Fastest Way to Lose Weight

When all things are equal a person's choice will often come down to asking the question, "What is the fastest way to lose weight?" Please note that this is an original article written by the site author for Weight-Loss-Aid.com and is copyright protected and cannot be published elsewhere. Well, there is no one single right answer to that question, and you might even be wondering if you should even be asking that after reading this article! But when someone wants or needs to lose weight fast, they need advice and that's what we're here for, so here is the simplest answer we can give.

The fastest way to lose weight is to literally stop eating and only drink plain water, while at the same time exercising like an Olympic athlete! You can rest assured that within just a few days, you will see your weight plummet like a stone. You'll also probably drop from exhaustion and suffer malnutrition in short order, but you will achieve your short term aim.

Now do you really want to risk your health or even your life by doing something as stupid as that?

Not only is trying to lose weight so fast stupid and ill conceived, but it is also doomed to failure in the long run, because as soon as you start eating normally again, all that weight will pile back on, plus a little extra for your trouble. You'll be back to square one again sooner than you realize and its all because of how your body reacts to extreme measures such as starvation.

You have an instinctive program built in which is a starvation mode and it is designed to keep you alive through periods of no sustenance, as our ancestors would have experienced from time to time. So it's basically a survival mechanism that works by restricting your body's needs to compensate fro the sudden loss of nutrients derived from food. Your metabolism slows right down and all non-essential body functions are reduced to the bare minimum until such a time as you are able to eat again. But this is the kicker. When you do eat again after a period of starvation, your body will deliberately store as much of the food as fat in readiness for the next expected period of starvation.

What this means to anyone trying to lose weight fast is that as soon as they stop dieting, their body will store fat and gain weight a lot faster than if they had taken things slowly and allowed their body to become accustomed gradually to weight loss. So, in essence, all crash diets and other means of drastically restricting your food intake will inevitably result in a return to your overweight state as soon as you stop the diet.

Much better is to embark on a good exercise program that you will stick with. Start small and build up the length of the exercises as well as their work level day by day. At the same time, switch to a healthy diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, pulses, seeds and nuts and lean meats and fish that are prepared and cooked at home as opposed to those that come pre-cooked or ready prepared at the supermarket.

This might not be what you want to hear if your aim is to find the fastest way to lose weight, but it sure is the safest and stands the best chance of succeeding in the long term.


This article first published: © Weight-Loss-Aid.com - 10th January 2010 12:50 GMT