The Best Rapid Fat Loss Diets

Are you looking to lose weight as quick as you can? With so many rapid fat loss diets around these days it's hard to know which one to choose, or if it's even going to be healthy for you. Here is the low down on the best rapid diets around these days.

Most rapid diets will be heavily marketed in the beginning. Why? Because the concept that these diet portray must get off the ground. For example the main benefit of these diets claim things such as "lose 15 pounds in a week". Now this is clever marketing.

When people believe that something is easier and quicker, they often jump at the opportunity at trying it, and find out that it doesn't work and then the cycle start over again when they get sucked in to the next rapid fat loss diet.. Does this sound familiar? You will notice that many rapid diets these days don't last long and the main reason is because the results that they produce for people don't last long.

Rapid fat loss diets, most often involve heavily restricting calories or cutting out foods groups. This is not only dangerous for your health, but if not closely controlled can also cause muscle breakdown.

When you lose muscle you lose strength and when you lose strength your body immune system can be weakened meaning you'd would be more prone to diseases and health problems. Rapid fat loss diets do produce weight loss, however this is often caused by mainly losing water and muscle weight, not fat weight.

Best Way to Lose Body Fat - 5 Tips

1. Losing weight is taking less energy in and burning more energy off. Food is abundant, portions are larger, and there are more processed foods, so we're eating a lot more energy - and more calories than our parents did. It's not easy to take a stand against bad food choices, to find time to exercise and to resist our animal instinct to eat whenever we see food, so make the effort to cut out the processed dense foods, sugary drinks and get active to shed the pounds.

2. Lifting weights isn't just for bulked up body builders. Resistance training increase muscle mass, boosting metabolism and burning more calories. Also, weight training increase bone density and helps firm wobbly bits - improves the tone of the body

3. Focus on what food can give you, not what it doesn't contain. And don't just think about vitamins and minerals - think about taste, texture and pleasure. These are all vital elements that food should provide. But always remember the 'all things in moderation' rule.

4. Be honest about why you're doing things. Many fickle eaters are actually trying to lose weight and grab onto any plan they think will help. Just find a sensible long term plan and stick to it.

5. Use protein to build muscle - Because it burns calories more quickly than any other tissue, muscle is the engine for weight loss. Muscles need protein and exercise.

The above 5 tips are essential for your fat loss efforts. If you take control and change your habits over time, you will lose the weight. The best way to lose body fat is to be consistent with your endeavors.

Diet Tips for Abs - Fat Loss for a Six Pack

1. Get enough quality protein in the daily diet - not only does it have a higher thermic effect than carbs and fat (so you burn more calories digesting it), but it also creates satiety so your hunger is satisfied longer.
2. Think fiber! When it comes to carbs, make sure that almost all of your carbohydrate intake is from higher fiber sources like vegetables, fruits, and high fiber unrefined grains. Try to avoid refined sugars and refined grains as that is one of the main reasons so many people struggle with body fat.
3. Don't be afraid to eat fat! Many people try to go way too low on their fat intake in their diet and this can negatively affect hormone levels in your body as well as causing more cravings. Try to eat enough healthy fats daily. Good sources are all nuts and seeds, nut butters, avocados, olive oil, organic meats and eggs, coconuts and virgin coconut oil.

Understanding Good Carbohydrates Vs Bad Carbs and Choosing Healthy for Weight Loss

1. Reduce overall grain-based foods in your diet (pasta, cereal, crackers, rice, etc) and focus more of your diet on healthy free range, grass-fed meats and eggs, raw grass-fed dairy, and a whole lot of vegetables.

2. Instead of grains for most of your carbohydrate intake, try getting most of your carbs from veggies, sweet potatoes, and a variety of berries and whole fruits (NOT fruit juices, which remove the beneficial fiber as well as other important nutrients in the fruit)

Avoid Junk Food or Eat Healthier Junk Foods?

As a fitness professional, I'm always amazed (and puzzled) with the conflict people seem to have with losing weight, yet they refuse to stop eating junk food. An interesting thing I have noticed over my many years helping people to lose weight is that almost every single person that has told me that they are "attempting" to lose weight, almost always has their house filled with all sorts of junk food instead of whole unprocessed natural food.

It is not uncommon for people to tell me that they are trying really hard to lose weight, but I will still notice boxes of apple jacks and fruity pebbles on their counters, cakes, candies, and chips in their cupboard, and sodas or syrupy juices in their refrigerator.

Mike Geary - EzineArticles.com Expert Author

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