Best Diets to Help Lose Weight Fast

Sandra Piddock
The best way to lose weight is to do it gradually - after all, you didn't become fat overnight, so you shouldn't expect to shrink overnight either. The only way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat healthily and exercise more, but sometimes you need a quick fix. Perhaps you want to fit back into that special dress, or your summer holiday has crept up unawares, and your bikini is bursting at the seams. What's the best way to trim down fast?

My favourite weight loss quick fix is the Cabbage Soup Diet. It's not a long term weight loss plan, as it's only supposed to be followed for one week in three or four, but if you want to shift pounds fast, and you want to do it healthily, this could be the answer for you. If you follow the diet religiously, it's possible to lose 10lbs or even more in a week. If that's not enough to get you back into your favourite dress, well, perhaps you need to stop kidding yourself and just buy a bigger size!

A big advantage of the Cabbage Soup Diet is that once you've done your shopping for the ingredients and made the soup, that's it for the week. No more trips to the supermarket, which means no more temptation to buy foods you shouldn't have. Freeze half of the soup, and keep the rest in the fridge, ready to heat up a bowl when you need it.

It's easy to follow the Cabbage Soup Diet whatever your lifestyle, as you can make salads to take for lunch, and take pieces of fruit for when you need a snack. You need never go hungry on the Cabbage Soup Diet - there's always something you can eat, although you'll probably be sick of the soup by the end of the week.

With the Cabbage Soup Diet, there are no expensive items to buy, and the diet should slot seamlessly into your lifestyle, as there are no strange food combinations or restrictions. The diet also boosts the metabolism, so you'll find you continue to lose weight after your week on Cabbage Soup, as long as you eat healthily and don't just go back to eating the things that made you fat in the first place.

The Cabbage Soup Diet rocks! Try it for yourself and see if you too can become a good loser.

Published by Sandra Piddock

I'm 57, married with a grown up family, and I divide my time between the Costa Blanca in Spain and Cornwall in England. I make a modest living as a freelance writer and website editor. I write on anything wh...  View profile

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