Diet Is A Four Letter Word
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By Jim Nettleton
Right out of the blocks, let’s establish the fact that dieting shouldn’t really be necessary. Unfortunately, primarily because of what we consider a normal intake of food, going on a diet has become all too prevalent these days.
We are bombarded on all sides by a tidal wave of advertising promoting foods that, for the most part, aren’t very good for us. We don’t get the nutrition we need on a daily basis and instead take to snacking on food items that are basically worthless.
Nature never intended for us to eat the way the majority of the population does. Nature intended that our food intake be laden with fruits, nuts and vegetables, not Big Macs and Whoppers. By largely turning our backs on what we should eat, we increase the chance that we’ll feel hungry more often, a result, in part, of not consuming those foods that contribute to our nutritional makeup.
The epidemic of obesity, especially among the young, is truly a tragedy. Obesity leads to myriad health problems and diminishes the general quality and joy of life. All of us need to think less of dieting and more of consuming the right foods that will genuinely nourish us and help us fight the urge to eat more and more all the time. If dieting is truly necessary because of health concerns, make sure you diet sensibly. Help is available at my website http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight.
Take stock of your eating regimen. Be honest with yourself about what you shop for and wind up putting on the table. Make a conscious effort to stock your refrigerator and cupboards with food that will benefit you.
If you strive to develop a truly balanced diet the rewards will be legion. You’ll lose weight naturally, without the need to go on a strict, unfulfilling diet. If you take that route, once the weight is lost, you’ll be much more likely to start drifting back toward your old habits.
The general population needs to study what has happened in many countries around the world as soon as they were exposed to western diets. Oriental diets were always functional, natural and fat fighting. In recent decades, as more and more fast food franchises have sprung up in those societies, increasing weight problems have skyrocketed.
We have control over our body weight and food intake. Relegate the word diet to the four letter word status. Start planning balanced, nutritional meals as soon as possible and you and your family will reap the benefits for a lifetime.
About the author:
Jim Nettleton is a radio & TV professional with over 40 years of major market experience. His wide range of interests include nutrition and working with natural health clinics for many years. Check out his comprehensive weight loss website at
http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight
Set Realistic Weight Loss Goals
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By Jim Nettleton
Too often when we go on a diet we set the bar too high and impose goals on ourselves that are unrealistic. This course of action is a recipe for failure. It’s important to realize that cutting just one hundred odd calories a day from your diet can result in substantial weight loss over the period of twelve months and will also result in a decrease in body fat.
Now admittedly most dieters want faster results than that, but you need to realize that you have to be comfortable with the level of discipline you establish. If you’ve decided to cut your normal food intake in half, for example, that plan probably doesn’t have a realistic chance of succeeding because you’ll be constantly in discomfort fighting hunger pains and yearning for more food intake.
If you’re part of the population that is obese, remember that it took a long time to get that way, and it’s going to take a similar amount of time to undo the damage. Even if you’re only moderately overweight, there is still a relatively lengthy time frame involved.
So develop a plan that gradually sheds pounds with the ultimate aim of keeping them off permanently. A sensible way to go about this is to slightly reduce the portions of the food you eat. If you eat three meals a day, plan to reduce the caloric content in each of those meals by around thirty to forty units. That will get you one hundred calories or slightly more per day.
Drink more water between meals. That will help you feel a little more full and reduce those cravings that lead to snacking between meals. Eat foods higher in nutritional value than you’ve been accustomed to.
The important thing to remember is that the old saying ‘everything in moderation’ refers to achieving weight loss as well as most everything else. Rapid weight loss is not necessarily the way to go unless there are serious health issues involved with not losing weight fast.
We’re all aware that most people who go on diets, especially those that aim to lose weight quickly, wind up failing. If you don’t want to be in that group, take it slow and easy. Make sure that your weight loss plan is one that you can comfortably handle without having to grit you teeth against hunger pains everyday.
It’s equally important to set goals for every week that you plan to diet. For example, using the one hundred calorie daily elimination plan, use readily available charts to determine just how much weight you should lose weekly and stick with it. Tape a chart to your refrigerator and keep it current. When you can physically see the progress you’re making, you’ll be much more likely to stick with the program.
As you lose weight, another good tip is to periodically purchase a new wardrobe in successively smaller sizes. You don’t want to waste all that money, so that will provide an additional incentive to keep that weight off.
About the author:
Jim Nettleton is a radio & TV professional with over 40 years of major market experience. His wide range of interests include nutrition and working with natural health clinics for many years. He recommends the diet program Fat Loss 4 Idiots – click this link: http://tinyurl.com/yog3jr Check his comprehensive diet site at:
I lost 50 pounds in 2 months. Not easy, but doable…
Talented dieters lose in the end. Why? Read on to learn more.
We all have certain talents. My sister always beats me in air-hockey, my hairdresser is very talented at small-talking and finding the best haircut. The ladies in Hollywood are very talented at chewing lettuce or whatever it is tey are doing to stay thin.
I also have talents but chewing lettuce is unfortunately not one of them. I have always thought of dieting and starvation as two words meaning the same thing. To starve and to torment oneself is necessary and the feeling of hunger is just a receipt that the diet is working.
The hunger and the sweet-tooth makes me snap at the children and hissing at the poor cashier at the grocery store. It is just downright impossible to answer a simple question right. While dieting I’m dog-tired, feels like a hangover after a marathon at the local bar.
Today I understand that this is my body that shouts at me -Come on! Gimme something to eat, I’m turning invisible!
Yoyo dieting is not healthy! Losing a lot of weight is the talented dieters dream, once they stop they put on the same weight again. It confuses your body and it doesn’t know what the …. is going on. Yoyo dieting is never a good thing it makes your skin worse, you feel lousy and in the end…you are back at step 1. Perhaps you even gain some extra pounds and they fight for their right to stay on your body. This is because while going on diets every now and then makes your metabolism go crazy…but not in the way you want, instead it hoards the fat while you are eating normally.
So we want your metabolism going crazy but in the right way.
Put simply, the metabolism rate depends on 2 thing, diet and exercise. The right diet can increase your metabolism and the right kind of exercise will give the diet a turbo-effect.
I feel psychic…I can read your mind…’Exercising sucks!’. I’m sorry to say that exercising is necessary to burn bodyfat.
Great news – If you exercise in the right way it will take about two hours per week! This exercise makes your body keep the lean muscle mass and to get rid of the fat.
Jennifer Olsen was a master of failing at different diets. She understood that there were more to losing weight then just going on a diet. Today she has lost nearly 50 pounds with the calorie-shifting diet and meanwhile she has finished reading ‘Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle’ and she is implementing what she learned into daily activities.
She made a mini-site that gives examples of diets, complete fast weight loss diets and reviews of books that helped her stop living the unhealthy life and turning around into a more healthy life-style. If you are interested in learning more please visit Lose 50 Pounds In 2 Months!
She is currently updating the mini-site to give you the best diet in combination with the best exercises, proven to burn fat in a way that you didn’t think was possible! Best of all, it’s completely free!
Here’s Some Help To Get Motivated While You’re Dieting
admin Discuss fast weight loss, natural weight loss, quick weight loss, weight loss motivation, weight loss tipsAre you self motivated to exercise and lose weight or do you struggle like most people do when it comes to sticking to an exercise and diet program.
Desire is the key. That’s right…if you desire something strongly enough, you will work until you get it. This is true for weight loss and all other desires in life.
Doing simple routines are simply the best thing you can do for losing either a few pounds or changing your shape completely. You can start at a level that suits you and then progress as you get fitter and stronger. Weight loss exercises are not hard to do if you stay focused. Hitting the gym or walking around your neighborhood is hard when you let ‘life’ get in the way.
Unfortunately, many dieters don’t plan ahead. Instead, they take things as they come, and rely upon two things: their initial enthusiasm, and (when this wears off) their willpower. But enthusiasm and willpower aren’t enough to overcome the temptations and difficulties which we face when we try to change our eating habits and lifestyle.
The most common problem we face when dieting is boredom. This typically occurs when our initial enthusiasm for losing weight wears off, and we become tired of watching what we eat. We become dispirited, and slightly depressed at the idea of having to maintain our “sensible eating habits” while everyone else seems to be having a good time.
Here’s a better way to look at keeping motivated while dieting.
“Hmm, my diet isn’t going as smoothly as I thought it would. Never mind, I’m sure this is quite normal. No one can be expected to change their eating habits without a few bumps in the road. Anyhow, it would be nice to have more than several minutes of pleasure from filling up on junk. I want pleasure throughout my lifetime from looking great and being considered as a serious person and maybe finding my partner. I know other people see me as a fat person – goodness, at times I do too! – but this is exactly WHY I want to change. I’m tired of being fat. Real tired. And if this means learning how to eat good food, then let’s do it!
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Habits Are Dieting Challenges
When it comes to dieting there are several challenges that want to prevent you from succeeding. One of those is your habits. Habits have a nasty way of interfering with your weight loss goals. You can break the habits!
Habits are a good thing as long as they help you reach your goals. Unfortunately in many areas of life you may have developed some habits that do not benefit you. Since we are dealing with dieting and weight loss here we will focus on habits that make it more difficult to reach your dieting goals.
Maybe you can identify with this habit – watching TV or movies for hours. Hum, this does not contribute to fat lose or the building up of muscle but rather leads to muscle loss. Muscle loss further slows your body’s metabolism which reduces your bodies ability to burn fat.
Now do you just sit there or do you eat while you watch. You know the munchies, something to keep your fingers busy and your jaw a chewing! Yea, well that is another habit that does not lead to further weight loss.
You likely have other habits that will limit your fat loss goals also. If you stop and think about it for a few moments you can probably put your finger on at least one or two more areas that your habits control. If you are not able to relate to the above examples then think about your own habits – yes you have habits that will limit your weight loss goals.
These types of habits are major road blocks when it comes to losing weight. When you start the diet you have some initial will power and you do okay for a short period of time. But before you know it your habits start getting in the way again.
To be honest with you this is probably the biggest reason diets fail. Yes diets usually fail because of you! Ouch, the truth hurts sometimes, but be honest with yourself it is the main reason for your diet failings.
The biggest challenge is finding a system that can help you achieve your goals but even beyond that you may find that you need help with bigger issues like making mental changes that can lead to new habits.
A great diet you can follow for quick weight loss is a calorie shifting diet. It is a bit weird but it gets results. You can also learn about beating your habits at lose 15 pounds fast.