is the after 6 diet effective? whats the quickest, safest way to shed extra lbs?
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I have never heard of the after 6 diet. But, can tell you  what worked for me. My Dr. recommended the Medifast Diet. It teaches you to eat 5-6 small meals a day every 2-3 hours. You lose weight quickly and healthy with very little execise. I lost 26 lbs. so far. If you want more information just e-mail at lovejae247@yahoo.com
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1. A safe level and effective level of weight loss that is about 1-2 pounds per week.. More than that could be unhealthy is is usually not lasting. Look to make lasting changes in your diet and lifestyle, then you will keep the weight off.  \n2. The only way to lose weight is to take in fewer calories that you burn. There is no secret to it. You can do this by dieting to lower your calorie intake, exercise to increase it, or a combination of both. Depending on your current activity level, even adding some walking into the schedule can help.\n3.  Muscle weighs more than fat but is more compact.  Adding muscle may make you look slimmer, and the muscle burns more calories at rest than fat so it can keep you slimmer.\n4. There are many effective diet programs that you can follow on your own or join. These programs do a few things: they can help educate you on proper nutrition; they help you control portions and calorie intake; and, they usually require you to keep a record of your eating behavior. Find one that is comfortable for you if you think it will help, or do it on your own.\n5. Writing down everything you eat over a few days can be very helpful in terms of identifying your problem areas.\n6 There are some helpul resources available from the US Government, including suggested diet and a calorie tracker that allows you to evaluate your food intake for calories and nutrients, and compare it to the calories that you burn through daily activities. I have some articles on my website as well. Links are shown below. \nGood luck!
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The farther you are away from your 'ideal' weight the easier it is to lose weight. The more overweight you are the easier it will be to lose 6kg doing following your plan.\n\nGood luck with it.
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the best way is really to eat healthy... replace everything that isnt good for u in ur diet with something that is. replace sodas with water. chips/candy and other similar snacks with a piece of fruit or veg. reduce the amount of food u eat at dinner... never eat anything heavy after 6pm... and of course theres excersize which for me is the worst, so i stay away from gyms and instead go for really long walks...
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25lbs in 4-5 weeks is not really that feasible - i know - i had to lose 70lbs after the birth of my kiddo - however..you could lose about 15 I say - because I did and here is how...\n\nSouth Beach Diet works very well - its a no brainer and it IS healthy so that part is taken care of. Some people complain about Phase 1 part of the diet, truthfully - I skipped it and went straight to Phase 2 and did very well.\n\nThen second part to losing all this weight is exercise. And believe me - I hate it..but..you HAVE to do it - you have to do something that really gets your heart rate up and for me it was Billy Blanks TaeBo. It is kick-butt and even if you are a beginner - you can just do what you can , march in place and then catch back up when you can again. I did his Basic workout series, not with the bands that he has. Although any of them will work. But you HAVE to exercise - and I did 4 days a week for about 40 minutes.\n\nTHAT is a sure fire way to lose weight quickly and healthy - South Beach and 4 days of 40 minutes of cardio. Check with your doctor before beginning any exercise or diet plan though. \n\nAnd last thought - 1lb of fat = 3500 calories. To lose 1 lb a week - you have to omit 3500 calories from your diet. It sounds like a lot - it is - but not over 7 days - over 7 days you have to omit 500 calories a day from your diet. And you do that two ways - 1. from dieting and 2. from exercising. If you can omit 500 calories in food per day and then burn another 500 calories- thats 2 lbs a week. you'll also lose some water weight - so 2-3 lbs a week is pretty feasible.\n\nAim for 15 lbs in 6 weeks and you'll be doing great! And I'm with ya there - I have 10lbs I want to lose and am on the fast track to getting it off. its HARD though but we can do it!\n\nGood luck - be healthy and try to have fun with exercise so if Tae bo isn't for you - find something else - simply walking (walking fast though) is going to do it for you too. Try taking a class of kickboxing or aerobics - I did kickboxing class 2 times a week and it REALLY helped. (and then I lost the weight last year and haven't exercised since and am paying for it now! hahaha)
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Crash diets dont work! Why not? Because they leave us hungry and miserable.\nResult? We stop dieting and start bingeing.\n\nbut if you really want one to try here ya go.\n\n this is far from the ideal diet and it should be noted that they aren't balanced and the best way to lose any weight is with a careful well balanced diet.\nDon't do a crash diet for more than 3 to 7 days. Most of these diets are not meant to be kept for extended periods of time. They aren't balanced and not meant to be your permanent way of eating. \nThe week that your going to keep the fad diet, don't overexert yourself. While feeling fine during the diet, you shouldn't try to exert yourself too much, it would make it difficult to keep it and may be too stressful on your system. \n  \n\nDon't go out to dinner with friends and other social activities. Nothing is worst then eating something tiny when your friends are eating their heads off. So, while it can be done, it's easier to just avoid those types of situations. \n  \n\nIf you get very hungry drink a cold glass of water, it will help to take away the hunger pangs. You could always try sucking on ice to calm hunger pains. \n  \n\nOne last thing, once the crash diet ends don't think it's party time and eat out the house...once the diet is over you want to celebrate, just don't celebrate it with food!! Start your well balanced diet once you are done with the fad diet. \nYou must drink eight 8oz. glasses of water daily (64 oz. total per day). \nAt any meal you may eat until you are full. \nYou must eat the minimum listed at each meal. (yep, this diet list the minimum you should eat). \nYou cannot eliminate anything from the diet. Especially the bacon at breakfast and the salads. You must eat the bacon and salads. These combinations of food burn the fat, omitting one part of the combination will cause the whole thing not to work.The grapefruit or fruit juice is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process. Don't add or reduce the amount of grapefruit or juice. \nCut down on coffee, it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup at meal time. \nDon't eat between meals. If you eat the suggested foods you will not get hungry. \nYou can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables. \nDo not eat desserts, breads, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes. \nYou may double or triple helpings of meat, salad or vegetables. \nEat until you are stuffed. The more you eat the more weight you will lose. \n\nStay on the diet 12 days, then stop the diet for 2 days and repeat. \nDiet Plan:\n\nBreakfast: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \n2 eggs any style \n2 slices of bacon \n Lunch: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \nSalad with any dressing \nMeat any style and any amount. \n Dinner: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \nSalad with any dressing OR a red or green vegetable cooked in butter or spices. \nMeat or even Fish any style cooked any way. \nCoffee or Tea (1 cup) \n Bedtime Snack: \n8oz. glass of tomato juice or 8 oz cup of skim milk. \n \nOkay, enjoy your fad diets or better yet, read the fad diets, laugh at how silly they are, and then eat your favorite food and thank god you wouldn't be silly enough to try one of them :o) \n\n *** ive found the best way to lose weight is cut out sodas, sub sweets with fruits and drink plenty of water and exercise **
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It's only alright to loose 6lbs in the first or second week of dieting. This is when you loose your water weight... after that, the maximum you should loose a week and still be healthy is 2lbs. The best way to loose weight is to eat healthily. Never eat hydrogenated oils, enriched flour, high-fructose corn syrup, or saturated-fats (like lard). Don't drink soda (diet is just as bad as regular), donuts, fries, etc. Cut red meat out of your diet. It's not good for you. Eat FISH. Especially Salmon. It's high in omega-3's. And, contrary to popular belief, you need fat to burn fat. You just need the right KIND of fat. Eat whole grains. Drink a LOT of water and Green Tea. Also, eat only fresh foods. Canned and Frozen stuff have a lot of sodium... which causes bloating. Eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.\n\nAnd walk a LOT.
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What exactly is your goal?  Do you want to drop 5 pounds to fit into a pair of your favorite jeans by next weekend or do you need to loose 20 pounds for health reasons?  \n\nThere truly is No such think as "easiest" way to loose weight.  There is only healthy and unhealthy.\n\nThere are few things in the weight loss industry that are more annoying than the infomercials selling machines to give you a flat stomach or six-pack abs. \n\nTo look like those infomercial models it takes a lot more than using the latest ab machine. But a long-term commitment to careful diet and nutrition, resistance/strength training, and other forms of fat-loss exercise - in other words it's hard work.\n\nHave you ever seen anyone with well-defined abs who also had fat thighs, "man boobs" or flabby hips? The chances are you haven't. That's because it's near impossible to achieve localized fat loss. The body tends to burn fat from all over the place, and generally you have no control over which body part will slim down first.\n\nTo burn more fat you need to increase cardiovascular exercise.   \n\nThere's no need to do hundreds of crunches! Any muscle definition in the body comes from the right nutrition, and the right mix of cardio and weight training. \n\nI'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear but it is the truth and if you want it bad enough you can do it.
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There are some ways to shed your weight,\n\n1.Get up early in the morning(must)\n2.Have a walk for atleast 30 minutes.(morning or evening....walk in the morning is the best as the air is fresh)\n3.Dont skip the breakfast, some people skip their breakfast & have their food at atime with their lunch or dinner; this is not good as the whole day's boost is supplied from your breakfast.\n4.Have slight food in the intervals.  \n5.Drink atleast 1 gallon of water per day.\n6.Have a meditation as this releases your stess & tension(a healthy mind is also important)\n7.Rely on food which is prepared in your home,try to avoid junk foods.\n8.Have more & more Veggies stuff which includes fibres.\nyou can also have chocolates & icecreams if you follow the above methods.
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Here is a copy of what I found on MSN.health web site, hope it helps you.\nGood luck.\n\nThe Last 5 Pounds Diet\n\nLosing the last five stubborn pounds requires three Ps: a plan, persistence and portion control. We give you the plan, and it's up to you to stick with it until you've reached your goal. Eyeballing portion sizes isn't enough -- you've got to measure foods to avoid overeating. Losing the last five pounds is more difficult than losing the first five pounds! As you get closer to your goal you'll need to fine-tune your eating plan to nudge your body toward giving up the last bit of unwanted weight. At this point, every calorie counts!\n\nBreakfast Suggestions\nOption One\n½ grapefruit\n1 slice whole-grain toast, spread with one tablespoon peanut butter\n1 cup skim milk\nOption Two\nEgg white omelet made in a non-stick skillet with 1 ounce of cheese and 1 cup of mixed veggies\n1 slice plain whole-grain toast\n1 cup skim milk\nOption Three\n1 cup cooked plain oatmeal, made with skim milk\n½ cup berries on the oatmeal\n1 cup skim milk\n\n\nLunch Suggestions\nOption One\n2 cups tossed salad with fat-free dressing\nSandwich made from 2 slices whole-grain bread, 2 ounces turkey, tomatoes and raw veggies of your choice\n1 fresh apple\nOption Two\nVeggie Lentil Soup\n1 cup raw green pepper, red pepper and cucumbers\n½ cup grapes\nOption Three\nTuna salad plate: Mix ½ cup water-packed tuna with 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise and ½ cup diced raw vegetables (celery, green pepper, carrot, etc.). Serve with one sliced tomato and 1 cup dark green lettuce\n2 tangerine oranges \n\n\nDinner Suggestions\nOption One\nGrilled Ginger Teriyaki Tuna\n½ cup brown rice mixed with ½ cup broccoli\n2 cups tossed salad with fat-free dressing\n1 cup skim milk \nOption Two\nItalian Marinated Chicken\nLynn Fischer's Bean Salad\n½ cup raw carrots\n1 fresh pear\n1 cup skim milk \nOption Three\nOne veggie burger served on a whole-grain bun with lettuce, tomato and onion ½ cup cooked spinach\nOne fresh peach\n1 cup skim milk \n\n\nSnack Ideas\nRemember to eat a snack or meal every three to four hours during the day. Stop eating at least three hours before you go to bed. \n1 whole grapefruit\n1 cup plain yogurt mixed with ½ cup unsweetened applesauce and 2 tablespoons low-fat granola\n6 low-fat triscuits\n½ cup chickpeas mixed with fat-free Italian dressing, chopped celery and tomatoes\n2 tangelos\n1 cup grapes (freeze them first for an icy-delicious treat)\n1 cup pretzels\n3 cups air-popped popcorn sprinkled with 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese\n6 mini rice cakes\n6 baby carrots with ¼ cup fat-free ranch dressing to "dip"\n1 apple with 1 tablespoon peanut butter\n\n\nTop Ten Need-to-Cheat Treats\nSometimes, you just have to have that treat. There are ways to satisfy your sweet tooth -- without blowing your diet: \n12 animal crackers\n2 small chocolate chip cookies\n2 Oreo cookies\n½ cup fat-free, sugar-free pudding\n1 peanut butter cup candy\n25 chocolate-covered raisins\n1 lollipop\n3 caramel candy squares\n½ cup fat-free ice cream\n1 fat-free fudgesicle ice cream bar \n\n\nTop Drop-Five Tips\n• Limit alcohol. Alcoholic beverages add calories but not nutrients. Keep your consumption to one drink per week. \n• Drink more water. Carry a water bottle with you at all times. Drink at least five, 8-ounce glasses of water throughout the day and drink 8 to 16 ounces of water with every meal. \n• Eat slowly and steadily. Eat a meal or snack every three to four hours to avoid being hungry. Eat meals and snacks slowly, savoring every delicious bite. \n• Stop eating two hours before you go to bed. \n• Curb your sweet tooth. By avoiding sweetened beverages such as soda and fruit drinks, you curb your cravings for all sweets. Choose water instead of diet soda\n• Keep up with your exercise routine. You might consider longer or more intense workouts to increase the calorie burn. \n• Measure your porti
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Running is the best exercise for shedding pounds. Try to run (not jog) for about 20 minutes at least 3 days a week. Drink only water (and coffee if you must). Also, do some strength training. The more muscle you have, the more calories you can burn (that's why guys can get away with eating more). Don't eat ANY junkfood, and don't eat for at least 4 hours before you go to bed. \n\nThe most important thing is to set a goal, make a plan to achieve that goal, and stick to it. Good luck.
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If you are serious and understand that there is no overnight way to loose the amount you are asking about maybe this will help. At about 5 lbs. a week it will take  about 10 weeks to loose the weight You would be better to set your sights on 2-3 lbs per week. NEVER, EVER eat anything after 5pm. Never eat just before going to bed. Eat only twice a day. Drink water, lots of water, and a glass of warm water before bed. Drinking water helps the body to flush out excess fat wastes and toxic body waste and helps with giving you a full feeling. It also helps with mental mentality. Have a bit of fat in some form early in the day, like REAL butter on a piece of toast, this will make the body feel like it is not being slighted. If you must eat sweets try the sugar-free kind, they cost a bit more but are worth it in the long run, pace yourself with them. Get out of the house every day if only to walk once around the block, don't rush, notice everything around you, think about what you see. Add more blocks as you feel as ease with, change routes. If you are pressed into feeling bad by someone near, start doing a chore, laundry, dishs, vacuuming, taking out the trash (and you can sneak that walk as you drop the trash in the trashcan as you go by), STAY AWAY from the ice box. Binge eating only makes the problem worse and you feel you are less of a person after it is over with. If you get weak when out and hit a fast food place and after ordering you feel you shouldn't be doing that, DON'T !!!!, pay for the food, walk OUTSIDE!, don't sit down, and drop the stuff in the trash can or give it to someone outside or an animal. You will feel odd doing this but then you will feel that you just took control over yourself and it will get you thinking about the other things in your life you should look into taking back control over, and you just proved to yourself that it is not impossible. Try taking yourself out of the circle you focus on all the time and place yourself on the edge and others in the center. When I was losing weight I found that taking Chromium tablets each day curtailed my craving for chocolate. I am a big choc-0-halic. Amino acids also helped for control (all over the counter stuff). Make sure you are not alergic to any of this though. And do not make a big deal of your trying to loose weight to others, keep low key, pretend to be eating so other do not try to keep handing you stuff to stuff in your face. I stopped smoking by not telling anyone and keeping a half pack of ciggs in my shirt pocket so all could see I had it and they did not offer me any. It was worth their bumming them from me to ward off any questions. Nobody near around you will help you if it is not in their best interest to keep you in the position that is more conveient to them. FAKE them out! Depend on yourself, in the end you are the only one who is there for you no matter what is said. O.K. eat more veggies, take them with you, snack on them, unlimited, try all the diffrent veggies at the store, take time out to go to the store just to see what is offered, strange to you or not, try it! And stay out of the other areas of the store. Well, that's what I can tell you for what it is worth. I gained a lot of weight after 3 surgeries and am an older person in my 50's, and now it is so hard to loose, so very hard. Do it now while you can, and like yourself, not what others want you to change into for them, you are not them, you are YOU, and control will come with practice over time.
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As you know diet and excercise is the number one way to lose the pounds.  But then again...as we all know...we dont always have the time or energy to do so.  So here is my advice which worked for my sis....eat small meals throughout the day...none of this 3 meals a day nonsence.  The key word is small meals...like have fruit,cereal, or something light for snacks...eat half a sandwich for lunch instead of a whole...u can constantly eat like that throughout the day without gaining cause your body has more time to burn off the calories.  Plus...you'll notice you'll start to get full quicker.  Don't eat past seven....body is too relaxed and if your like me...im lucky if my brain functions after 6 ish....lol!  Last but not least...dont over excercise...some crunches and leg lifts..steches before bed each night...you should do great...wish ya the best!  My sis lost around 45 lbs in less than 4 months...and she wasnt faithful to it...so you'll be awesome.
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I love Dr Phil for one reason and here it is\n\nHe continually asks his guests one simple question: "How's it working for you?"\n\nSuccess in anything comes from FINDING WHAT WORKS then DOING WHAT WORKS.\n\nI am going to reveal to you the Secret Weight Loss Formula that Celebrity personal trainer don’t want you to know about.\n\nBefore I reveal the secret, first I need to explain to you that there is process that your body goes through to burn body fat. \n\nSo how does your body burn fat?\n\nThat process is the same for every human being. I will outline the steps and then show you how you can easily apply some fundamental rules to allow your body to burn the maximum amount of fat with less effort and minimum time. Once you understand that simple process, you can easily see why you are not getting the results that you want. Even bigger, you will finally see that getting that dream body is getting so much closer to reality that you will be extremely motivated to get started as soon as you can.\n\nHow does your body release the fat from the cells?\n\nBefore you can turn your body into a fat burning machine, here what needs to happen: your body fat need to be released from the fat cells. You can accomplish this step successfully with your nutrition program. Here are some specific tips that you can apply right away to achieve that.\n\n1.Eat 4-6 small, frequent meals and never skip meals.\n2.Include small amounts of good fats.\n3.Eat natural foods; avoid processed & refined foods\n4.Eat lean proteins with each meal.\n5.Eat more complex carbs, fruits & vegetables.\n\nThe most misunderstood weight loss strategy.\n\nReleasing fat from the fat cells is not the end of it; actually, it is just the beginning. Because the fat needs to be transported from the fat cells to your muscles so it can be burned there. This is done through your blood and the cardiovascular system is responsible for that. The more effective is that system, the more effective your body will become at burning fat. You can improve your cardio vascular system by doing so cardio training.  However, don’t go out yet and spend 1 hour on the treadmill because you probably not going to be doing too much good like that.\n\nThe reason is excessive cardio combined with a restrictive diet burns fat but mostly muscle tissue. That is not a good thing at all, because muscle tissue is where you burn the fat and if you are burning away muscle tissue, you are burning your ability to burn more fat in the future (weight loss plateau). You just don’t cut the hand that feed you. So cardio burns fat and it can also burn muscle tissue, this is a huge dilemma. Damn if you do, damn if you don’t. But wait there is a solution to that…\n\nYou need to do some MODERATE cardio training. The key word here is moderate. \nDoing too much cardio can be detrimental and I am sure you have seen those people that are doing cardio on a daily basis and still not getting anywhere. The result is a low metabolism. Low metabolism means, your body fat is not going anywhere, anytime \nsoon. Here is what you need to do:\n\n1.Do some moderate cardio training; the key word here is moderate. In you case, with your heavy schedule you could problaby bypass that.\n\n2.Never diet but consume little fewer calories that you will burn (No starvation diets, Please...)\n\nThe world most efficient “fat burner” available in the market is FREE and is already available to you.\n\nBefore I reveal to you how personal trainer get those celebrities in the best shape of their life in such short period there is one more thing that I want you to understand. Because it is very important. \nWeight loss marketers always claim that they have the magic “fat burner” that will melt your fat away. The problem is that they have a new one coming out every year, so I wonder if the one from last year was so effective, why we need a new one. There is only one thing that actually burn body fat is you already have it. It d
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Hi, I got best answer for this before (the first bit) so someone thought it was worthwhile information and I think I'll continue to use it until people start being sensible about their body image and stop bowing to what they think they should look like.\n\nThere is no such thing as a safe quick weight loss. Diets and diet pills don't work they just act on the pituitary gland and make the body lose water (hence weight). It's good to exercise as anything which raises your pulse and makes you sweat is good. It may also be that you're not having enough calories as the body goes into "famine" mode if it doesn't get enough norishment and stores anything it does get as fat, rather than glucose. Every cell in your body respires and this uses energy, ie, food. Without enough energy, your metabolism slows and food is stored as fat. Incidentally, who says you need to lose weight and do you really need to lose the weight? The only thing guaranteed to get a body healthy (note I don't say "lose weight") is to exercise and eat a healthy, balanced, wide variety of foods plus the occasional treat in moderation (this stops any food becoming "naughty" and therefore craved). Please note that body muscle mass weighs four times more than body fat because the fibres are so much closer together. Some fat is important on the body though as it helps regulate hormonal levels in the body and prevents osteoporosis and other bone wasting diseases in later life. Some fat is important on women as too little can cause periods to stop and fertility problems. Women are designed differently to men and a totally flat stomach and no hips isn't healthy on a woman. The question to ask yourself is - do your clothes fit better and how do you look in a mirror - not how much do you weigh. If you think you look untoned, then incorporate some light weights (low weight, high repetitions) into your regime.\n\nAdditionally, I have friends who have done Pilates and although they never lost weight, their clothes looked fantastic on them, their posture improved and their entire bodies firmed up. I watched this happen. Pilates strengthens your core muscles (the ones that hold your skeleton in place) so correcting posture imbalances and making a slimmer shape. I believe that yoga also does this although I don't know anyone who has done this. Additionally, try dance (old style ballroom / salsa) as this is a fun way to tone up. Any excercise / activity that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat BUT IS FUN will ensure you stick to it and get fitter.\n\nAdditionally, drink lots of water. Lots of people eat when they are in fact thirsty. If you feel hungry, drink a glass of water first and if you're still hungry half an hour later, then eat. Eat sensibly and regularly and don't forget to eat breakfast (so named because it "breaks" the night's "fast"). Missing breakfast starts the day off badly as your body will just crave and store anything you eat later as fat.\n\nHope this helps.
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Walking and drinking lots of water are probably the best and easiest ways. And try your best not to eat after 6pm. If you go to bed with calories on you then you have no way to work it off and it turns to fat.
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There's no such thing as quick and fast. Anything over the counter that can promise you quick and fast isn't safe so I wouldn't take them. You just have to watch your caloric intake versus your activity level, it'll come off, but it will take time. Losing anymore than 4 pounds a week isn't healthy either so don't do some crash diet or pill that could potentially hurt you.