I am a 60-year-old man. Compared to many, I have no weight problem. I walk daily for thirty to forty-five minutes, and I do not smoke or drink alcohol. But I am overweight by about thirty pounds. I really want to lose the extra pounds, and the shortest way is to be a sucker for the kinds of e-mails that say miracles could happen in losing weight. For instance, these were some subjects that I received recently:

• Lose Up to 10 LBS THE FIRST WEEK! FREE!
• Melt Off 5-10 Pounds in the Next 7 Days!
• LOSE 75 LBS IN 1 MONTH?
• GUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS!

«I have hundreds more mails like those, some subjects say "loose 10 pound". How could you trust a weight loss company that does not know the difference between loose and lose?
Can any of this be true? Could you lose the extra 10 pounds before your brother's wedding? Can you really lose weight that fast?
Those e-mails tell that you can lose from one to two pounds daily, as you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days. Can the one really lose 10 pound in 10 days?»
Most of you would like to know if that last question can lead to an affirmative answer, right?
Okay, here is the realistic and truthful answer:
In order to lose weight, there are a few basic rules you must understand. Knowing how your body works and what is happening on inside are very important, if you really want to achieve long-lasting results.
To lose weight, you have to reduce or minimize one of three constituent in your body:

• Fat.
• Water.
• Flesh and bone.

Let us start with FLESH AND BONE:
The average arm weight about ten pounds. In fact, you can lose ten pounds in only one minute by amputating one of you arms with a sharp knife. But that’s not a viable option, is it?

SOME MAY PREFEARE LOSING WATER:
The average person loses eighty ounce of water daily, meaning, by eating dry food and not drinking the amount of water you regularly take in will remove about five pints per day.
Of course, it is both difficult and foolish. Depriving your body of water intake will force your body to replenish water it needs to keep your blood from becoming so salty that it affects your brain and lowers the rate of delivering nerve signals, which may in turn send you into a coma.
Maybe you could lose ten pounds in three days by cutting out liquids, but you would be celebrating your ten-pound weight reduction in the intensive care room of a hospital.

THEREFORE, BURNING FATS MAY BE THE SOLUTION:
Fats represent the greatest energy source for your body, including physical and mental energy. Your brain consumes one quarter of your total energy output. Calories are converted to glycogen with water (glycogen is a carbohydrate that is stored in liver and muscles) to compensate for the storage capacity of fats which is about fifty pounds. Due to the fact that fats are so efficient, it is difficult to get rid of them; it takes a considerable amount of energy to melt out one pound of fat. So, if you want to lose a pound a day, you can do this: eat nothing and walk five miles.
In ten days you will lose the ten pounds in this manner. Your body will rebel vigorously against what you are doing; it will cause you to feel ravenously hungry and so weak that you will not be able to move your hands. Make sense to you?
Of course it doesn’t. The smart way to reprogram your body systems is to lose weight slowly.
Many programs contain pills you can take to speed your metabolism and burn more calories, but the truth is, the most effective amphetamines raise your metabolism by only 20%. And remember, those pills will produce harmful effects. You could escalate your metabolism by merely walking home from work at the end of your day.

THERE IS A WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT SWIFTLY AND SAFELY. SUCK IN YOUR GUT

John Jackson