Safe weight loss means that you follow these steps: - Go to your doctor and find out how much weight you should lose in all, how much you should lose every week, and how you should do it. - Follow your doctor’s advice and ask before making any changes. Don’t try to cheat and give up or to overdo the diet for faster weight loss. - Incorporate both diet and exercise to get your weight down. One or the other is not enough to make it a healthy weight loss and it will only slow down the process. Plus it will be harder to maintain the lost weight if you haven’t built up those good habits.