How to Lose 25 Pounds Quickly

There are many different remedies that claim to be able to reduce your weight, ranging from surgical procedures and weight-loss pills to a variety of diets and exercise routines. To rapidly reduce your weight by 25 pounds, avoid going on a starvation diet that deprives you of entire food groups or reduces your caloric intake to the point where your body perceives it as starvation and holds onto fat instead of burning it. You can lose two pounds a week on a healthy weight-loss plan, so know that "quickly" means you are making a three-month commitment in order to drop 25 pounds. Weight reduction is best done through a manageable, nutritious diet and exercise regimen. When losing weight the right way, you are more likely to keep it off in the long run. Always talk with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise plan.

Tips For You

1. Stick to a diet that works for you. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recommends following a diet that provides plenty of nutrients, healthy carbohydrates, lean protein and unsaturated fats. Consume at least 1,200 calories a day if you are a woman and 1,500 calories if you are a man. Eating less can trigger your body's defense system, causing it to rebel against weight loss.
2. Replace breakfast, lunch and dinner with six smaller meals eaten every two to three hours throughout the day. Eating frequently forces your metabolism to stay active all day. Eat carbohydrates early in the day, and don't eat anything three hours before bedtime; otherwise, it likely will be stored as fat as your metabolism slows at night.
3. Eat slowly so you realize when you are full and satiated. According to the Diet Channel, it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to start stretching and producing the hormones that notify your brain that you are full.
4. Drink water to keep hydrated and help you feel full, curbing your appetite. MayoClinic.com states that you should drink eight, 8-oz. glasses of water daily. You are drinking enough when your urine is colorless or slightly yellow and you are rarely thirsty.
5. Do 45 minutes of interval training on each of three days a week. Interval training burns more calories than long, same-intensity cardio exercise does, and it keeps you burning calories and fat long after your interval training workout is over. Run for three minutes at a comfortable, moderate intensity before switching to a hard, high-intensity level for three minutes. Toggle back and forth between intensities. You also can do interval training on an elliptical machine, stair-climber, bicycle or while swimming.
6. Optimize your fat burn by adding full-body weight training to your exercise regimen. Lifting weights builds muscle, which kicks metabolism into overdrive and causes your body to burn fat even when you are at rest. Redbook magazine notes that a pound of muscle burns nine times the amount of calories that a pound of fat does.
7. Sip green tea throughout the day. According to the Colon Health website, green tea contains catechins, a substance credited with speeding up metabolism.
8. Keep challenging yourself when you hit a weight-loss plateau. Perform a variety of different interval cardio workouts when your weight-loss slows down. Use different weight-lifting machines, use heavier weights or execute more repetitions
9. Stay calm and relaxed to keep cortisol levels from increasing. Increased cortisol levels are associated with gaining fat, mainly around the middle of your body. And fat around your waist increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.