Many so-called experts will tell you that losing weight quickly is reckless, dangerous, and foolhardy.
Don't let them scare you.
It's true that if you approach fast weight loss the wrong way, you may find yourself failing to lose anything, and having less energy.
But with the right kind of diet, fast weight loss is easier than you think.
Most people become interested in fast weight loss techniques because of some kind of short term problem-either their extra weight caused some sort of injury or humiliation and they have an urgent desire for change, or maybe they have a big event like a school dance coming up and they want to look good for it.
If you find yourself in one of these situations, take a deep breath and don't panic.
The usual panic response is to stop eating.
That's a bad idea.
If you stop eating, your body will become alarmed and will slow down your metabolism to conserve calories.
As a result, you won't lose much weight at all.
There are a few simple principles you can apply to your diet which will cause your metabolism to increase.
Collectively, these techniques are referred to as calorie shifting, and they stimulate the metabolism by varying the portions you eat.
On some days, you'll eat larger amounts of food; on other days, you'll eat less.
The net result is that you eat the same amount of food every week as before, but your metabolism is working faster, so you actually burn more calories and lose more weight.
This novel but incredibly effective approach to weight loss is embodied in the popular diet FatLoss4Idiots.
When I posted a FatLoss4Idiots review to my dieting Web site, I almost immediately started to receive customer comments reporting that the diet's marketing tagline is true-people really had lose 9 pounds in 11 days, or more.
Especially when combined with a little light exercise, FatLoss4Idiots is the ideal fast weight loss diet.