Almost all of us have at some point, wished we could just lose a bit of extra weight in just a little bit of time! Well...although it's not really possible unless you go under the knife, it is not entirely impossible to lose weight fairly quickly.

It is common to think that a lose weight fast diet is the best way to go about it and that it would simply include reducing one's food intake to a great extent. While part of this idea may be true indeed, a lose weight fast diet could in fact include a change in what you eat, rather than a change in how much you eat.

It is important not to cut your food intake too much in the first stage of losing weight as this does result in rapid weight loss, but most of this loss will not be fat and will simply be the amount of food you took in.

There are several well known lose weight fast diets that you could follow. Some of them will be cheap and some will be expensive to stick to, but it is important to speak to your doctor and get his go ahead to make sure you are doing what's best for your body. When choosing a lose weight fast diet, it is also important to look into success stories, so you know that it has worked for people, if not for everyone who has attempted it.

There are several lose weight fast diets that you could choose from. The Lemonade Diet is a popular diet based on liquids, which will require a strong commitment to stick to while the Scarsdale Diet is the one to choose if you would rather not be left hungry during any part of the diet and need to lose more than just a little weight. If you are a vegetarian or just prefer to avoid meats during your lose weight fast diet, then perhaps the Vegetarian Scarsdale Diet could be the ideal one for you. There is even a Grapefruit Diet, for all you grapefruit lovers, and this lose weight fast diet does produce quick results although it has a limited menu. And if you want a really fast weight loss diet, there is the Three Day Diet which would be handy if you want to lose less than 10 pounds quickly. And finally there is the ever so popular 7 - day Cabbage Soup Diet which has been gaining popularity amongst diets aimed to help you lose weight rapidly.