While many experts tend to agree that it is quite normal to lose weight at a moderate rate between one and two pounds per week, that doesn’t mean that it is wrong to try and lose some of that weight a little faster. As long as you stick to natural methods and don’t try any dangerous stunts like starving yourself or trying to run a half marathon when you have done zero exercise for the last three years, there are ways and means to speed up at least the initial amount of weight that can be lost.

One of the best ways of achieving fast measurable weight loss results is to be fairly strict with your diet while combining it with an exercise program. At the same time, you can enhance these basic strategies by making sure you drink at least two pints of plain water every day and also include a cup or two of green tea in place of coffee or black tea.

Make sure your diet is free from all processed foods, sugar laden or high calorie snacks and you stay away as much as possible from bread and other refined flour based products. This way, you will naturally reduce your calorie intake. You also help your body by reducing refined sugars, which you can replace with fruit sugars if you wish as it’s a lot healthier to eat fresh fruit than candy bars as a snack!

Keep active and work to increase the amount of exercise you do each day. Push the boundaries of what you can do while still keeping within the limits of what is healthy and you will lose weight faster while improving your health along the way.