Fast Weight Loss - What Makes a Fast Weight Loss Plan Effective?

While slow, steady weight loss can be achieved by making small changes to your diet and gradually increasing your activity level, let's face it; slow weight loss sucks! everybody want fast weight loss! Well, I happen to think that a fast weight loss approach is better. The fact is; you will get better results by attacking your weight loss goals for a planned period of time at the exclusion of other things, focussing on it with laser intensity and actually achieving it, at which point you can ease off and simply maintain your weight. Here's why:

It is a fact of human nature that a task will expand to fit the time frame you place on it. In other words if you decide to lose weight slowly over a period of 6 months, the lack of urgency created by such a long term goal will actually slow your progress. Now, if you decide to lose, say, 20lbs in a month, how much more focussed on achieving your weight loss goals do you think you will be? I'll say it again - short term goals for fast weight loss will produce better results than long term goals.

So what are the differences between a slow weight loss plan and a fast weight loss plan? Here's a quick list.

Fast weight loss secret 1 - First of all decide on the goal. "Lose weight" is not a goal, it's a good idea. A goal sounds like this; "by the 1st of november this year I will weigh 170lbs". Specific and time-bound. Write it down (write, not type) and stick it up somewhere you will see it every day. Write it on a card and keep it in your wallet, stick it on your fridge. You need to keep this goal at the front of your mind for the duration of your fat loss plan. This is one of the most crucial elements that separates fat loss success from fat loss failure. Keeping focussed on your goal will prevent you from slipping up with your diet.

Fast weight loss secret 2 - Decide on your objectives and make them as clear and simple as possible with no room for interpretation. The goal is what you want to achieve, the objectives are how you plan to achieve it. These need to be simple and clear because if you are vague in defining your objectives you will drift away from them as the weeks go by.

Bad objectives sound like - I will reduce my carbohydrate intake.
Good objectives sound like - For the next for weeks I will eat no starchy carbohydrates between Monday and Saturday. All of my meals will contain a protein source and green vegetables.
See how much more specific a properly formulated objective is?

Fast weight loss secret 3 - Fail to plan - plan to fail! If a client tells me their objective is to eat an apple a day for the next week, my next question to them is "do you have seven apples in your kitchen right now?" Once you have your goals and your objectives, you must prepare! If you have crap food in your kitchen, throw it out! Buy only food which is in line with your objectives. Simple? yes, but it's amazing how few people actually take action and do it.

You can find the goals, objectives and formula for fast fat loss here but doing it is up to you!