So many people are looking to find out how to lose weight fast.  Maybe they have an event coming up like a high school reunion or a wedding.  They may have been putting off losing weight for so long and now it is catching up with them and they want the quick fix.

As you search online for ways to lose weight fast, you will find lots of diets, pills, and potions that promise fast weight loss results, but do they work?

The promise of fast weight loss appeals to the person who is vulnerable, fed up, and wants to reverse their painful circumstances as soon as possible.  When the desire is strong enough and one feels vulnerable enough, one may fall for any solution promising fast weight loss.  If this is you, I would love to have a real conversation with you.

Weight loss is a journey.  It isn’t a quick fix.  I can tell you the fastest ways I know for you to lose weight, but if you don’t adopt a change in lifestyle, you won’t have permanent results, and next year when a big event comes up you will be making the same search for the same fast results.

Here is what I recommend.  Look forward a year from now and ask yourself how you would feel if you were in the exact same place.  What would it feel like knowing another year has gone by and nothing has changed.  Maybe you went on a few diets promising fast weight loss and maybe you even lost a few pounds.  But within a year you were right back at the same place.

Now I want you to imagine yourself a year from now after embarking upon a weight loss journey instead of a fad diet.  Imagine you are at your idea size and shape.  Imagine that you are feeling really good about yourself because you got here organically.  You did the real work needed to bring about a change in diet and lifestyle.  The result of your new lifestyle is permanent weight loss results.  How would this feel?

So instead of working to lose weight fast so you look better tomorrow, why not focus your attention on changing your lifestyle, so that you look good for the rest of your life?  Why not focus on making the changes today that will bring about the body you want tomorrow?  Because the truth is, today you are seeing the product of the choices you made yesterday.  Tomorrow you will see the results of the choices you make today.  Therefore, making the right choices today is the key to having the results you want tomorrow.

If you want to lose weight fast eat nothing but raw fruits and vegetables until you reach your weight loss goal.  Eat as much raw fruits and vegetables and you want.  Drink green smoothies made of greens and fruit.  This is the absolute fastest way to lose weight while still eating food and you will be changing your lifestyle and nourishing your body at the same time.  When you eat nothing but raw fruits and vegetables you are getting plenty of vitamins, minerals and even proteins to sustain you.  Don’t worry about the carbs in fruits and veggies and don’t worry about a lack of protein from not eating meat.  You will be fine.  This may not be the easiest transition to make, but I know people who have lost a ton of weight this way, and this is a healthy way to lose weight.  Because you are not starving yourself or denying yourself adequate nutrition.  In fact, you will be hyper-nourishing your body.

Now this is a pretty extreme lifestyle transformation and not sustainable in the long-run for most people.  But it is sustainable for the short term.  Once you achieve the desired results you can slowly add healthy cooked food like whole grains, beans, legumes, cooked veggies, squash, and other whole foods.

If you want to start slower for good weight loss but at a slower pace, you can start out with a whole food, plant-based diet.   This is a proven way to eat for maximum weight loss over a longer period.

If you don’t want to go plant-based you can start out by cutting out all the processed foods and sugars from your diet and just eat a whole food diet.  Weight loss will likely happen but slower.

So how quickly your weight loss results depends on how much you are willing to cut out of your diet right up front.  Still, the only way to have sustainable weight loss over a long period and stop the yoyo dieting is to change your lifestyle permanently.  This is how you lose weight fast and keep it off.