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Four Simple Concepts To Help You Lose Weight Fast

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If you're like me, when you finally decide it is time to lose those extra pounds - you want to lose weight fast!  You don't want to sit around waiting for 3 months before you start getting results.  You want to see results now!  Like when you wake up tomorrow you want to look and feel different than today.  At the end of a week you want to have noticeable fat loss!  You want to look in the mirror and step on the scale and see that your efforts have made a difference.

In this article you'll learn 4 principles and tips for fast weight loss.  You will be able to apply what you've learned right now and notice a difference in just a few days.  That ought to help keep you motivated!

Caveat : Always consult your primary care physician before you start a diet or exercise program!

Three Main Principles For Losing Fat Fast!

The following are three very simple concepts, but they have a profound impact on your weight loss goals.  Master these concepts and implement them each day.  Your body will have no choice but to drop those extra pounds!

One: Change Your Diet.   You know that you need to eat a bit healthier than you've been doing.  But did you realize that just a few small changes to your diet can help you melt away several pounds of fat in only a few weeks?

  • Here's a few simple diet changes you can make.
  • Switch to "lite" salad dressing.
  • Switch to low fat cheese and milk
  • Switch to whole grain breads and pastas
  • Reduce high fat meats (bologna, hot dogs, sausage, fried chicken, etc.)
  • Decrease deep fried foods

Two: Change Your Activity Level.   Get up and move!  You need to get those muscles working and get your heart pumping for a little bit.  If you will burn 250 more calories than you eat each day, then in two weeks you will have lost one pound.  If you double the number of extra calories burned, then you can lose a pound a week - easily!

Here's a few simple activities you can easily add to your daily routine:

  • Walking - do it whenever you can at a brisk pace.  Add 5 minutes here and there each day until you are walking for at least 30 minutes each day.
  • Take the stairs whenever you can - instead of the escalator or elevator.
  • Do pushups, pullups and deep-knee bends each day (modify these to fit your fitness level).

Three: Change Your Drinking Habits.   This is the simplest concept, but for many its the hardest one to implement.  If you're addicted to soda, juices, sports drinks, etc. - you must break your addiction and learn to drink more water!

Each can of soda adds about 150 calories to your diet.  A 20 ounce bottle adds almost 300 calories!  If you drink one bottle a day, then you can potentially add about a pound of extra fat to your body each 11 days!  Now you know how easy it was for those pounds to creep up on you!

If you must drink soda, switch to diet soda. But set a goal to reduce your dependency on soda to the point where you only have a diet soda once a week as a reward for sticking to your diet plan and seeing success.

If you will cut out one bottle of soda every day for the next 11 days, you should drop 1 pound of body fat!  How does that motivate you?

Quit soda and significantly reduce other sugary sweet beverages such as juices and sports drinks.  These are almost always sweetened with high fructose corn syrup - which is even worse for you than sugar!

Just drink water instead.  Your body will thank you, and you will notice a difference on the scale and in the mirror very quickly!  Plus you'll feel better!

Four: Cheat a Little.  Its OK to have cheat days on your diet plan.  But cheat days in your plan!  Reward yourself when you've been successful and have a small, moderate "cheat" food or drink.  Don't over do it!  Just a small cheat for doing so well - that's all you need.

If you will take just a few of these simple concepts and implement them into your daily routine, you will begin to notice weight loss on your body in just a few weeks!  I implemented these ideas and lost 30 pounds in just a few months!  If I can do it - so can you!!

I put up a website to share with everyone some of the best ways to lose weight fast - these are some of the very same methods that I used to successfully drop 30 pounds - and keep it off!

Jonathan Ling is a normal guy who learned how to lose 30 pounds and keep it off. During college he was fit, trim and muscular. After college, marriage and children, he became a formerly skinny guy who had become overweight (and very busy). After losing 30 pounds he now shares his experience and wisdom to help others lose weight, feel great and enjoy life!

Visit Jonathan's website: LoseWeightFeelGreat411.com. Or, follow him on Twitter: @lwfg411



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» left by Marijo Phelps (2,847)
Marijo Phelps
(40 days 20 hours ago.)

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Good info! Shave a little and it works! Thanks for the encouraging reading. Marijo

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» left by Jonathan Ling (118)
Jonathan Ling
(40 days 19 hours ago.)

Thank you Marijo. Yeah, a bit wordy I guess. Editing can be such a pain - can't it? Thank you for the review.

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» left by Marijo Phelps from mountain meadow CO (40 days 18 hours ago.)
I am chuckling - I mean shave a little fat and the eating plan works - your article was totally fine! Marijo

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» left by Anonymous (40 days 18 hours ago.)
Ha!! That is great! I love this quote from George Bernard Shaw "The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred. " Appropriate, eh?

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» left by Jacob Bryant (99) (40 days 3 hours ago.)
Self-discipline is indeed the key to losing weight. Great job on losing and keeping off those 30lbs!

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» left by Jonathan Ling (118)
Jonathan Ling
(39 days 18 hours ago.)

Thank you Jacob. Indeed self-discipline is such an easy habit to put to effective use in our daily lives to accomplish great things - and its nemesis ("bad" habits) can equally lead us astray!

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» left by Wally Koster (180) (39 days 21 hours ago.)
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Thank you for sharing your opinion.
 
Sincerely,
 
Gwendolyn Goldsmith

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Thank you for your comment.  All constructive opinions are valued!

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