Fast Diets to Lose a Few Pounds

Have you been invited to a party or an event and you only have a few weeks to lose those extra pounds? Or perhaps you are going on vacation and want to look spectacular in the photos. Fortunately, there are some tricks that will help you lose those few pounds in a short time.

Apple cider vinegar - Add a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to two liters of water and drink during the day.

Cactus smoothie - 1/2 cactus leaf, a piece of pineapple, cucumber, lemon juice, 1 parsley sprig, the juice of 2 oranges. Blend everything and take before each meal. Drink 8 glasses of water during the day. Weight loss is between 2 and 4 pounds per week.

Watercress and cucumber smoothie - Blend a cucumber and a handful of watercress with a little water. Drink every morning before breakfast. Weight loss is 3 to 6 pounds per week.

Ground flaxseed - Take two tablespoons of ground flaxseed stirred in some fruit juice (preferably pineapple), or you can also add the two tablespoons of ground flaxseed to your favorite cereal. Weight loss is about 1 pound a week.

Green apple - This diet is very strict. You eat a green apple for breakfast, a green apple and a plain yogurt for lunch and a green apple for dinner. Take 8 glasses of water during the day. Weight loss is 2 or 3 pounds a day. Not recommended for more than three days in a row.

Pineapple diet - This diet lasts three days. You should eat the same foods on the three days.

* Breakfast: A slice of pineapple, 2 boiled eggs, tea or coffee without sugar or Splenda.

* Lunch: 1 slice of pineapple, 1 piece of baked chicken without skin, green salad with lemon or vinegar.

* Dinner: Fish, green salad, coffee or tea. Weight loss is 5 to 7 pounds in three days.

Tuna Diet - Eat the same for three days.

* Breakfast: 1 can of tuna in water, as many slices of pineapple as you'd like, vegetable salad seasoned with olive oil.

* Lunch: 1 can of tuna in water or 1 grilled chicken breast, 1 baked potato or a cup of steamed rice, as much sliced melon as you'd like.

* Dinner: 1 can of tuna in water, as many watermelon slices as you want, vegetable salad dressed with olive oil.

Lemon tea and olive oil - Every day before breakfast drink a cup of hot water with the juice of one or two lemons and a teaspoon of olive oil. This remedy home-remedies-site.com is great for reducing the lower abdomen.

Fat-burning juice - Before breakfast take half a glass of grape juice mixed with 2 tablespoons apple vinegar and a tablespoon of ground flaxseed.

The Fruit Diet - Duration: 4 days. You are supposed to eat all the fruit you want but only that during the day. Reported results: lose 5 to 8 lbs.
Day 1 - Bananas
Day 2 - Pineapple
Day 3 - Papaya
Day 4 - Cantaloupe
You may drink all the water you'd like. Do not eat after 5pm

The Miracle Soup Diet

PURPOSE: Cleansing and weight loss This 7-day eating plan can be used as often as you like. It is reported that, if followed correctly, it will clean your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being you never thought possible. Continue this plan for as long as you wish, (although it is probably better to use it every other week and modify your regular eating habits on the week you are not on this plan.)

DURATION: 1 week

REPORTED RESULTS: 10 to 18 lbs. weight loss

Soup Ingredients:
Six large onions
Two green peppers
Six lb. whole tomatoes (fresh or canned)
One large head of cabbage
One large stalk of celery
season with Bernard Jensen's Broth or Seasoning (found at health food stores and co-ops).

Preparation: Cut veggies and cover with clean water (distilled - or - reverse-osmosis and carbon filtered) in large pot. Boil for 10 minutes. Cover, lower heat and simmer until veggies are soft.

Day 1: Your first day will consist of all the fruits you want, except bananas. For those who like melon, two fruits that are lower in calories than most other fruits are watermelon and cantaloupe. Should you eat the melon, your chances of losing 3 pounds the first day are great. All the soup you want.

Day 2: All vegetables. Eat until you are stuffed with all fresh or raw vegetables of your choice. Eat green, leafy vegetables. Stay away from dry beans, peas and corn (these are seeds, not vegetables). home-remedies-site.com You may also have a large baked potato with butter on your all-vegetable day. All the soup you want.

Day 3: Fruits and vegetables. same as Day 1 and Day 2, except NO potato. All the soup you want.

Day 4: Eat fresh or canned tuna fish** and drink as much as 8 glasses clean water (distilled - or - reverse-osmosis and carbon filtered) along with T-J Soup (see recipe below). You may have fresh or soaked figs (soak in distilled - or - reverse-osmosis and carbon filtered water). They will lesson a craving for sweets. All the soup you want.

Day 5. Grilled chicken breast and vegetables. You can have 10 to 20 ounces of chicken and 6 tomatoes on this day. Drink at least 8 - 8 oz. glasses of clean water (distilled - or - reverse-osmosis and carbon filtered). All the soup you want.

Day 6: Fish and vegetables. Eat to your heart's content with fish and vegetables. NO POTATO! All the soup you want.

Day 7: Brown rice, fruit juice (un-sweetened). and vegetables. Again, stuff, stuff, stuff!! All the soup you want.

Tricks for losing inches

Fat-burning Bath - Put an infusion of ivy and laurel in the bath water. The infusion is made by boiling 7 tablespoons dried leaves of laurel and 5 tablespoons of ivy leaves in 3 liters of water for 15 minutes. Let stand for 30 minutes and strain. home-remedies-site.com Add this infusion to the tub water. The water in the tub should be as hot as you can stand. Stay in the bath for 20 minutes.
*Note* If you suffer from high blood pressure problems, this recipe is not for you.

Reducing cream - In a container put half a cup of firming cream, 2 squares of camphor, two tablespoons of alcohol, and half a tube of menthol cream such as IcyHot. Apply in the area where you want to reduce inches and cover with a cotton shirt. Then put on a thermal belt and let it work as long as possible. This cream is also great to use before you exercise since you will burn more calories.