How to lose weight fast.

If you want to lose weight, you're not alone. While there are many things you can do to shed pounds, losing weight too quickly can be dangerous. Fad diets, diet pills, and fasting may help you reduce the number on the scale, but these methods can cause severe health complications.

However, if you are generally healthy and you're determined to drop several pounds quickly, there are some techniques and tips you can adopt to help you reach your short-term goals.

Method 1 of 3: Fad Diets

The purpose of most fad diets is to promote rapid weight loss that you can see almost overnight. Fad diets are short-term solutions; if you stay on a fad diet for more than a few days, you could cause your body serious harm. You should always consult your healthcare provider before beginning any kind of weight loss program to make sure your body can take the added strain to its system. Here are some popular fad diets with simple instructions that claim to result in fast, short-term weight loss.

1) The Water Diet. This diet involves drinking a daily total of about 64 fluid ounces (8 cups) of cold (preferably refrigerated) water, at regular intervals.

• Drink a glass of water before each meal and before each snack to suppress your appetite by making you feel fuller.
• Do not add sweeteners or flavorings to your water.
• Do not replace meals with water.
• Take a daily multivitamin to replenish the nutrients lost through more frequent urination.

2) Juice Detox Diet, Juice Fast, or Hollywood Diet. Although there are many variations on a juice detoxification fast or crash diet, they generally last for one to three days.

• You can only drink fruit and vegetable juices on this type of fad diet.
• Some variations of this diet involve taking vitamins or nutrients along with the juices, while others let you have a single meal per day.
• The juices are meant to help your body flush out toxins and eliminate several pounds of (mostly) water weight from your system.    

3) The Master Cleanse, Maple Syrup Diet, or Lemonade Diet. This fad diet is a liquid-only diet.

• Drink between 6 to 12 glasses of a special mixture of lemonade, cayenne pepper, water, and maple syrup each day.
• You will also drink a cup of herbal laxative tea twice a day.
• There is an optional period of easing into this fad diet, as well as an easing-out process.
• It should only be done for very short-term weight loss and is supposed to function as a detoxifying cleanse rather than a strict weight-loss routine.
• There is also an optional salt-water flush that can be incorporated into this diet.

4) The Cabbage Soup Diet. This diet claims it can help you lose up to 10 pounds in one week.

• It involves eating a low-fat, high fiber diet.
• You mainly eat a special type of cabbage soup, but you can also have moderate portions of certain fruits and vegetables, occasional meats and rice, a minimum of 4 glasses of water and a multivitamin each day.
• This diet lasts 7 days and is not recommended as a permanent solution for long-term weight loss because of the lack of nutrients you consume on it.

5) The Salt-Free Diet. This diet helps you lose water weight by eliminating water retention in the body.

• On this diet, you cannot have any salt, which includes not only table salt, but also all the added sodium found in pre-packaged and prepared foods.
• This involves preparing sodium-free products at home or avoiding processed foods all together, which also means avoiding to eat out at restaurants.
• It also involves drinking up to 2 liters (about 8 cups) of water each day to replenish essential bodily fluids, although green tea is also allowed in moderation.
• Many prepared foods have as much as 30% of your daily value. You get your daily requirement of sodium from a healthy diet; too much can cause you to retain water weight.
• Because some dietary salt is essential for good health, the Salt-Free Diet should not be followed for more than one to two weeks.
• It's important to note that this diet is more effective for those people who tend to retain water more easily than others. If you're not sure whether you're particularly prone to water retention, pay attention to your hands and feet the next time you eat something salty. If your rings are more difficult to take off, or your shoes become tighter after a salty meal, those are signs that your body is sensitive to sodium.

6) The HCG Diet. This diet combines injections or supplements of HCG (human chorionic gonaotropin) with a severely restricted calorie intake.

• The calorie restriction alone (only 500 to 800 calories per day) is enough to promote weight loss in most people; it is significantly under the recommended daily calorie allowance, even for people attempting to lose weight.
• HCG is not monitored by the FDA, and can have unpleasant side effects in many people.
• Those who follow this diet typically gain the weight back immediately after stopping it.

Method 2 of 3: Weight Loss Spa Treatments

Another easy way to get fast weight-loss results is to get beauty treatments specifically designed to help you shed inches quickly. By visiting a spa, sauna, or wellness clinic offering weight loss beauty services and procedures, you can have your pick of numerous beauty treatments and spa services that are designed to help you lose weight quickly or to alter your appearance by reducing bloating, tightening your skin, or removing body fluids. These processes only involve temporary weight loss, but the results are immediate and do not involve dieting or exercise.

1) Ask about a mineral body wrap. Some mineral wraps claim to help you slim down by literally making you “lose” inches off of your waist, thighs, and arms. The process involves a mineral-based cleanse that is supposed to detoxify your body, helping you shed weight, reduce cellulite (fat near the surface of your skin), and tone and firm your skin almost instantly.

2) Get a lipase body wrap. Lipase body wraps are another quick-slim beauty treatment that follow a two-step phase.

• First, an enzyme wrap is applied to rid your body of fat tissue near the surface of the skin.
• A second mineral wrap is then applied, designed to tighten and smooth your skin.

3) Get a European body wrap. European body wraps are another potential option for spa services aimed at dropping inches off of trouble spots. This procedure is supposed to firm and tone skin, reduce the appearance of cellulite or stretch marks, and temporarily promotes weight loss.

4) Get a hot body wrap. Heat-based body wraps are perhaps a more well-known spa treatment, designed both to detoxify your body and stimulate smooth, toned skin. The heat and massage involved in most heat or steam treatments is targeted at improving circulation and helping your body slim down quickly.

5) Go to a sauna. Saunas may result in a loss of a pint of sweat in just a quarter of an hour.

• You should hydrate by drinking a few glasses of water after spending time in a sauna to reduce the risk of dehydration.
• Keep in mind that time in saunas must be limited, preferably to no more than one 15- to 20-minute session per day.
• People with blood pressure or heart problems should not use saunas, nor should young children.

6) Get a colonic. Some spas offer colonic irrigation treatments, which involve physically flushing your colon with large amounts of water to remove fecal accumulation.This process may help some people who suffer from bloating, gas, and constipation and claims to spur weight loss in some individuals.

7) Liposuction can shed pounds instantly. Liposuction is a surgical option for fast, targeted weight loss, generally only recommended for people with one or two specific areas of highly fatty tissue but otherwise relatively healthy body weight.

• Because it is a surgical procedure, it carries significant health risks and should only be performed by a licensed professional.

Method 3 of 3: Healthy Eating Habits

Change general nutrition and lifestyle habits. Adopting a number of simple but significant dietary and behavioral changes can be enough to jump-start weight loss for many people. Combining the suggestions below with your short-term diet plan will enhance your chances of reaching your weight-loss goals faster and maintaining those results in the long-term.

1) Develop a healthy and personalized meal plan. Figure out how much you should be eating by scheduling a consultation with a dietitian or a physician to discuss your weight loss goals, special dietary needs, current eating habits, and potential areas for improvement.

• Choose meals that have a healthy balance of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and lean proteins. A typical dinner plate should be filled with half vegetables or fruits, half whole grains and lean protein.

2) Plan your meals in advance. This can help you incorporate more nutritious foods into your diet and limit your calorie intake.

3) Determine your daily calorie needs. Your individual calorie needs will vary based on age, gender, height, and activity level. Knowing exactly how much your target daily intake is will help you stick to your diet.Monitor the number of calories and grams of fat you consume each day and try not to exceed USDA guidelines.

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