Losing Weight Fast

As humans we sure can put on weight fast, but it does not come off quite as easy. However, most of us who are overweight want to lose weight fast, we want to  be skinny and we want to now. One of the most effective ways that I have found to lose weight fast is through a low carb, high protein diet. If a person can manage to restrict their carbohydrate intake to less than 20 grams a day and consume virtually 0 grams of sugar, the weight usually starts coming off pretty fast. This happens through a process where your body due to the lack of carbohydrates begins to burn fat as energy. This diet was made famous by the late Dr. Atkins. The South Beach also is a low carb diet, but is a healthier than the Atkins diet due to a restriction on fatty foods. In my opinion, a low carb diet such as the Atkins diet is a good jump start for your diet and will help you lose weight fast, but for the long term a person seek a more balanced diet, that is not really a diet but a way of life.