How to lose weight quickly and safely

Here's how to lose weight quickly, but more importantly, safely. Follow these instructions and you are guaranteed to shed some pounds. No need for Alli, Hoodia, Oprah, Dr.Phil or any other secret, expensive or trick formulas. This works!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• fruits and veggies
• beef, fish, poultry
• self control
• positive attitude
• walking shoes
• water

1. No White at Night. Follow this rule, it really works. No white at night means that after 7:00 p.m. you cannot eat: white rice, sugars, pastas, starches or breads. Think about how much that will cut out of your diet. You shouldn't really eat anything after about 7:30 p.m. but especially not any of the "white" items above. If you must eat late at night, make sure you are eating complex carbs (wheat bread, whole grains, proteins) and not sugars and heavy pastas.
2. As a general rule you should cut out sugar and starches. Skip the following: sugar sodas, cookies, candy, breads and NO fattening Starbuck's coffee drinks. Do you know how many calories are in a venti frappacino?
   
   Choices should made wisely. Instead of a bagel and cream cheese and a venti mocha, go with a banana, and piece of cheese for breakfast.
   
   For lunch, stick with soups and salads. No croutons! Salad dressing should be balsamic vinegrette. If you a sandwich, make sure it is wheat bread, no mayo and no cheese.
   
   For dinner, grill some veggies with olive oil and have a small piece of steak or fish. Cutting out carbs will be easy and will taste good!
   
   Opt for vegetables and dip or peanuts as a snack. Try cheese and salami and forget the crackers.
3. Get some exercise! Walk everywhere! Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk as much as possible. Walk up and down your stairs at least 10 times a day. Take 10 things out of your purse and leave them upstairs- go downstairs, go back upstairs and grab one thing at a time so that you get some exercise.
   
   Instead of sending an email to a colleague across the office, get up from your computer during the day and walk around the office and talk to them in person.

Tips & Warnings

• Get one of your friends to follow your diet with you
• You will learn to love celery with peanut butter, carrots and hummus - there are tasty alternatives to sugars and breads
• Drinks a lot of water, as much as you can each day
• Watch your alcohol intake as well. Beer has a lot of carbs
• You should not starve yourself- make sure that you eat three meals a day.
• If you starve yourself, you will not maintain any weight loss. You will gain it back!
• Do not skip or reduce your insulin shots (if you are diabetic) in order to lose weight. This practice, which some people call “diabulimia”, can cause you severe diabetic complications such as falling into a coma, losing your eyesight, amputations and even death.