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Ok, admit it, you want to lose weight but you are afraid that you will need to change the way you eat will be impossible.  You are probably thinking you need to live off carrot sticks and celery as the best weight loss foods.

What if I told you that you could still eat the foods that still make you feel like a human?  Foods that make you feel full and not getting hunger pains half an hour after eating.  It is true, in fact you may not even stray that far from what you are currently eating.  But the following will show you the best weight loss foods.

The way to do this is by eating smarter.  Avoid all those empty calories.  Learn to eat 6 times during the day.  Three meals and three snacks.  You are probably asking why are you telling me to eat more in frequency, I am trying to lose weight.  Well, for starters, starving does not work.  The only thing you accomplish is getting rid of water weight and teaching your body to function on lower caloric intakes.  In turn this lowers your metabolism.  Your metabolism is the key to burning fat.  By eating with this much frequency you are making your body work at digesting food and also burning calories at the same time.

So what are some of these best weight loss foods?  Well for breakfast you can have whole grain bread, fruit, eggs, yogurt, oatmeal or whole grain cereals.  A mid morning snack can be a smoothie, some nuts piece of fruit or peanut butter on celery. An afternoon snack can consist of some more nuts and some fruit, yogurt and berries.  For dinner try any type of lean meat or fish.  The lean meat can be red or white.  Obviously use common sense, don’t make a meal that includes a rich sauce or anything fried.  Add to dinner with some green vegetables and whole grain rice.  For an evening snack, have your favorite ice cream, as long as it is low fat.

Those are just a few examples you would be amazed at how much real food you can eat while dieting.  I have found a website that you can find much more in depth information regarding ways to eat healthier and lose weight.  I suggest you visit it now. 

You have heard all the hype about the best diets to lose weight fast. Here we will compare a couple of the most talked about diets on the market then show you the best of the best.

First up we have the South Beach diet, a known cardiologist developed this diet for his patients to address heart issues. A side effect of the diet was extreme weight loss. The diet calls for an all out ban on most carbohydrates in the first stage. Banned foods would include bread, fruit, sugar, milk, potatoes, rice, and alcohol. Basically, most of the food you eat or drink. As a result, this first stage is the hardest to maintain because not only do you have to exert tremendous will power but also you are doing it while not getting the proper nutrition. In addition to no vitamins and minerals from fruit and dairy and a drastic reduction in sugar.

Next up is the Atkins diet, this is another of the low carbohydrate diets to lose weight fast. The idea was that carbohydrates caused weight gain through increased sugar in the blood and therefore increased insulin production, which forced the sugars into the cells. Therefore, if you cut the carbohydrates then weight gain ceases and weight loss begins. The down side to this is the body also loses muscle and begins to release ketones. These lead to a variety of problems such as headaches, dehydration, and dizziness and over the long-term bone density loss.

A lot of people may think that these are good diets to lose weight fast but neither of these diets are healthy or highly sustainable. What if there were a diet that provided healthy quantities and diversity of food, sufficient nutrients, and was made with foods you already eat? Plus give you an average weight loss of 6-11 pounds every eleven days, and all this while allowing you three cheat days in which you eat whatever you like?