An apple a day keeps the fat away!
If you eat a healthy diet, weight loss will follow suit. Are you one of the many people who believe that? Well, through my many years of dieting on and off (more on than off!) I have certainly learned that weight loss through a healthy diet is ultimately more effective than your “normal” diets. It doesn’t mean though that you can eat all the healthy foods you want and still lose weight in the process. No matter what you do, the amount of food you take in will always play a role. So even if you eat a super healthy diet, if you eat more than what your body can burn during the day, you will not lose weight.
So many of us are constantly trying to shed those unwanted kilos, going on diet after diet, and failing miserably in the process. Why? Because we can’t stick to it! Let’s face it – every diet works (initially) if you can stick to its rules.
I say “initially” because many diets might let you lose some kilos, but beware when you revert to eating more “normal”. Usually the lost weight comes back on quicker than expected, and often plus some. Atkins, Lemon Detox, Cabbage Soup, South Beach Diet – all bringing in some great results in the beginning (if you manage to adhere), but extremely hard to maintain for any longer period of time.
For any weight loss to be consistent you really need to achieve it by a change in your eating habits. Changing your eating habits to a healthy diet and eating only until you have had enough is really not that hard. It is actually quite achievable – if you do it in little steps. And the good part is – once you start on a healthy diet and you don’t overeat, weight loss will come automatically!
You will start to feel more energetic, more alive and a lot healthier.
Changing your eating habits to a healthy diet is for sure more achievable than trying to stick to some of the other restrictive diets, because you will still be able to eat a very varied diet, all you do is just choose healtier options. You can have your cake and eat it, too!
It takes a while to shake the weight. I was working out eating right, and combined it with a guide I read on http://www.poundinghearts.com Who know’s maybe it can help you like it helped me.
Good point about the need to change one’s diet and lifestyle. I find a lot of people that have many weight loss books have weight problems. People probably gain back after initial diet plan and then move to a different approach.
Deb
Deb,
I think you are absolutely right – I have never seen it like that, but it seems true – people with lots of diet books have the biggest weight problem.
Weight loss for good can – in my opinion – only be achieved through a slow change of lifestyle and eating habits. As the current lifestyle has led to the weight problem!
Really good article Petra, you’re totally right. The mathematics are simple as you said. If you eat more that your body can burn in a day, you won’t lose weight.
If you eat the right amount of calories (from healthy sources) for you body, and do a little exercise to burn a few extra calories – you WILL lose weight.
It’s pretty simple stuff really!
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Linda, it’s simple on paper, but so hard to stick to!
My biggest problem has been to find foods that taste good and aren’t calorie laden. My new found secret is jalepenos. Spices up any food, I like it and I eat healthy.
Oh how many times have I been on and off, never lasts though, my problem is get invited out and after a few drinks fancy a late night bar, drink into the following morning, maybe kebab and chips. Thats only part of the problem though, because its the following day when you want comfort food, and your even weaker willed, anyway I am going to try again.
I hve bought myself a top quality juicer and I have started to get into juices and stemed fish, and poultry, lets see how it goes. As pointed out in your article, motivation is the key, if only I had listened to the advice some years ago “do something about your weight as its harder to shift the oolder you get”, huh, how true.
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In my opinion, the best diet is that diet, which is healthy. I totally agree with you about this sentence “You will start to feel more energetic, more alive and a lot healthier.” I think the best way how to lose weight is Healthy Diet!
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