Do you want to Lose Weight Quickly?

In our instant gratification culture, it's so easy to fall to the false promises of ab gadgets, pudge pills and magic potion drinks on TV that promise to help us lose weight quickly. We all want it now, and while sometimes we actually can lose weight quickly with these methods, more often than not, these false promises fall short of helping us lose any amount of weight at all. So what can we do?

There are really 3 easy steps to follow when you want to lose weight. You have to follow a proven diet plan, you should build muscle with weight training, and you absolutely must get plenty of rest. If you want to run on a treadmill for hours, you can and it will probably help, but you don't need to do that to lose weight. Whether you want to lose 2 lbs a week or 10 lbs a week, you can do it, it just depends on how much you have to lose and how closely you follow your plan.

Dieting is the first thing you try when it's time to shed a few lbs. The problem is that most diets just don't work. You cut carbs, or you eat more grapefruits, but you lose a few lbs only to gain it back. What you need is a diet plan that allows you to eat plenty of protein and carbohydrates and still lose weight quickly. You should also be sure to eat plenty of veggies. Sounds great right? I doubt it, but vegetables are high in fiber and keep you full without being high in calories, so they are the perfect weight loss food, especially green vegetables, I know the kid in you is screaming right now!

Go workout if you want to lose weight fast. More common sense advice, I know, but this time with a little twist, you don't need to run 8 miles a day to lose weight fast, though that might do it, you need to build more muscle. The way you build more muscle quickly is with a good resistance exercise plan. Lifting weights packs muscle onto your body and forces it to burn calories for up to 72 hours after the workout, so you can burn fat even while your not working out, which leads to our next weight loss tip, rest.

Too many people neglect this because they think that the more they work, the faster they'll burn fat, but that's just not true. If you want your body to function properly while dieting and exercising, you need to have plenty of time to rest. If you are dieting and exercising to burn fat, your body needs rest to heal, and building muscle requires that you rest so that your muscles can grow. Rest is more important than most people think, and is so underrated by most of us who try to lose weight. You don't need to sit on the couch and watch TV all day, but you do need down time between workouts. Don't lift weights every day and burn your muscles out, take a day or two between workouts to allow your muscles to heal, this way you will be refreshed when you step back into the gym.

It's not that complicated to lose weight quickly, but it does take commitment and the ability to follow these 3 steps. Follow a good diet plan, build muscle and give your body plenty of time to rest. This will put you light years ahead of the rest of the world that is just cutting calories and occasionally running on a treadmill. Follow these steps and you will succeed.

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