You only have to look at the popular magazines or watch the television these days to be bombarded with the latest and so-called most effective ways of losing weight. Everything from new diet regimes to supplements and pills is placed in front of us and we are assured that we will be successful with our weight loss if we give them a try.
The difficult part comes when we try to separate fact from fiction within these advertisements. Some of the suggestions on offer are not only unhealthy but unachievable too so here are a few tips to help you find a diet that will work and give you the results you are looking for.
Finding a scientific basis for a diet plan is a good place to start. Let’s take the popular grapefruit diet, for example. It’s a healthy foodstuff, rich in vitamin C and low in calories but it has never been scientifically proven to be the natural fat burner as we have been led to believe.
Avoid extremely low calorie diet plans. Extreme diets with very low caloric intake and little protein may cause rapid weight loss, but the weight won’t stay off. Without adequate protein the body will lose muscle tissue, slowing the rate at which the body burns calories, which in turn results in weight gain.
It’s worth remembering that losing weight involves healthy eating and a regular exercise routine. This requires effort and dedication on your part.
A well-balanced diet is essential for healthy weight loss and weight maintenance. Diets that focus on one or two types of food and eliminate any of the basic food groups are not healthy and will eventually backfire.
Detoxification diets that flush toxins from the body are potentially dangerous. The body has its own organs for removing toxins. If these organs aren’t doing their jobs, you need a doctor, not a diet.
After an opening period of quick weight loss, if you are following a healthy and well balanced diet and taking regular exercise you should see a slow but steady drop in weight. This is really the best way forward.
Sometimes simply making a few small changes results in such a huge difference. For example, you could start by using skimmed or semi-skimmed instead of full fat milk. When positive results are noticed by this kind of change people are encouraged to find more ways of diet regime management. Avoid complicated diet plans and keep your goals realistic – you won’t be frustrated and setting yourself up for failure this way.
Although there is no quick fix to managing your weight, if you change your eating habits to healthy ones and take regular exercise you will see steady and long lasting results.
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