7 top tips – how to choose the right weight loss plan (7)

August 26, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Posted in body, Uncategorized, weight loss | Leave a comment
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It must be doable long term

  • apple measure A good wight loss plan will help you to lose weight by focusing on healthy eating principles and exercise. It will not be about starving yourself, eating one type of vegetable or doing something stupid! You can’t starve yourself forever or eat one lone vegetable forever!
  • Your chosen weight loss plan must not promote a full on liquid diet. That’s not doable long term is it? If it promoted meal replacements these must come with proper meals and they must be as nutritious as a healthy meal.
  • It must give you maximum flexibility in meal choices so you can build a program that is right for you. You wouldn’t be happy eating foods you don’t like in the long term would you? So don’t do it in the short term!
  • A good weight loss program will not prohibit any foods, but teach you about food so that you can eat all things in moderation and make the right food choices for your individual goals.
  • Your chosen weight loss plan must provide you with the tools and education you need to not only lose weight but also to maintain your new weight through the right food choices and an exercise program you enjoy and can keep up.

When you are choosing a program to help you lose weight just make sure that whatever you sign up for can be done on a long term basis. Otherwise it will be a crash diet that will result in a yo-yo dieting effect. Not good for your health or your self esteem…

Posted by Sara Brown, 26/08/08

Successful weight loss – crash diets

August 13, 2008 at 9:07 am | Posted in body, health, Uncategorized, weight loss | Leave a comment
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ladyonscale It’s easy to lose weight quickly right? After all magazines are full of crash diets and quick fixes that promise significant weight loss after either a few days or one to two weeks. The fact is most diets will probably deliver what they promise if followed correctly.

OK, then why are so many people still struggling with that unsolved weight problem?  Because often, the real problem is not losing the weight but maintaining the new weight. Following a crash diet some 1 – 2 kg will normally go back on after your first proper meal as your body replenishes its carbohydrate stores. Fat stores also return to their original level very quickly. During the diet period, your metabolism relied on reserves and it takes several days for it to start working normally again.

You’ve finished your diet, you’re successful, you’re happy – so you celebrate with a treat or two! Often, with success comes a sudden urge to eat exactly the type of food which was not allowed. Everything is stacked against you with a crash diet because it cannot be maintained. In fact statistics show that the more extreme, the longer and the more frequent the dieting, the greater risk of original fat returning – and it’s likely that you’ll pile on even more!

So where do we go from here?

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Posted by Sara Brown, 13/08/08

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