You have decided to lose a few pounds, maybe for a special occasion or to improve your overall health, but everywhere you look there are magazines, websites and bookshelves promoting the latest craze or fad promising weight loss at the speed of light. So where do you begin in your quest for slimness?
Make An Informed Choice
For healthy weight loss, you need to be choosing your foods from all of the five food groups.This will give you a balanced diet and you will avoid vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Remember, some vitamins need fats to metabolize, you must not cut fats out completely, just choose the right fats. Choose a plan that suits your lifestyle, you are not going to stay with a plan that does not suit you.
Fads Are For Fools.
Over the years there have been many fad diets. The worst cut out complete food groups so that the dieter is only consuming a very limited choice of food. Some of these diets are also not sustainable, they may be successful for a few days and then some unpleasant side effects kick in. Headaches, constipation, dizziness, bad breath to name but a few.
Take Your Time
Your excess weight did not appear overnight and neither will it disappear at the same rate. One excess pound of body fat resulted from 3,500 excess calories. This means that you consumed 3.500 calories more that your body used in energy. You must recognize that it will take time to change your eating habits and if you combine healthy eating with some exercise you will gradually win the battle, pound by pound. It has been proven time and again that people who lose their excess weight slowly are less likely to gain it back.
Safety In Numbers.
If you feel that you do not want to go it alone and need the help and support of other dieters, then there are some excellent groups online and offline, communities and forums that will welcome you, give you advice and support, praise you when you report a successful week and offer support and encouragement when it all seems very tough.
Read All About It
They say that 'knowledge is power' and I cannot agree more. Deciding which plan would suit you should begin with making a trip to the bookstore or library or logging on to your favorite search engine and doing some research before you begin your weight loss journey. You are far more likely to succeed if you are not bored or disillusioned after a couple of weeks.
Why not get started on your research by reading my completely FREE eBook where I have researched some of the best and popular plans for you and it also offers some excellent dieting advice gained by me over the years and helped me reach my goal. Visit my website for more information - [yourdietgenie.com]
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