by Arjun Wadhwa

Created on: August 07, 2008   Last Updated: August 25, 2008

Losing weight is not as hard as it may seem. Once you get in the "mode", then you will have no problem sticking to your diets, eating healthy foods which in turn will make you lose weight fast.

Firstly, you should determine what caused you to be overweight. The proper approach to why you are overweight can be the difference between losing weight fast or never losing weight at all! Here are some of the reasons why you might be overweight:

1. Weight problems in your family (Father, grandparents being overweight)
2. Eating for comfort (Under stress and depression)
3. Eating too much and not knowing when to stop (Over full stomach)
4. On medication that has side effects of gaining weight.
5. A low metabolism rate

Once you have determined the cause, you need to take following steps to begin losing weight in just a couple of weeks.

Here are some basic tips to get you started:

* Eating carrots will use up more calories inside to digest the carrots. Other vegetables with similar property are cucumbers.

* Fat requires oxygen to burn, so when exercising, inhale a little deeper and exhale slightly faster.

* A realistic goal of losing weight is 2 pounds/week

* Avoid sleeping for more than 12 hours on any day and avoid sleeping less than 8 hours a day.

* A lot of research has shown that a person must eat small portions in about 6-7 meals per day.

* Get more whole grain foods in your list of foods.

* 75% of your weight loss is determined by diet and nutrition and 25% is by exercise.

After you have followed the above tips, you should see your daily habits changing and you should also be dropping a few pounds. You still need to follow more tips in order to completely lose weight. Healthy ways to lose weight are:

* Regular exercise (3-4 days a week for 30 or more minutes)

* Doing weight training (Every consecutive day)

* Eating healthy food with high fiber.

* Controlling on calories (Eat 200 less calories each day than you are supposed to).

* You need to exercise to lose weight. Do exercise in a proper way and do it for at least 30 minutes because you will only start burning fat once you have done aerobic exercise for more than twenty minutes, and you should maintain a fast blood supply for at least 30 minutes before you see results.

* Remember that you are not trying to lose weight, but you are trying to lose fat which is basically weight but if you make them into muscles then that is a positive sign. Muscular men/women have a higher BMI than average, but this doesn't make them over weight.

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