How to Lose 15-20 Pounds In Eight Weeks

If you're anything like me, sometimes your size is just right, and other times it's just all wrong. So usually after the winter seasons when I'm less active I go on a little diet to get myself back in shape for the summer months ahead. I have found that I was able to lose between 15 to 20 lbs in 8 weeks just by doing a little bit more conscious things daily that paid of in big ways later!

Goal: First off I had to find my target. What am I looking to accomplish? Lose weight, and if so, how much? Tone my Body? Or just have an overall healthier glow and feel? Once I was able to determine what I was looking to accomplish, I was able to determine how to reach that goal.

Incentive: What will keep me striving to complete my goal and commitment? I have found that posting weight reminders around the house and setting daily goals were excellent reinforcement. Also having a personal trainer and/or an accountability partner is great when I need to get that extra push and strive to reach my goal. But the greatest one of all was keeping in the forefront of my mind the pay off of all my hard labor.

Recognize: In order to lose weight, you must lose the things that are making you gain it. With busy schedules sometimes it's difficult if not just challenging, to find time to make meals for your self. For many, eating out at fast food restaurants, not making time for much physical activity and not watching the things we consume can be deadly to our mission. So it is up to you to examine what it is that's keeping the lbs.

Cut it OUT: Taking a good look at what foods are okay and not okay to eat will help you in determining what foods you need to cut out of your diet. For me, I spend 8 weeks not eating any of the following foods:

· Dairy Products such as

o Milk

o Fatty Ice Creams

o Cheese

o Sour Cream

· White Bread (just because wheat is far healthier)

· Hamburger

· Pork foods such as

o Bacon

o Hot Dogs

· Fried foods such as:

o Fries

o Fried Chicken

o Fried Fish

· Caffeine

o Coffee

o Frappacinos

o Cappacinos

· (And Practically) ALL FAST FOOD!!! (Upon Discretion)