Most of us that want to lose weight, want to lose it quickly. Our idea of losing weight quickly, however, may be a little bit different than somebody else's idea. For some of us, we have been carrying around 20, 30 or even 40 pounds of weight that we would like to shed.

The last thing that we want to do is to get on a program that is going to take us a year in order to be able to take it off. Fortunately, it is not necessary for us to do this. Here are three diet plan secrets that can help you to lose fat quickly and see results within a week.

The first secret that you need to know is the glycemic index secret. The glycemic index is a way of measuring how quickly sugar is going to be released into your system from carbohydrates.

When we eat foods that are high on the glycemic index, our system is flooded with sugar and our pancreas reacts with a flood of insulin. That is why you often feel sluggish after you eat sugary foods. Whenever the insulin is unable to keep up with processing the sugar, it stores it as fat on your body. Eat foods from the lower half of the glycemic index consistently and you will see a difference in the way you look and feel.

The second secret has to do with eating legumes. If we are cutting a lot of calories out of our diet, we are not going to lose weight healthily. It is important for us to eat a lot of raw vegetables and to eat lean meats, if we are going to eat meat at all. It can be very difficult for us to get the calories that our body needs on a daily basis.

Eating a serving of legumes with every meal is going to give you the caloric intake that you need without the need for any unhealthy foods.

Finally, you need to make sure that you are drinking enough water. Take your body weight in pounds, divided by two and then drink that number in ounces of water every day. You should also take a healthy pinch of sea salt and eat it every time you drink a cup of water. If you do this for two weeks, you will recognize amazing differences in your weight loss and also the way that you feel.