Lose Weight Fast In a Week

Choose at least four of thenutritionist- and fitness expert-backed tips that follow,and vow to work them into yourschedule for seven days straight.

1. Drink Mainly Water

Water, has zero calories and carbsand little to no sodium, making it theperfect slim-down drink. Helps to flush out excess waterweight as well as jump-starts yourmetabolism.If it's just too boring, add lemonwedges or mint leaves.

2. Ban White Bread and Pasta

Cutting out all white grain products —such as white rice, spaghetti, sandwichrolls — carbs in these foods causebloating, especially around your belly.

Substitute vegetables for the week. Thisway, a chicken sandwich becomes chickensalad, and chips and dip turn into carrotsand dip.

3. Do Cardio 30 Minutes a Day

Any workout that gets your heartrate up will burn calories. Three to consider: spinning, cardiokickboxing, and boot-camp workouts. Half an hour of each torches 200 to300 calories while toning up yourarms, legs, and core so everythingappears sleeker and tighter.

4. Drink Coffee an Hour Before Working Out

This is the one exception to thestick-to-water-only rule:Just as a coffee run makes yourmorning at work more productive, apre-exercise cup of java with a splashof skim milk (about 11 calories) orblack (just 5 calories) will energizeyour workout.

5. Have Nightly You-on-Top Sex

Being on top means you do therocking, and the more active youare, the more calories you burn —up to 144 for 30 minutes. Sex also pumps levels of feel-good neurotransmitters,endorphins, helping you ride outfood cravings.

6. Do 36 Push-Ups and Lunges Every Other Day

Do three sets of 12 of each exerciseevery other day. Push-ups target yourupper body, while lunges work yourbutt, hips, and thighs.Make sure your back and legsremain in a straight line during yourpush-ups; it'll improve muscle tone.

7. Sleep 30 Minutes More a Night

That extra half an hour, whetheryou sleep 5 hours or 8, can refreshyou enough that you will makebetter food choices (in other words, no quick sugarfix for breakfast in search ofenergy) and won't feel lethargicand skip the gym.

8. Make One Food Sacrifice

Cutting out one indulgence — suchas the chips you have with lunch orthe chocolate dessert you eat afterdinner — can subtract a few hundredcalories from your diet, whichtranslates into less flab. Your body won't even notice theirabsence.

9. Eat Salmon for Lunch

It's packed with nutrients thatbuild muscle tone and give yourskin a healthy glow. Some nutritionists claim thatconsuming a portion mayimmediately make your face look abit more contoured.

10. Do Squats and Sit-Ups

Bodybuilders use this techniquebefore competitions because it addsdefinition to muscle.

Do three sets of 12 of each exerciseto tighten your abs, butt, and legstemporarily.

11. Pop an Antigas Pill

Take one of these chewabletablets, sold over-the-counter atdrugstores, to relieve bloating inyour abdomen and break up gasbubbles in your digestive track,leaving you with a flatter tummy.