My fitness experiment started about six years ago, and I have learned far more than I ever thought I would along the way. You are reading this post because you want to lose weight quickly. This is an easy goal to achieve, and can be done with absolutely no supplements at all. However, you are missing one key ingredient; long term perspective. In this article I will outline three key topics; the quickest way to lose weight in a week, the best way to lose weight, and having a long-term perspective on health.

The quickest way to lose weight in a week:

OK, so you do not care about where you will be after a month or year with your weight; you just want to lose as much as possible in a short period of time for a special event. Let me try to dissuade you right now from this course of action. If you lose five or even ten pounds, you won’t look any better. You will likely look more sickly, and just like a slightly smaller version of yourself. This was my experience when I first got serious about losing weight.

I went from two hundred and thirty-five pounds down to one hundred and seventy-five pounds in six months. That is ten pounds per month on average, with most of the weight loss being right up front.

How did I do it? I started something called a raw foods diet and fasted (no eating) four times per month. On Wednesday every week I did not eat anything, and at the beginning of every month I did not eat for the first three to four days. This put me in an extreme state of calorie deprivation, and I walked outside for two hours every day. You cannot do much more than walk when you have no calories powering your system.

So, if you still want to lose weight as quickly as possible, I suggest you switch to a raw foods diet and fast every other day for the week. Throw in some mild exercise on the days the days that you eat food (a couple hours of walking will suffice), and you will lose more. Lift some weights before you start your fast and your body will eat up your muscle, which weighs more than fat, and you can lose a little more weight. However, this approach is extremely unattractive for the long-term, so I will just make a few quick recommendations below. Also, please consult a doctor before trying any kind of fasting; this is especially important for diabetics.

The best way to lose weight :

Since starting my weight loss experiment, I have become a competitive powerlifter and lift several times my bodyweight in the squat, deadlift and bench press; I even have a third place medal to show for it in the United Kingdom. By far, the most metabolically efficient way to lose weight is through heavy complex movements; variations of the power lifts and Olympic lifts. Do this every other day and on your off days, for an extra boost, do high intensity interval training. Your diet should include meat and vegetables at every meal, and drop all the starchy carbohydrates including calorie-dense beverages and any kind of grain and fatty sauce (like salad dressing). I may go into further detail in a later post.

Having a long-term perspective on health:

Are you not sick of always having to look to the Internet and magazines for how to lose weight in a week, when if you had a longer time perspective, you would never have to do this again? As I said before already, you will not look much better if you starve yourself, nor is it easy, nor will the benefits stick. After you have finished your starvation, you will go back to normal, and weigh more than when you started.

Consider adopting a healthy mindset instead. In order to weigh less than you naturally weigh (what you weigh now) requires permanent change; you have to establish a new natural weight. The less you want to weigh, the more you need to do. At the very least, you need to either change your diet, or commit to exercising more than you do for the rest of your life – you need a new lifestyle.

Read through the best way to lose weight section again if you need to, and I wish you strength on your journey to a better body, more energy, and greater health.

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