10 Steps to Shedding 10 Pounds in 2 weeks

If you want a simple roadmap to fast weight loss success, you've come to the right place. Whether you want to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks or 2 months, the basic principles of weight loss remain the same and by applying the 10 tips below, you'll give yourself the very best shot at losing weight, and keeping it off.

How To Lose 10 Pounds in 2 Weeks:

1. Start your day with a lemon drink
2. Stick with fruit and nuts for breakfast
3. Pack your lunch full of protein
4. Have a healthy snack
5. Eat dinner early
6. Keep dinner simple
7. Drink green tea after dinner
8. Stick with water based drinks
9. Moderate resistance workout twice per week
10. Allow yourself a cheat day

Start your day with a lemon drink:

Before you eat breakfast, make yourself a lemon drink: one glass of mild water with three tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix it well and make sure to drink it on an empty stomach. Lemon water helps hydrate you and cleanse your liver of toxins, preparing your body for the day ahead.

Stick with fruit and nuts for breakfast:

Start with two apples or oranges or a combination of the two. A single grapefruit can also provide the necessary nutritional kick you need. If you're still hungry, eat half a cup of almonds or hazelnuts. These nuts are among the highest in nutritional value and will also provide you with your essential fat intake for the day.

Pack your lunch full of protein:

Your lunch should be pure protein. Try to stick with 5 ounces of meat and choose boneless chicken over beef. A single container of Greek yogurt will give you an extra protein kick and a calcium boost. This should keep you full for around four hours, which is approximately how long it takes to digest the meat.

Have a healthy snack:

Odds are you're familiar with the "3PM wall" you hit when your energy completely tanks. Usually this is because you're hungry, and in the past you might have turned to a bag of potato chips for your energy boost. 

While that isn't a great strategy, going without a snack at all can mean overeating at dinner. So treat yourself to a piece of fruit or a small green salad. Try to avoid any dressings, especially cream based dressings, in the salad.

Eat dinner early:

This might be difficult depending on your work schedule, but try to eat your dinner before 6PM if possible. If you can't eat before 6PM make sure you're eating as close to when you get home as possible. This allows your digestive system time to work through your meal properly before you go to sleep.

Keep dinner simple:

An ideal dinner consists of two hard boiled eggs and an organic green salad with cucumber and a touch of extra-virgin olive oil as dressing. This provides you with a final burst of protein and nutrients to get you through the rest of the day.

Eating the same thing every day can get boring, so you might attempt some variation, but make sure to keep your portion sizes the same and stick with only oil-based salad dressing.

Drink green tea after dinner:

Green tea has been proven to speed up your metabolism, so you should at least drink one liter after dinner a single liter can help you burn 80 calories. You can find green tea in multiple flavours in many tea specialty shops, and this can be a worthwhile investment if you don't like traditional green tea much.

Stick with water based drinks:

Speaking of tea, while you're trying to lose weight you want to stick to only water based drinks such as tea, coffee and of course, water. Most flavourings for water contain high amounts of sugar and should be avoided. You also want to avoid adding more than a teaspoon of sugar or milk to your tea/coffee, although you can use cinnamon to improve the flavour.

Moderate resistance workout twice per week:

Working out regularly will not just help you lose the weight but also help you feel healthier. Since muscle is heavier than fat, to truly see the pounds drop you don't want to work out like a body builder, but build two short workouts into your weekly routine.

Try this workout:

Bicep curl x 15

Air squats x 50

Military shoulder press x 15

Wide arm pushups x 20

Against-the-wall tricep extensions x 40

Calf raises x 30

Best of all, you can complete this workout at home with just a pair of dumb bells, avoiding expensive gym fees.

If you're short on time, there are a number of ways you can increase the amount of incidental exercise that you fit in each day. As the saying goes, "any exercise is better than no exercise at all". Take a look through this article for a range of ways you can squeeze extra activity in during each day.

Allow yourself a cheat day:

If you want to actually keep the weight off once you've lost it or keep losing weight allow yourself one day each week to cheat by eating the fatty foods you find yourself most heavily craving throughout the week. This gives you something to look forward to each week and keeps your metabolism from shifting into a lower gear, which happens when your caloric intake lowers for a long period of time.

Wrapping Up:

Follow these 10 steps and you will start losing weight within a two week period and keep losing weight as long as you maintain the routine.