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A lot has been written about many diets, and many are fads. However, what you will see below is an effective, week diet to lose weight fast (up to half a stone in weight) in a healthy manner.

The rules

Are simple. You follow the diet as written.

No substitutions, no cheating, and no starting this diet wihout consulting your doctor first.

You will lose weight fast, and a lot of it, so make sure your body is ready for it.

There is nothing listed in the diet menus that cannot be found anywhere.

Use salt sparingly. During the week do not eat fats except as listed.

If there is a food you dislike, then this diet is not for you. No substitutions are allowed, but follow as written and you will lose weight fast and in a healthy manner

Three meals a day are allowed Breakfast, Lunch and dinner and they listed in that order below against each day.

SO here you go the lose weight fast diet follow it as written and watch the pounds fall off.

Monday

1 piece of fruit in season 1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey Coffee or Tea

Sliced cold chicken. No skin. 1 tomato Water or diet drink

I can Tuna

Mixed Green salad no oil, or dressing

1 slice brown bread

1 piece of fruit in season

Tuesday

1 piece of fruit in season

1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

Mixed Fresh Fruit Salad Water or diet drink

Grilled ground meat steak. 350 grams only

Tomato, cucumber and olives. No oil

Tea or Coffee

Wednesday

1 piece of fruit in season 1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

1 can of Tuna fish1 grapefruit

Water of diet drink

Any Roast meat

Mixed Green Salad, no oil

1 tomato

Tea

Thursday

1 piece of fruit in season

1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

2 hard boiled eggs

Cottage Cheese

Tomato

I slice of brown bread

Water or diet drink

Boiled chicken (as much as you want)

Mixed Green Salad, no oil

Tea or coffee

Friday

1 piece of fruit in season 1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

Large bowl of cottage cheese

Green salad, no oil 1 slice of brown bread

Water or diet drink Grilled fish of any kind

Large mixed salad or vegetables

1 slice of brown bread

Tea

Saturday

1 piece of fruit in season 1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

Large Mixed Fruit salad Water or diet drink

Oven roasted chicken Tomato salad with lettuce and fresh onion

1 grapefruit Coffee or Tea

Sunday

1 piece of fruit in season

1 slice of brown bread without butter or honey

Coffee or Tea

Sliced Cold Cuts

Mixed cooked vegetables

1 Grapefruit

Water or diet drink

2 hard boiled eggs

I slice of brown bread

Mixed salad no oil

Tomato

Coffee or tea

Remember, no cheating. Drink also water in between meals if you are hungry. Drink water in any case, between meals. Eat early. Do not have your diner after 19:00 hours under any occasion.

You will lose weight fast where other diets have failed you in the past.

Sacha Tarkovsky
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Some people get too obsessed about getting thin that they fall prey to fad diets which often are unhealthy. Worse, some totally refuse to eat altogether. However, this should not be the case. If one wants to lose weight, he only needs to be a smart eater. He must only learn how to choose some food over others and when to discern when to say no.

Being on a diet does not mean that one should skimp or do away with dessert. Experts, including dieticians, nutritionists, and even a plastic surgeon in the Philippines, say that forbidding sweets is the reason why most diets fail. The dieter feels deprived from eating delicious food. This is a wrong way of getting about it. One can still eat dessert even when he is on a diet, provided that he stays smart in doing it by choosing ingredients that contain low calories and are sugar free. One technique in doing this is by mixing known delicious desserts such as chocolate and vanilla with fruits and vegetables which contain fiber and minimum sugar. For example, one can create yummy dessert by dipping apricots in dark chocolate. This way, the chocolate content is kept at minimum since chocolate is used merely to provide flavor, and not as the only item of dessert.

Another way by which one can enjoy eating even though he stays on a diet is by loading up on zingy condiments such as hot sauce, salsa, mustard and balsamic vinegar. These condiments add flavor to every food and more, they do not contain high amount of calories. However, one should avoid condiments such as catsup and honey, for unlike the former, they contain lots of sugar which are fattening.

Another way of enjoying food while on a diet involves a little cheating. One should let go once in a while and eat what they are craving. This way, he does not feel deprived and he does not end up quitting his diet altogether. In addition, these rare straying out of the plan will only make each bite sweeter, and will allow the dieter to face the diet anew.

A plastic surgeon in the Philippines said, before really resorting to any surgical operations, one must try to lose weight naturally. It is still the best and smartest way to gain that beauty, shape, and weight everyone is dying to have!

Heide Lynne Canlas
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I’m sick of being overweight and my other half is doing Atkins that diet is just to restricted for me i would have to give up a lot and i’m not that disciplined.so anyone who has lost weight at a pretty moderate pace i would like to know what you did to make it work?

You don’t need a diet, by that i mean a fad diet. Fad diets are hard to stick to and usually not good for the body for a prolonged period of time this is why people generally put weight back on when they lose weight. Instead permenantley change your eating habits.First find your bmr http://health.drgily.com/basal-metabolic… . This should be roughly how many calories you need to eat to lose weight. you may need to take off 100 per week (if you don’t lose weight) until you do. You will need to keep a food diary of what you eat you can use fitday, livestrong or find another one. Try and eat a balanced diet something like 40% carbs 30% protein and 30% fat. An easy way to find how many grams of each you need from protein and carbs is to divide them by 4 and your fat by 9, so for example if you needed to eat 2000 cals per day, carbs would be 800 cals/ 200g, protein would be 600 cals /150g and fat would be 600 cals /66 grams. Try to eat six meals a day and eat every 2-3 hours Drink lots of water , exercise 5 times a week and make sure you get sufficient rest.

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OK, so now you are asking the question “how to lose weight - calories, how do I reduce them?” It seems so difficult to count calories when you eating, and how are you supposed to even know how many calories you are supposed to eat? Well, good news! Follow a good healthy balanced diet and it will all be taken care of.

So, if calories are not the whole picture, what are the things you need to look out for? Well, a healthy balanced diet will have the following:

• You will be allowed to eat a wide variety of food
• You will be allowed to eat enough so you can exercise with safety
• You will be able to eat more than only three meals a day
• You will be encouraged to drink a lot of water
• The eating plan will include foods from all the food groups
• You will be allowed to eat a little fat for the fat soluble vitamins to be absorbed

You really have to be careful of not falling into the trap of trying a fad diet. These diets promise that you will lose an impossible amount of pounds in only a few days. Normally you are only allowed to eat very little and they are nothing but starvation diets.

Fad diets are very dangerous and for someone in poor health they can even be life threatening! Most of the time you hardly get in enough calories to keep your vital body function going. Your metabolism will slow down and weight loss will become more and more difficult.

If you are on a healthy, well balanced diet that allows you to eat enough, the best way to speed up the weight loss is by doing a little moderate exercise. Working a little with weights is also a good idea as it builds muscle and muscle uses more calories than fat. In this way you can speed up your metabolism and use more calories even when you are sleeping!

Your question again “how to lose weight - calories, how do I reduce them?” The answer is by following a healthy balanced diet you do not have to count them. To speed up the weight loss do some moderate exercise. In this way the pounds and the fat will melt away in a healthy way.

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This article is going to explain how celebrity stars always seem to look in great shape, and reveal some of their secrets to looking awesome.

Haven’t you noticed that whenever you watch TV or go to the cinema how great the stars of the show or film look? Well, in case you didn’t know already, they have to do a lot of work to stay that way, and of course if they slow down, the public will notice immediately and their reputation could be destroyed overnight.

Most celebrities have their own way of staying in shape and looking great. Some have fitness experts to keep them motivated and in shape, and many eat well balanced diets.

Below are some secret diet tips that some women stars use to keep in shape.

Some use the 40:30:30 diet. The 40 being fruits, vegetables and beans. 30 being fish, chicken and low fat dairy products. The last 30 being fish oils, olive oils, nuts etc.Combining these foods into your diet will help you to lose weight and keep in shape.

Another diet used by some women in Hollywood, is to eat high protein meals in lesser portions. This must be used in conjunction with an exercise program that consists of weight training and heart exercises. Using such a diet can put a lot of stress on your body so please be aware.

Many women stars tell you that not eating late at night, or early in the evening will help to keep your weight under control. This actually contradicts what many nutritionists believe but nevertheless it seems to work for them.

Yoga is something many top women stars do each day. Combine this with a balanced diet of fruits and vegetables will help you control your weight.

Eating organic foods with lean protein and avoiding junk foods is an essential part of many stars diets.

Drinking herbal teas is very popular with women stars. Green Tea is of course the most powerful drink to help you lose weight and give you energy.

Basically these stars do not over-indulge in junk foods and never over eat. Taking care of their bodies is vital for their careers and if you took the same attitude toward your body, you can easily get the same results as these women do.

When you see something that many stars personally take each day as a part of their diet, then it really is time to sit up and take notice. One such product is now becoming very popular with many stars like Amanda Walsh, Beau Bridges, Cheryl Hines, Paula Abdul, Kate Burton, Kevin Dillon and many more is Cheia Vida.

This exotic Rain Forest formulation consisting of “Superfoods” is now becoming a part of thousands of people’s lives across the USA. With Acai, Green Tea, Cha De Bugre and Yerba Mae all ingredients within this product, it truly is a powerful health beverage.

Cheia Vida Slim is also a new weight loss formula backed up and supported by a Dr.Charlie Rouse who has over 20 years experience in the weight loss industry. Complete with CD and booklet, Dr. Rouse will show you exactly what foods you should be eating, and of course those that you simply must avoid in the “battle of the bulge”.

He actually hails this product as the best weight loss product in the world, and when someone of his stature makes such a claim, you really have to take note and check it out.

So, if you want to diet like the stars, then check out Cheia Vida as many of them are adding this formula to their diets on a daily basis.

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It’s important for teens to lose weight in a healthy way. Today’s society is very image-obsessed, and everyone is subject to countless media images of sculpted sportspeople, size zero celebs and other specimens of supposedly ‘ideal’ physical beauty. Given all this, it’s no surprise that many people aren’t happy with how they look, and this is especially true with teenagers. Many feel insecure and self-conscious at this time of life anyway, and some even develop low self-esteem and in some cases, disordered eating habits.

A lot of the teenagers who want to slim down don’t actually need to lose weight at all, but are trying to conform to the unrealistic media stereotypes. If that is true of your teenager, it’s especially vital to try to reassure them that they’re perfectly loveable and attractive just as they are.

However, if a teen does need to lose weight, it is a good idea to do so, or they may face long term health problems as well as an immediate reduction in quality of life. But they should be discouraged from using crash diets and other unhealthy means; teens who want to slim down should do so in a balanced, sensible manner. This means making long term changes in the eating habits that caused them to gain weight to start with. This can be difficult, since a lot of teens aren’t interested in eating healthily, and may also be subject to peer pressure from junk food-eating friends.

So, in order to move past such obstacles, your teen must have strong motivation to change their habits. You can help by:

• Ensuring that they have top quality information about how to eat for healthy, permanent weight loss

• Making them aware of the dangers connected with unbalanced diets, which can damage their health, and don’t usually work for long term fat loss anyway

• Ensuring that they know about the health risks associated with meal replacements, diet pills, crash diets, junk foods, binging and purging, and the use of appetite suppressants and other drugs

• Encouraging them to do some form of exercise that they enjoy regularly

• Providing a supportive environment at home

• It’ll also help a lot if the people they live with eat well, and don’t sabotage the teenager’s efforts by filling the house with tempting junk foods

Losing fat is a challenge for people of all ages, and especially so for teenagers, but there are healthy, sensible ways for teens to lose weight, and with the right support they can manage it without falling victim to fad diets or body image problems.

Lea Jones
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