Do you wish to lose 15 pounds fast? What kind of pounds do you want to lose – muscle, fat or water?

Did you know that most people when they talk about losing weight, don’t really know what exactly they are talking about. Almost everyone connects weight with fat, which is not entirely true.

If your goal is to lose 15 pounds just to feel better when you are on the scale, it probably doesn’t matter to you whether it is fat, muscle or water that you lose. If your desire is to lose the additional bulge around your stomach, then you are wanting to lose 15 pounds of fat fast.

Regardless of whether you want to lose fat or pounds, it’s important to know that water makes up part of that loss. Actually, especially in the first couple of days when dieting, the greatest part of your weight loss will be water.

Thousands of sites on the net pretend that they can demonstrate you how to lose 15 pounds fast. What they don’t always tell you is that losing weight fast can be dangerous to your health. Of course, it wholly depends what you believe to be ‘fast’. Many people consider a few days, maybe a week to be fast, while for others it is a month.

To be realistic you should set your goal to lose 15 pounds in a months time, which is achievable if done right. Yet, there is a possible risk involved when the approach to losing weight isn’t done correctly.

Water is the easiest to lose, but there is no way just to get rid of the water if you want to lose 15 pounds fast. The body can not survive without water. Take away the water and it will die.

Starving will not solve your problem either. Actually, when you stop to eat your body will slow down its metabolism and you might even build up weight. Not giving the body essential nutrients, will result in warnings going off. Your body goes into a survival mode, which leads to the fact that it will hang onto every morsel you eat, which leads to a weight gain.

A good way to lose 15 pounds fast is by eating foods like salmon which needs a lot of energy for the digestion. You could eat nothing but meat, but that wouldn’t be healthy either. You need hold onto a well-rounded diet, that supports your body with all the nutrients it needs to stay healthy. A well balanced diet and losing weight can go hand in hand, you only need to know what foods are the right ones to eat. Don’t start your weight loss plan without taking measurements of your body and don’t forget the body weight and fat index. There are special calipers available in weight and fitness centers (usually as a part of some tool kit), which allow you to take measurements of the fat tissue on different areas of your body.

Here are some things you can do to lose 15 pounds fast:

1) Avoid foods that cause water retention, like salt. Use less salt and you will soon start to lose weight.

2) Always eat 4-6 small portions daily, instead of 3 big ones – this will help your body’s digestive system to work correctly.

3) Add foods that use more energy to digest, including meat, chicken, salmon, asparagus, cheese, carrots, squash and green beans.

4) Drink more the 8 glasses of water during the day, this will help you increase your metabolism.

5) Additional to your weight loss plan, exercise frequently to develop muscles, as muscle tissue burns more energy, which in turn causes you to lose weight.

Don’t forget to take measures of your weight and body every other week and if you don’t see any results, make adjustments to your weight loss plan.

It is possible to lose 15 pounds fast, if you take action and then stay with your plan.

Another approach to weight loss which may be worth looking into is Body Image Mastery. See the related post here – weight loss and loving yourself. Check out the video here.