select. This practice can help you target you fallacies and help you improve from day to day.
For fast weight loss results, exercise should be the focus alongside a healthy diet. While a good 30-minute workout three to four days a week is good for a small weight loss goal, an hour per workout up to five days a week may be needed for rapid weight loss. Regardless, be sure to rest the body at least two days a week to prevent injury or stress.
