{"id":144,"date":"2009-03-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/i-want-to-lose-weight-fast.html"},"modified":"2009-03-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T01:00:00","slug":"i-want-to-lose-weight-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/i-want-to-lose-weight-fast.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Want to Lose Weight Fast&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a question from a regular reader, <b><i>Can I safely lose weight fast? <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A:&nbsp; No, you cannot lose weight quickly and maintain your health. 2-3 pounds per week is the most anyone should lose, according to most doctors and researchers. More realistically, 1\/2 to 2 pounds a week is best over the course of several months or even years. Slow and steady is sane and humane! <\/p>\n<p>A lot of deprivation diets and weight loss schemes promise speedy change and instant results &#8211; don&#8217;t believe them. Most of the time when you suddenly deprive yourself of proper nutrition you shed a lot of water weight in the first week or two. This is not only fooling you into thinking you&#8217;ve lost fat, it&#8217;s depriving your body and internal organs of the moisture you desperately need (after all, humans are mainly water!) <\/p>\n<p>The only safe and effective way to solve your fat problems is to slowly alter your lifestyle habits into positive, balanced food and activity plans on a daily basis. Take your time; you have the rest of your life to improve yourself! Now that&#8217;s the <i>Joy of Weight Loss<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joy-Weight-Loss-Norris-Chumley\/dp\/1930051190\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237376897&amp;sr=8-1\">(the title of my book, click here to get a copy.&nbsp; It&#8217;s available on the new Kindle, too.) <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a question from a regular reader, Can I safely lose weight fast? A:&nbsp; No, you cannot lose weight quickly and maintain your health. 2-3 pounds per week is the most anyone should lose, according to most doctors and researchers. 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