I am 10 stone (63kgs) and now a size 12 but i want to go back to size 8 but safely. I love my food and the chinese herbal pills i have been getting to suppress my appetite has failed. Serious answers only, please.

I've been on the Rice Diet for several months with good success. It's a low-fat, low-sodium vegan diet, and it's kinda struct, but it has worked well for me. The book The Rice Diet Solution is out in paperback now, and the website, which includes a forum, is useful.

Go Vegan, but do some research. Some can stay just as fat being vegan. Cut out anything refined (white flour, white sugar, white rice, white anything). Drink water and fresh juice. No coffee, nothing with caffeine at all. Eat organic.
Then get a lot of exercise. Find a friend to go to the gym with you, join group classes that really get you sweating. Do it EVERY DAY.
If you do this, you'll definitely loose a lot of weight and feel so much better about yourself.
Read the Skinny B*tch book....it's hilarious and motivational!

Here is a place that reviews a bunch of weight loss programs, dieting aides, supplements and so on. Even has categories like diabetes, low fat and hypnosis. Pretty cool site.

http://www.reviewplace.com/cat-135-Diets...

Many of the programs listed have consumer reviews, so you can read what others think of the different programs.

Hope this helps!

use the shapeworks diet

Well to loose weight really quickly but safe you could do the cambridge diet, you order it online. It's basically milkshakes a bit like slimfast but better and tastier. You're body goes into katosis andf you will loose at least 3-5 pounds a week. The downside is that you will loose muscle mass which is the core of your metabolism. If you want to loose weight long term and keep it up I would do the opnly thing that works, heathly low carb diet and plenty of excersise and weight training with plenty of reps on low weights.

Lots of water and Laxatives

The best thing to do is to run about 4-5 times a week. The day before the competition is over take Magnesium Citrate Oral Solution, its a laxative it will clean you out. You'll will lose about 5 pounds just by taking that. You will gain it back in a few days when you start eating again, but it will keep it off for the competition. It could be the difference in the competition. GOOD LUCK

Don't try pills. the only way is to eat less calories than you use.
Try Stir-frys with loads of vegies and a little meat, using spray oil instead of the usual oils. Soy Sauce adds loads of flavour ind is calorie free.

I have done this diet before and lost a fair bit of weight. I have posted a link to it below. It's by no means a long term diet. Anyway there's nothing wrong with a size twelve. Thats a nice size for a woman (IMO).

The only real way to do it is to get some serious excersise in. Start walking everywhere rather than taking a car/taxi/bus. Go running every day, and eat less.

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