One such program which is making its impact on the market is The 4 Day Diet (buy from Amazon) by Dr. Ian Smith from The Celebrity Fit Club on VH1. In his book he provides sensible advise, motivating tips and several recipes that can aid your weight loss efforts.

His ideas has helped Americans lose millions of pounds through his 50 million pounds lost challenge.

The tips given by him may seem to be pretty basic and all over the place. But they are all over because these weight loss tips work! These weight loss tips have been proven over and over by people who wanted to lose weight.

And the BEST part of it is that you can get started RIGHT AWAY without any special food or instrument.

Some of his weight loss tips include -

• Reduce the intake of salt : First of all, adding sugar to your food can become an awful habit. It an addiction. When you fall prey to this habit one thing happens – you add salt to the food that is perfectly OK. Been there done that. It can be VERY difficult to get rid of this habit. And besides salt increases the risk for high blood pressure.
• Don’t overcook vegetables : You’ve heard it a million times but here it is again. Don’t overcook your food. If you over cook vegetables the nutrients viz. minerals, vitamins start to evaporate. Tip: Try eating raw vegetables like tomatoes, carrots and cabbage. They don’t contain fats are very effective in losing weight. Read my post on Negative Calorie Foods.
• Try to get rid of fried foods : Fried foods are harmful for your body as they load your body with unnecessary fats and calories effectively hampering your weight loss efforts. Instead roast, grill or steam your food.
• Cut back on fats : Fats make food tastier but they also make you unhealthy. A gram of fat provides as much as 9 calories more than double as compared to the same amount of protein or carbohydrate. And you know that 3500 calories equal 1 pound.

I’ll post some more tips soon. In the meantime, please subscribe to Reduce Weight in the box to the upper right. Thanks!

There are two important phases to weight loss

1. right diet
2. right amount of exercise to shed that extra fat

many people don’t know this. So no matter what they try, they don’t get a satisfactory result even after months! In this article I will show you 5 harmful things that you may not have know was really hurting your weight-loss efforts.

#1. I will lose weight if I don’t eat - If I ask this question to a group of people then 90% people will agree to this myth. They’ll argue that eating is one of the primary factors of their obesity. WRONG! You NEED to eat food to lose weight. Your body needs all the life supporting nutrients. In absense of these the body will utilize proteins from your body to generate energy. It will convert the muscle-building protein into energy-generating carbohydrate.

#2. I can eat EVERYTHING as long as I exercise – Many people get this wrong! They think that as long as they don’t stop working out they can eat whatever they want to their heart’s content. Nothing can be farther from the truth! Diet plays a vital role in your weight loss efforts. Proper Diet and Exercise are like the 2 sides of the same coin – there is no third (or one ) option! You have to make changes in your food eating habits – and if you haven’t yet then this is the right time.

#3. Eating food multiple times a day will hamper my weight loss efforts – Again Wrong! In fact, most dieticians recommend eating multiple times during the day than you normally do. But there’s one condition , you have to intake smaller quantities and more fibre rich food.

#4. In order to lose weight I have to give up my favorite food – One of the reasons that many people don’t start early on is because they fear parting with their favorite food. They keep procrastinating until it is extremely essential for them to keep alive. When in fact weight loss doesn’t mean parting with your favorite foods – not a bit! You can eat them once in a while. You can also reward yourself with your favorite food after achieving a goal or a milestone. Always worked for me like a charm!  And besides it kept me motivated.

#5. There is no natural way for me to lose weight – Many people assume that they need some sort of a magic bullet to lose weight. This is completely wrong! There are countless examples of people who have lost more than 150 lbs of weight – all through natural means! No artificial pills. No spot reduction surgeries. No < insert the latest weight loss craze here >! You just need a right diet and a right plan and consistency. Then no one – not even YOU can stop you from losing weight, FAST!  Because results speak for themselves.