I’m probably very much like you in a lot of ways because of the fact that you are reading this, and are thinking about starting a fast weight loss diet to lose those disgusting extra pounds that you have been carrying around for years. I have dieted my rear end off (literally and figuratively) for many many years now, and I am sick of always being overweight. I started searching for something else.

Well, I’ve checked out all kinds of fast weight loss diet plans, and believe me when I say, they are no picnic and some of them are downright scary. Who wants to starve to lose weight, or eat nothing but vegetable soup 24/7, or only drink black coffee day after day. I’ve read up a lot on all this weight loss business, and most of it is hype and can be very dangerous to your overall health. Especially when you start throwing in all those chemicals to speed up your metabolism and curb your appetite; some of us just can’t handle all that chemical garbage.

So what actually happens when you start one of these fast weight loss diet plans is that your body goes into starvation mode and begins to shut down operations to conserve its energy supply. It is essentially designed to do that by Nature when its calorie source is cut down or severely restricted, and it begins to pull energy from the stored fat reserves and from muscles. That’s all well and good, but how long can you keep that up.

There are all kinds of a fast weight lost diet out there, and some of them are downright radical and dangerous. Anything that uses substances to make your heart beat faster and your metabolism to run faster is a potential train wreck—–you may have underlying health factors that will come to the fore when these radical diets are used; and you may have anything happen to you as a result, from the jitters, shakes, strokes, all the way to a heart attack. Yep, you’ll be svelte all right—-svelte and dead.

Just think how long it took you to pile on all that weight that you are now so anxious to get rid of in such a big hurry—-sure was fun plastering on the pounds, one burger and fries at a time, wasn’t it. Well, to keep your body running well, and the way it was designed to run—you need to take the weight off the same speed as you put it on—-gradually. I know you don’t want to hear that—we are all hedonists at heart, we love to eat good tasting food and lots of it, and let’s face it—dieting is for the birds. But, hey, the truth hurts.

If you are wondering what I am referring to when I talk about a fast weight loss diet, let me give you an example. The diet plans that are monitored by a doctor where you go in and get shots of vitamins and all kinds of other stuff to replace the food you are not eating, are all the rage now. Essentially, they are nothing more than planned starvation. The amount of food you get to eat on a daily basis is just about enough for one meal for a parakeet, and you find yourself chewing on your sleeves the first week. But, you do lose weight, you feel good, you look good, and your vitals have never been better. So what’s wrong with that? Nothing, except almost everyone I know, including my adult son who has gone through the program, lost weight, then went onto a maintenance eating plan and gained almost all the weight back.

Don’t be fooled by talk swirling around you that these types of fast weight loss diet plans are really good and will work. It’s all malarky. To put your faith in something that lets you only eat grapefruit for days on end, or drink nothing but black coffee can’t be good for you, and they will only satisfy the initial desire to drop pounds quickly. You are setting yourself up for failure with these quickie diets, because if you do not lose the weight in a slow and methodical manner, it will only come back with a vengeance after you stop the starvation diet. Be smart—lose weight the old fashioned way—slow and steady. Your body will thank you for it.

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