Many folks need to lose weight, and lots of people are always on the look out for diet plans that work. It’s not really hard to find diets that work, but finding a diet a person can stick with is the issue.
The diet industry is huge.
Including books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other elements of the health and diet industry a lot of loot, over 46.8 billion dollars in 2005, is pulled in not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people attempting to become healthy or lose weight.
Because repeat business brings in the cash, the focus is surely on the ping-pong reality of un-healthy living followed by short stints of diets and health programs.
So you want a diet that delivers? Here’s one.
Drink only water, eat only 1000 calories every day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity five days a week. That diet will result in shedding weight. Only two small problems.
#1 cravings will likely end the diet. 1000 calories and all that exercise will eventually lead to ruinous hunger and binge eating. First it’s a potato chip or piece of cake, then it’s an extra hot dog and the whole bag of snacks, and then the diet is kaput.
The second issue is what happens after the diet ends? What happens when the weight is gone? What, you’ll go right back to eating the same way you ate prior to the diet? Guess what, then the weight will come back. Next spring, or next fancy dress occasion, or next family trip, or simply the next time you look into a mirror on the way out of the gym it will be time to return to a diet to lose the unwanted pounds.
The best diet is one making a change to overall diet, permanently. More and more people now understand that to lose weight it’s best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more physical activity.
Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, focuses on 10 “power foods.” The power foods are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, combined with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The diet includes a wide variety of real, and enjoyable foods so it’s easy to stay on it .
Want a diet that is effective?
Move your mind from a short term diet to permanent eating habits that go along with an overall healthy and active lifestyle. That’s the way to not only lose the weight, but to avoid gaining it in the first place.
