So you want to lose weight, and you want to lose weight quick, eh?

You're one of many that wants to do something about his or her weight today. And I congratulate you on it!

It's a very wise choice and I hope you succeed. There is, however, a realistic chance that you will fail.

Me personally... I would prefer it if you would succeed. Even if you're a person that I will never see or talk to in my life. Even if I don't know anything about you... I want you to attempt serious weight loss and be successful!

By reading this hub (and also my other ones), you will learn all I can tell you about effective weight loss.

I used to be overweight myself. Over 10 years ago, I walked into the gym and I never left it.

It was a hard struggle. There periods of success and there were periods of stagnation.

Notice how I didn't mention 'failure' at all. You know why?

Because there is no failure! You will only have failed once you have given up.

So how do you prevent failing, then? Duh... by not giving up. Ever!

Now let's get down to business. You want to know how to lose weight quickly.

You can and will lose weight quickly if you do exactly what I say.

First of all... a warning to help get you the right mentality:

But you shouldn't want to lose weight too quickly. This is very important. In the hypothetical case where you would lose 10 pounds per week, it would definitely take its toll from your body.

You would not get any desired, long term results. You would sustain damage to your health. You would be malnourished and get organ damage. You might even start looking like an old wrinkly prune.

The realistic amount of fat that you can burn per week is 1 pound. In practice, a lot of people burn slightly less fat than that.

Don't be disappointed. Don't be greedy. Losing 1 pound of fat per week is not that slow. You can burn dozens of pounds over a few months gradually and therefore safely.

This is actually what you want. Or at least... this is what you should want. Any other way of doing it hurts you in the long term.

The ingredients to a successful weight loss attempt are the following:

Weight Loss Diet

A good diet is a diet that has all the nutrients you need. Your diet should create a daily calorie shortage of no more than 500!

Weight Loss Exercises

You need to combine your diet with the right exercises. The largest fundamtation of successful weight loss is still your diet. But throwing exercise into the mix boosts your results enormously.

Rest

Always make sure to get plenty of rest. Your body needs to recover from a constant calorie shortage and regular workouts. Recovery is a necessary ingredient in your fat loss formula!

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(To learn more about what to eat and how to exercise, please read my other hubs on weight loss.

You can find a number of related links down below.)

You need to keep up your diet and your exercise for a period of at least a few weeks.

Afraid you can't muster the motivation?

I think you can!

Hypothetical situation:

You're lying in bed. Your alarm clock goes off at 7:00 AM.

You open your eyes and you're still feeling tired. You wish that damn alarm clock would shut up.

The alarm clock is set to 7:10. Ten minutes later, it wakes you up again. You're still tired. But you got to get up anyway. It's time for work.

You get out of bed and take off your pyjamas. You look in the mirror. You already knew that you needed to lose some weight. But now all of a sudden you realize...

Years of eating comfort food to drown out the misery of your soul killing day job have made you plain fat.

Sounds depressing, doesn't it?

Don't feel ashamed. We all have our little sad moments like these.

I understand completely. Hey, I've been there!!!

And yes, that's past tense. I've escaped that drudgery years ago and you can do the same for yourself!

You need to start feeling better about yourself. And what better way to do this than by losing weight and getting back that slim figure you had when you were young!

By taking up that healthy diet plan and that weight loss exercise program, you will start feeling empowered right away.

Just knowing you're doing something to improve yourself will make you shine. Trust me.

A few weeks down the line, you'll feel better about yourself when looking in the mirror. You'll have more energy. You'll sleep better. You won't have big problems with getting out of bed anymore.

Healthy diet and exercise is the missing link in many people's lives. The human body wasn't meant to be sitting still the whole time.

You can easily hold on to your weight loss motivation as long as you keep actively working on those results.

You just have to take action.

Don't think for one second that you can't lose weight because the Universe has these special little rules for you that make it impossible just for you to become successful at something.

Woody Allen once said "80% of success is just showing up".

In this context, 'just showing up' translates to 'just taking action'.

That's the key. Take action now and take action consistently.

Make "action taking" a part of your life.

You want to know what the best part of taking action is?

It gives you instant gratification!!!

Now if that is not enough to get your butt in gear, I don't know what is!