"What is the best way to lose 10 pounds in one month?"

How to Lose 10 Pounds in One Month
February 27, 2007 by
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At a point where the obesity epidemic has hit a truly fatal scale in America, we must begin to take every extra pound that we carry seriously. This means not only losing weight, but losing it as quickly as possible and keeping it off. If you have tried every
diet available and have failed at each and every one, you are not alone. The sad truth is that obesity comes on a silver platter from a smiling waitress who cannot wait to encourage you to make a dessert order so that she can add a few dollars to your total (and to her tip). We are bombarded with commercials that make statements such as "eat like a real man" and "don't deprive yourself any longer" until we feel that we are entitled to that super-sized portion. Stop lying to yourself. Stop telling yourself that you can eat like that and simply add an hour of exercise a day and lose weight.

Exercising actually makes you hungrier, so if eating habits are not changed, you will be likely to gain weight with the addition of exercise. It has happened to me. I would exercise for an hour and therefore feel entitled to three beef tacos afterward. It simply does not and cannot work that way. Losing weight is hard. If it were not, everyone would be doing it. A cliché, yes, but also the truth. So how can one really start to lose weight and stay motivated long enough to keep it off? Well, we all respond to results. While it is not likely that you will lose ten pounds every month that you stay on your diet plan, you can jump start your diet so that it does happen in the first month. This way, you will be more likely to stay motivated and lose more in the long run. Here are a few tips to get you well on your way to losing ten pounds in 31 days:

1. Cut out the trans fats. That's right, you will have to cut out those beloved French fries and potato chips. I know it hurts.

2. Cut out the sodas. Sugary drinks are now suspected to be the number one cause of weight gain in the United States. It is even being suggested that a tax be placed on them to discourage soda purchases in order to help alleviate the obesity problem.

Give up the bacon and eggs that you have been eating for breakfast and start your day off with plenty of fresh fruit. Forget about breakfast cereals too. Instead eat bananas, oranges, mangoes, strawberries, watermelon, whatever fruits you feel like having. Don't be concerned about calories. Let fruit be all you eat until lunch.

Limit your meat (steaks, chicken, fish, yes, it's a meat.) to 3 meals a week. A lot of people like to eat meat at every meal. I used to be one of them. If you are one of them, you need to do some research of your own to understand how hard that is on your body. Eating that much animal product is good for no one except your doctor and the meat producers.

Increase the amount of salad you are eating. If you normally have a small token salad on the side just to add color to your meal, its time to refocus. Move that small salad to a bigger plate and add to it. Make the salad the center of your meal and watch the pounds drop off.

4 Limit the amount of processed foods. What is processed food you ask? If you didn't find it in the produce section of the grocery store, it is probably a processed food. Anything that requires an ingredient list is probably a processed food. Breakfast cereals and granola bars are advertised as health foods, but in reality they have very little going for them nutritionally.

Increase the amount of veggies you eat, especially raw veggies. If there is a magic food out there for weight loss, fresh fruits and veggies are it. Start eating predominantly fresh fruits and veggies and just watch the pounds melt away.

Limit the amount of dairy products you consume to 3 meals a week. This one can get tricky. The Dairy Association is convinced that you need to be eating dairy every day at every meal whether you want to or not.

Get some form of exercise everyday. This is almost a no-brainer. Is there anyone alive who does not know what happens to muscles if we don't use them? Are we all aware that your heart is a muscle? Get out there and get your heart going.