Desperate to Lose Weight Quickly?
Maybe We Could Talk About That...

So, maybe you think (or somebody else does) that you’re fat. Now, perhaps you’re desperate to lose weight quickly—or even faster. And yes, you can find some practical weight-loss tips here. But before you look at those, please remind yourself (and believe!) that your worth as a person Does Not rise or fall according to what the bathroom scales claim at a given moment.

Next, please also stand firm against weight-loss formulas that do not and cannot serve your best interests. Prime example? The “crash and burn” scenario.

  Crashing and Burning

If you’re really desperate, you might be tempted by crash diets, which can wreak havoc on your body and often provide no lasting benefit. Perhaps you've been there and done that already...and maybe even ditched the veggies? (Say it isn't so!). 

Or maybe you start taking the kind of pills that pump so much epinephrine into your body that you're bouncing off the walls during the day and lying awake (buzzing) most of the night. Maybe you even combine such pills with crash diets, just to move things along faster.

And you might lose some weight that way in the short term, which gets you so pumped that you perhaps overlook the fact that you're neither eating nor sleeping very much...and your feet aren't touching the ground all that often, either. Plus, when you eventually resume your normal routine, those pounds creep right back and bring their buddies. Final score? Lasting weight loss: minimal; Frustration: peak level.

   Dialing Back the Carbs

Here's a pretty good way to lose weight quickly, though: cut down on the carbohydrates. Cheap and uncomplicated, it's more effective than you might think. And how do you do this cutting back? Start with sugar and also products made from grains. You know, ease up on the bread and pasta that so many of us love to put in our mouths.

No need to stop cold-turkey (unless you know you’re gluten intolerant). Just back off gradually but steadily, because that great-tasting stuff may be part of what’s packing on the pounds. If so, it's not such a great pal for anyone who's desperate to lose weight quickly.

And, yes, to many of us deleting the carbs feels almost like chopping off an emotional limb. Because I’ve had to cut back a bit myself for health reasons, I know the feeling all too well. But it’s do-able if you approach it one step at a time. And, as you do, add in some more veggies! Yup, it really works—IF you do it. Unfortunately, nobody can do that one for you.

  Up in the Air

If you’re willing to move a bit more slowly, though, you've got some possibilities: notably cutting carbs, some old-fashioned calorie counting, and maybe a 30-minute walk every day. And you can move things along even faster by eating Lots of the right kind of veggies: a vegetable diet to lose weight.

So, here's a thought. Instead of going for "fast," why not try the way of the tortoise: slower but steady. Although it takes longer, the results generally hang around longer, too—in your own case, maybe even forever.

Living Vegetarian the Easy Way
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