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to fast weight loss! Here are some of the things you may like
to know when it comes to fast weight loss or losing weight fast:
- Fast weight loss secrets?
- How to lose weight fast?
- Is there a secret to fast weight loss?
- How to lose weight fast?
- What weight loss program will help you acheive fast
weight loss?
- Is there a weight loss diet or weight loss program
that can help you lose weight fast?
Fast Weight Loss Article:
In general, fast weight loss is not healthy. The faster
you lose weight, the faster you'll gain it back. Here are the
top 5 reasons why fast weight loss plans are not healthy...
Diet fast and lose muscle not fat.
Diet fast and lose water not fat.
Diet fast and cause diet shock. What is diet shock?
Diet fast and make no lifestyle changes.
Diet fast and fail at long term weight loss.
Fast weight loss impacts your dieting efforts in so many negative
ways, it's hard to imagine how any fast dieting attempts could
produce healthy results.
The only thing I can think of is to use a lower goal for your
weight loss. At a 5% weight reduction, your health improves, diet
shock is minimized, and it's fast.
So, if planned properly, you can lose weight fast, in shorter
time periods focusing on 5% reductions in total body weight.
At first, you will lose mostly muscle and water. But as you progress
through each period, more and more fat will burn and less muscle.
The way I see it, no matter how many fast weight loss warnings
we write about, many of you will try the next one that hits the
market. Instead of fighting, I want to work with you and provide
you the healthiest yet fastest way to lose weight.
The Healthiest Fast Weight Loss Plan
Slow and consistent, a healthy weight loss plan delivers
small successes everyday, building momentum along the way, peaking
at the point in time when you reach you're goal. This is key to
dieting success.
Most dieters do the opposite...they experience fast weight loss
early, their momentum peaks mid-way, and by the end of the diet,
they are completely deflated. With no energy left to carry them
into the next stage of weight loss -- weight gain prevention --
most dieters give up at this point.
My fast weight loss plan avoids the deflation and lack of motivation
at the end of the diet because it evenly spreads the weight loss
over 6 weeks. When do most dieters lose the most weight? Weeks
1-3. On my plan? Weeks 2-5.
No, these results are not from a good rigorous clinical study.
Instead, they are my own observation of several patients I follow
in Dallas.
Healthy Fast Weight Loss Steps
Week One, Part One -- drink a protein
shake supplement everyday. Do not change anything else. Drink
a protein shake that's a 50:50 mix of whey to casein proteins.
The best time to drink the shake depends on your physical activities.
Since most bodybuilders know what to do, I suggest for the rest
of us, a protein shake between breakfast and lunch or between
lunch and dinner. The time you choose depends on when you have
the longest period of fasting. For me, it's between lunch and
dinner, so my shake comes around 3pm.
Week One, Part Two -- Start an exercise program,
with the first week involving nothing but stretching major muscle
groups. Stretching increases the tonal stimulation to muscles
(tone) causing them to burn more calories at rest. Plus it protects
against injuries. The second week start some form of low impact
aerobics...walking! Walk for 40 minutes everyday.
Week Two -- Start dieting by replacing 1/2 of
a meal with the same protein shake from last week. Do this for
1 week.
Week Three -- Replace one whole meal with a protein
shake. Change the mixture of the shake to 60% whey and 40% casein
proteins. For most people, this comes out to about a 500 calorie
reduction.
Week Four -- Reduce caloric intake by another
250 calories. I suggest adding a second protein shake, made up
of the same 60:40 mix and use it to replace 1/2 of a another meal.
Record the amount of weight you're losing. Never let it reach
a rate of more than 4 pounds per week (that's double what I normally
recommend).
Week Five -- Repeat week four.
Week Six -- Add back the last 250 calories you
dropped and stop drinking the second shake.
End Result -- 12 to 18 pounds of average weight
loss. The exact amount depends on many factors including exercise.
Fast Weight Loss Summary
Don't do it. Fast weight loss inevitably will lead to future
weight gain. Just don't do it. But, if you do, at least follow
my steps, the healthiest steps to fast weight loss.
To Healthy Living!
Michael A. Smith, MD
Chief Medical Consultant
Diet Basics
Dr. Smith is the Chief Medical Consultant for the Diet Basics
Website. His medical experience includes Radiology, Internal Medicine,
and Preventative Medicine. He trained at the University of Texas,
Southwestern Medical School for all post-graduate years, 7 in
total. His most memorable experience was training under Drs. Michael
Brown and Joseph Goldstein, the Nobel Laureates in Medicine for
their pioneering work in fat and cholesterol metabolism. Please
visit Dr Smith's website at, Diet Basics.
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