How Do I Lose Weight? Easy Weight Loss Tips

If you've gained a few pounds in recent years, you may be wondering, "How do I lose weight?" And, you probably want to do so quickly and easily. It's also a common (and usually correct) perception that if you want to lose weight, you do so slowly and carefully in order to be healthy about it. There is a way to lose weight, though, where you can do it quickly and be healthy about it -- and have it be permanent as well.

I can just see you; you're staring at the scale, glumly looking at the number as it soars upward, and thinking, "How do I lose weight?" If you're like a lot of people in this country, you've tried a lot of diets, and maybe some of them have even been successful for a little while. But again, if you're like most people in this country, that weight loss didn't last, and you've seen your weight creep upward once again.

So the question is, is long-term weight loss that's healthy, not full of deprivation, and even enjoyable possible? In a word, yes. You can indeed have an easy to follow "diet" (although that's not really the word to use; it's more a lifestyle adoption) that will help you lose weight and keep it off, permanently.

The myth about dieting

There's a big myth about dieting out there, and it's that you have to cut calories drastically in order to lose weight. In fact, that little adage has probably been one of the biggest reasons this country's citizens have become fatter and fatter every year. Why? Because your metabolism has a little survival mechanism built into it. That is, when you significantly cut calories, it slows way down as a means to help you get through your "starvation" phase.

Now it should be noted that this is no accident. In fact, our ancestors needed this survival mechanism because they really did have starvation phases where there was little to no food, so that they had to conserve energy. When the starvation episode was over, they could go back to eating normally. Of course, then, no one had a problem with "excess" food.

Today, of course, we "suffer" from the disease of plenty, which means that food is always available, all the time. We don't have starvation phases, in other words, but our bodies still think we do -- when we cut calories drastically. And what that means is, when you go on a diet, you actually hurt your chances of losing weight, because you have just sabotaged your own ability to burn calories and lose weight.

So what that means is that you have to find a way to eat so that your metabolism is always going to stay at or above a certain level, you're never going to be hungry, and where you're going to be able to eat so that your body naturally loses enough weight to be healthy without deprivation and without a lot of effort.

There is a way you can do this. So now, when you ask the question, "How do I lose weight ?", the answer is, through a program called Fat Loss 4 Idiots.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots works with the principle that you need to eat in order to lose weight -- and you need to stay full and satisfied throughout, in order to be healthy and happy about it. It's easy to follow because it has an "11 days on, three days off" schedule whereby you follow the eating plan for 11 days, then you can eat whatever you want for three days, followed by another 11 days of eating by plan, then three days off, and so on. You do this until you have lost all the weight you want; if you wish, you can continue doing this for maintenance, modified somewhat if necessary so that you don't continue to lose too much weight once you've lost all you want to begin with.

With Fat Loss 4 Idiots, you follow a plan whereby for 11 days, you focus on eating high quality lean proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables, and some complex carbohydrates in moderation. You eat every 2.5 hours, so that you never feel hungry, and eat to "just short of being full." You're never are tempted to overeat, since you'll be eating again so soon anyway.

Now here's what makes the diet so successful: After that 11 days, you can spend three days eating whatever you want. This staves off feelings of deprivation, and after that three days, you again spend 11 days eating according to plan, followed by three days of eating whatever you want, and so on.

The plan promises that you can lose up to 9 pounds in those 11 days, which is a very substantial weight loss indeed. And of course, it's permanent weight loss , because you're never "away" from your favorite foods for long. And that keeps your willpower strong, so that you can simply watch those pounds drop off. So why not watch that waistline melt away?