It does not matter if the summer time is coming soon or it's getting towards the end of the year, if you're like a number of other people, you are starting to think about reducing weight. And losing weight fast. There is something you can do to shed a few pounds in a short amount of time and do it safely.



None of those ridiculous soup or celery or lemon juice diet programs. Those do give you results, but what a cost you need to pay for releasing a couple of lbs. And the hardest part is that when you go back to regular eating after lemon juice for 10 days, the extra weight seems to miraculously reappear all by itself.



But if you want to do some small adjustments to the way you eat; changes that you can deal with and keep going with after your original weight loss results, then listen up because here a few good tips for you.



Tip #1 - Pay Attention



There is a reason why many renowned dieting programs have you keep a food record of everything you take in. When you pay attention and take note of every single thing you eat, whether it's a treat or a breakfast bar or even a stalk of celery, you tend to consume less food.



Could be because the thought of having to keep track of each mouthful makes people want to eat less because it's a pain to write it all down. But much more likely it's because your mind begins to think to itself "Hmm, am I seriously hungry enough to eat this and then write in my food diary"? Often times, the answer to that is a "No" and you end up eating a lot less food.



This journaling idea works in a lot of self-improvement areas, not just dieting, but when it comes to food, it really helps you focus on what you are doing. And being mindful about precisely how you are taking care of your body and your health is a very good step in the direction of feeling much better and losing weight.



Another great tip has to do with the notion that less is more.



Cut it down.



One of the largest amounts of caloric intake comes from the consumption of fats. Certainly, this is not the case 100 % of the time for 100 percent of the people. But if you live in a place that has a diet like the Standard American Diet, which is quite high in animal fats and saturated and hydrogenated fats, you are eating a lot of calories from fats.



The fats on their own contain a high amount of calories per unit measurement. Basically if you took a teaspoon of a carbohydrate and a teaspoon of fat, the fat would have more than twice as many calories in it.



Fats contribute to the taste and the mouth feel of food and this is a large reason why they are so popular. Problem is along with two times as many calories, they don't metabolize as cleanly as many carbs and you are left with the results hanging around your waist.



If you like butter on your toast in the morning, put only half the amount on that you usually do. Use only half the amount of oil when you are cooking on the stove. Try something like one of those cooking sprays. The food will still cook nicely and will slide out from the pan, but the amount of oil you'll have added in is almost non-existent.



Bake your potatoes in lieu of frying them. Boil your eggs instead of scambling them with a tablespoon of butter. Do just a couple things like this and you will amazingly find that you are ingesting nowhere near the quantity of calories that you did previously.



The reality is, it doesn't take a lot of doing to vary some dietary habits. And when you make those changes in your lifestyle you will be well on your way to losing some weight quickly in a safe, easy to sustain way.