Diets For Weight Loss

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I am often asked about diets for weight loss and my advice is generally client specific, but there some easy steps you can take to get the ball rolling.

Address Underlying Issues

Comfort eating is often the root cause of weight gain. Whatever troubles you needs to be dealt with head-on to remove the tendency to use food as a comforting aid. Until you resolve these issues you will struggle to get to grips with your weight.

Portion Size

Quantity is a big issue when it come to weight gain. Meal sizes need to be taken into account just as much as their content, as too much of almost anything will increase the amount of calories consumed. Both at home and when dining out, it is all too easy to over eat. Many establishments substitute quantity for quality when providing value, resulting in your meal being over sized.

At home it is so easy to fill the plate or have “seconds” or maybe get into the habit of always having a dessert. Be strict with yourself and try using smaller plates to fool the eye.

Calorie Density

Start reading labels to become aware of just how many calories are contained in that can or pack, and determine just how much of it you can serve at one meal. Taken as a guide, men should be consuming around 2500 calories a day while women should be eating about 2000 calories. Piling your plate with high calorie food can easily result in you consuming your daily limit in just one meal.

Avoiding The Empty Feeling

Big people tend to feel a genuine need to eat with a constant nagging hunger leading them to raid the fridge at regular intervals. One answer to help combat this urge is to eat more high fiber foods that are bulky and slower to digest. This has the double benefits of being filling for a much lower calorie intake and delay the onset of hunger pangs with digestion times increased.

Examples of good, high fiber foods are fresh vegetables, fruits and grains. Pulses such as beans (all types) are a good choice as they are both high in fiber and protein.

Fluid Intake

You need to stay hydrated throughout the day, but beware that most “fruit” drinks, cola’s, beers etc are high in calories. Drinking natural water is a much healthier option, that has the additional benefits of flushing your system (to remove toxins) and fills the stomach to delay or reduce your eating habits.

Getting Help With Your Diet

The only real, proven route to weight control is through dietary change. This is a lifestyle change, which means you have to discover how to make that change, how to benefit from that change and why you must change FOR LIFE!

Think about it for a moment!

How is “going on a diet” helping you in the long term? Sure if you stick to it you will see some short-term benefit, but sooner or later you will lapse back into your old style of eating and all the good work will have been for nothing.

Think of all the celebrities who have managed to lose weight only to regain it again. Some people have two ranges of clothes as they yo-yo between sizes, so they are doomed to failure before they begin.

What is really needed is a program you can work with; one that can both educate and guide you as you get to grips with your weight issues. A program that will allow you to make the dietary lifestyle change necessary for you to both achieve and more importantly maintain a healthy weight.

Here is such a program. Go check it out!

How To Achieve & Maintain Your Weight Loss Goals

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