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

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

Stop drinking soda. Those are empty calories so cut back and substitute water. (Note that the average person adds 90,000 calories a year from sipping 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, shop the list.

Give yourself a treat. When you skip a food for a long time you end up craving it more, and eventually binging. Taste a treat once a week, or even once a day in smaller quantities. Don't go crazy, remember the rule of 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 empty and there's no more food available.)

Get poor. Gamble 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 ping-pong back the other way when they're done. Don't do it.

Do exercise many times a day. If you're watching television, do some push ups or crunches. (That's a great idea to increase the work outs.)

Measure your food. If you have junk food carefully to measure and control the portion. (Portion control is a big part of a healthy diet. Most restaurants and even people at home serve too much food.)

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.)

Stick to something long enough to repeat it a few times, then you can coast. (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 needed to repeat something enough times for it to become into a habit.)

Eat slower. The body doesn't feel full as fast as you can eat, so people tend to eat beyond full.

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