Many people want to lose weight, but they want more than just the promise of simply losing weight - they want it to happen fast! They are not merely looking to lose the standard "2 pounds per week" that experts recommend sticking with. No. They want to do something as drastic as lose 10 pounds in a week.

Will that happen? Probably not on a consistent basis. Yes, maybe the first week, when your body is feeling the shock of a new diet and you are losing all that water weight that you always lose at the very beginning of any weight loss effort, you very well might lose that much or even more. Some people even forgo food for long periods of time to garner those kinds of drastic results.

So, if you lower those drastic expectations just a bit - say, to trying to lose 5 pounds in a week, then there are actually some techniques that might be worth trying.

First of all, it's important to remember that calories are energy. Energy that can be utilized or turned into fat if they aren't burned. The two main ways of preventing that energy from converting itself into fat are to consume less daily calories or to exercise at a rate higher than previous to burn the calories off before they are converted to fat.

With an aggressive goal like losing five pounds per week, you will need to implement some serious measures with either one of these methods. For instance, to cut down by that high an amount the food that you are eating each day, you are going to need some intense help in curbing your appetite or you not succeed merely by force of will.

Of course, there are always pills you can take to suppress your appetite, but if you don't want to take pills that interfere with your body's natural processes, there are still things you can do. For instance, by significantly upping your daily water intake, you can fool your body into believing that you are quite a bit more full than you actually are. Additionally, it is possible to achieve a sensation of satiety more quickly by eating low calorie, high fiber foods like apples or lettuce.

Another method of getting rid of those calories before they turn into fat is to burn them off through activity or exercise. If you don't have the means to join a gym or take an exercise class, it can even be as simple as taking a walk. If it's winter and you don't live in a place with weather conducive to walking, many people pop on sweats and tennis shoes and walk through their local mall.

Of course, regardless of how fast you intend to lose the weight, quick or slow and steady, the best way to lose weight is always going to involve combining the two calorie control methods, diet and exercise.