It's not only professionals who know ways to lose weight fast, regular people have some ideas too.

Eat grilled or boiled meat such as steak and chicken instead of fried meat. Add red pepper to make it taste even better.

Give up the soda. If you drink a soda or two every day you are adding empty calories. If you find it hard to stop completely, cut back at first and drink water instead. Those are empty calories so cut back and substitute water. Note that the average person adds 90,000 calories a year from drinking juice or soda. WOW! That's a great tip.

If there's no junk food at home you can't eat it. Make a list, stick to the list.

Give yourself a treat. When you can't eat something you end up craving it more, and eventually binging. Enjoy a treat once a week, or even once a day in smaller quantities. Don't go crazy, keep it in moderation.

Use a smaller plate to trick yourself into thinking you're eating more than you really are. (Not only are you tricking yourself, even if the trick doesn't work it's easier to stop eating when the plate is finished and there's no more food to eat.)

Get poor. Throw away your money so you can't afford food. (Um, no. That's a bad idea.)

A way to ensure you gain more weight is to try all those quick diets then yo-yo back the other way when they're done. Don't do it.

Exercise whenever you can, even at the desk with some leg lifts. (That's a great idea to increase caloric burn.)

The three most important factors in healthy diet are portion control, portion control and portion control. (Portion control is a big part of a healthy diet. Most restaurants and even people at home serve portions that are too large.)

Get really sick. After a month in the hospital I had lost 25 pounds. (Another bad idea. It's best to stick to ways to lose weight while remaining healthy. After all, the ultimate goal is good health.)

Create good eating habits through repetition. (It's said that if we repeat something 21 times it becomes a habit. Sometimes the number is different, but the idea is the same. Will power is only necessary to repeat something enough times for it to {become|turn into a habit.)

When you eat fast the body doesn't have time to feel full. Go slow.

The folks out there know a lot about weight loss. Ask other people for support and more ideas.