| Short of surgery, there are no quick fixes when it | | | | raises metabolism and burns calories throughout |
| comes to weight loss. Everyone has seen the | | | | the day, increasing your chances of weight loss. |
| commercials where people claim to lose insane | | | | While you may feel like you are losing weight |
| amounts of weight in a short period of time. While | | | | quickly, most of what you are losing is water |
| this is possible, it is not normal or even safe. | | | | weight, which leads to dehydration as you |
| Losing weight at a breakneck pace involves | | | | continue with your extreme dieting. As you fast |
| methods that can seriously damage your body. | | | | or detox, you have diarrhea, which turns into |
| Not only that, but once you go off the diet you | | | | constipation once you get to the dehydration |
| usually gain the weight back. The stress you put | | | | phase. Your skin will look pasty and many times |
| your body through losing the weight in the first | | | | your hair will fall out in large clumps. As you keep |
| place is enough; don't cause unnecessary strain on | | | | on dieting dangerously, you will find yourself tired |
| your body with extreme dieting. The psychological | | | | and drained all the time, as your metabolism slows |
| damage also makes you more likely to develop | | | | down to protect you from dying. In addition, you |
| eating disorders. | | | | may find yourself cramping and feeling sick due to |
| The methods used to lose weight fast usually | | | | a drop in your potassium and sodium levels. |
| involve extreme calorie reduction. A popular diet | | | | Don't do this to yourself just to look thin. The |
| program which has been sued for the danger it | | | | goal is to become healthy, not sickly. While quick |
| put participants in had dieters cutting back to 500 | | | | weight loss is possible, losing weight too quickly |
| calories a day or less. Another popular way to | | | | can cause serious problems. If appetite is a major |
| lose weight is through juice diets. All of these diets | | | | concern, consider a natural appetite suppressant |
| usually encourage the use of laxatives to lose | | | | like hoodia. This South African herb is also available |
| weight even faster. Anytime your body gets less | | | | in a fast acting hoodia shot. The goal is not to |
| than 1200 calories per day, muscle deterioration | | | | starve, but to cut back to a healthy level of |
| begins. You don't want to lose muscle because it | | | | eating. |