Lose weight fast

Countless people struggle with weight loss and wonder what they’re doing wrong. They try FAD diets they read about on the Internet that promise rapid weight loss. But they never deliver.

In the eBook Craig Woods gives you straight talk about what it takes to rapidly lose weight and get fit in a healthy way, showing you exactly what you need to do, step-by-step, so you can reach your weight loss goal and keep that weight off for the long term. There are no quick fixes to long term weight loss.





If you want to lose weight and keep that weight off, you need to stop thinking of a diet as a temporary fix. Everyone follows some form of a diet whether they know it or not.

Unfortunately, most people follow an "unhealthy" diet which leads to weight gain, high blood sugar, and for some, obesity, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Weight gain is the product of not paying attention to what you put in your body, how often you do it and when. It’s a bad habit to get into, even if you’ve never struggled with your weight.

Bad eating habits don’t always just promote weight gain. They also produce long term health problems, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, constipation, fatty liver, heart disease and more.





If you want to succeed in your diet, you have to stop thinking of FAD diets as the answer to your problem. You need to think long term, healthy eating that will help promote a healthy metabolism, not send it into shock.

You also have to look at your lifestyle and learn how to incorporate fat burning exercises into your daily life so you not only lose weight, but you maintain that weight loss for life.





Make sure you Eat Enough Healthy Foods



When you don’t eat enough food, your body will begin to take whatever it needs in the way of nutrients from other parts of your body in order to survive.

That means taking nutrients from your bones, teeth, and vital organs, leaving your body depleted. Your metabolism will shut down in order to reserve energy and your body will only use enough energy to stay alive.

So while you may think that by starving yourself you’ll drop weight quicker. What you’re actually doing is sabotaging your metabolism.



The operative word when thinking of food is"healthy". It’s not enough to simply eat enough food to keep your metabolism running at optimal performance.

You need foods that will give your body energy while allowing it to function with a minimal amount of effort.



Eat Regularly, Without Skipping Meals



People who are busy and trying to lose weight very often fall into the habit of skipping meals in order to cut down on their overall calorie intake. They then eat more at a later meal thinking they can "catch up". The problem is that you may end up eating your daily requirement of calories by the end of the day, but the balance of when your body receives those calories is lopsided.

For instance, if you start the day out great by having a healthy breakfast of yogurt, eggs and toast but then skip lunch and eat a big dinner, you’ve thrown your body off balance by making the end of the day top heavy with calories. Most people are more sedentary at the end of the day and like to relax.



The best way to ensure that your body has the nutrients it needs to burn fat during the day when you’re active and when your body needs it the most is to eat smaller portions more frequently. Instead of eating 3 big meals a day, eat 5 or 6 smaller meals.



Breaking Old Habits…and Making New Ones



They say old habits die hard. That phrase was never more true than for a dieter trying to change lifestyle habits. I say changing lifestyle habits instead of focusing on just the kind of food you eat and when you eat it because losing weight, getting fit, and staying that way is not a short term gig. It requires a whole change in the way you view your health and how to live your life.

That may seem overwhelming when you think of it, but it’s really not. You just need to know which steps to take and then take them.

The simplest way to break a bad habit is to replace it with a new habit that is healthy. When you think of it that way, it doesn’t feel like you’re giving up something you like because you’re filling that void with something else.



The million-dollar question for most people is how to put together a plan. Your diet and fitness plan will encompass several different things. The best way to keep track of a plan is to use a journal or log.

You can spend money on a fancy calendar or you can just get a simple notebook for under a dollar.

You’ll want to log how often you exercise and for how long. You want to write down how often you eat and what you’re eating along with a total calorie count for each day.

You’ll also want to include periodic weigh-ins that will include what you weigh on a particular day and the change in your weight since your last weigh-in and since you started your weight loss program.



The 12 Foods for Weight Loss



There are a LOT of foods you can eat that will aid in weight loss. I don’t want you telling your friends that Craig Woods said that you can only eat 12 foods on a diet. There are actually a whole lot of foods that are extremely good for weight loss and I’ve included more than 12 of them in this chapter.

These foods are so important because they give you the most bang for your buck. They are so high in nutritional properties and low in calories, that eating them is almost like eating negative calories.

Including them in your diet regularly will insure not only that you will lose weight, but that you’ll get the proper nutrition you need while you’re trying to lose weight.





Add 50% More Calories Per Day and Still Lose Weight



When most people think of dieting, they think of deprivation, being deprived of the foods they enjoy or not being able to eat enough to feel satisfied. Nothing could be further from the truth. As I mentioned earlier in the book, losing weight and keeping it off means changing your lifestyle habits for life.

If I told you that in order to lose weight you would never feel satisfied after eating a meal for the rest of your life, you’d give up before you even started. Game over. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Remember, you are trying to change lifestyle habits and if you aren’t on board with those lifestyle changes, you won’t succeed.

The key to losing weight and keeping it off for life is to find the foods you enjoy that are also healthy diet foods and incorporate them into your diet as much as possible.



While it is true that the act of eating and digesting does burn calories, not all foods will give you a negative calorie effect. Here is a list of fruits and vegetables that are negative calorie foods.

There are enough of them to incorporate into your daily diet so you won’t get bored. Eat as much as you’d like until you’re satisfied without worry you’re going over your daily calorie allotment.