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It’s not only professionals who know ways to lose weight fast, regular people post some ideas too.

Eat grilled or boiled meat such as steak and chicken instead of fried meat. Add spices to make it taste even better.

Give up the soda. If you drink a soda or two every day you are adding empty calories. If you find it hard to stop completely, cut back at first and drink water instead|Stop drinking soda. Those are empty calories so stop drinking it and substitute water. (Note that the average person adds 90,000 calories a year from sipping juice or soda. WOW! That’s a great tip.)

If there’s no junk food at home you can’t eat it. Make a list, shop the list.

Give yourself a treat. When you can’t eat something you end up craving it more, and eventually binging. Taste a treat once a week, or even once a day in smaller quantities. Don’t go crazy, remember the rule of moderation.

Use a smaller plate to trick yourself into thinking you’re eating more than you really are. (Not only are you tricking yourself, even if the trick doesn’t work it’s easier to stop eating when the plate is finished and there’s no more food available.)

Rob a bank and get caught. They serve a balanced diet in prison. (Um, no. That’s a bad idea.)

A way to ensure you gain more weight is to try all those quick diets then ping-pong back the other way when they’re done. Don’t try them.

Do exercise many times a day. If you’re watching television, do some push ups or crunches. (That’s a great idea to increase caloric burn.)

Measure your food. If you have junk food remember to measure and control the portion. (Portion control is a big part of a healthy diet. Most restaurants and even people at home serve portions that are too large.)

Get really sick. After a month in the hospital I had lost 25 pounds. (Another bad idea. It’s best to stick to ways to lose weight while remaining healthy. After all, the ultimate goal is better health.)

Stick to something long enough to repeat it a few times, then you can coast. (It’s said that if we repeat a thing 21 times it becomes a habit. Sometimes the number is different, but the idea is the same. Will power is only necessary to repeat something enough times for it to become|turn into a habit.)

When you eat too quickly the body doesn’t have time to feel full. Go slow.

The folks out there know a lot about weight loss. Ask other people for support and more ideas.