Going on a weight loss diet is something many people try with different levels of success.

"I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days." ~Totie Fields

Losing weight by diet is a very difficult undertaking. You must be fully determined to achieve your goal. You can't just say I am on a diet, yet, you cannot resist the chocolate cake with apple syrup frosting dessert. I know it is difficult; but you must master yourself.

"The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook." ~Andy Rooney

Here are some tips for you when you are on a weight loss diet:

1. Drink plenty of water. Water is a great solvent and weight loss control element. You must know that the more you drink water, the more hydrated you become, and your body is cleaned faster by natural processes of the excretion system of the body.

"It's not women's fault that diets don't work. It's not perversity of lack of willpower. God did this - in Her great wisdom." ~Dr. Wayne Callaway

2. Have the willpower to stick to your diet. It is known by all that controlling not to eat that much is very hard to do when your stomach is used to eating too much. When you have that sense of willpower in you, that you want to have a diet for you to shed some fats, you must stick to your diet.

To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb

3. According to the great proverb, less meal means longer life. Why is this so? It just means "practice the means, avoid the extremes". Extreme eating is the main cause of fat deposits.

The excess food we put into our bellies becomes fat when we are not able to use them in our daily work which convert the food into energy. My advice if you insist on slimming:

Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. ~Harry Secombe

4. Take fruits and vegetables more, cut on carbohydrates. When you are on diet, buy a crate of apples, oranges, watermelons, pineapples, cucumber, cabbage, curly flower, and carrot and other fruits and vegetable you can eat during your diet.

Eat as much fruits as you want when you are hungry. Steam the vegetables and eat them as well. Avoid eating too much carbohydrate as these are the fat depositors. Eat meat only on small portions during full meals.

5. Follow your dietitian. You can ask for an expert dietitian's help on the listing of the food you must eat during the period of your diet.

Weight loss diet can be fun when you know you can eat.