Is There a Diet that Really Works?
11th May 2009 by Babies No CommentsMany folks need to shed some weight, and lots of folks are forever searching for diets that are effective. It’s not really hard to find weight loss plans that are effective, but finding a program you can stay with is the trick. The 46.8 billion dollar diet industry (as of 2005) depends not on people staying healthy and keeping off weight, but rather on people taking an endless yo-yo ride between health and fat. Because the money comes from repeat business, the focus is surely on the up and down reality of un-healthy living followed by short periods of diets and health programs.
Here’s a diet that sheds pounds. Drink only water, eat only 1000 calories each day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity five days each week. It’s a given you’ll drop pounds. Only two small problems. #1 cravings will likely blow the diet. Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won’t be sufficient to satisfy. 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 over. #2 the diet eventually ends. You eventually go back to eating the identical old way. Next beach season, or next fancy dress party, or next vacation, or simply the next time you glance at a mirror on the way out of the gym it will be once again be diet time.
The best diet is a forever diet. More and more people now understand that to lose weight it’s best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more exercise. The Sonoma Diet, created by Connie Guttersen, focuses on ten “power foods.” The power foods are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, eaten in conjunction with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The diet is full of real food, and real portions, combined into enjoyable dishes to help encourage someone to stay with it .
Want a diet that works for healthy weight loss? Shift the focus away from a short term diet to a long term style that’s part of an overall healthy and active lifestyle. That way you won’t put on the pounds in the first place.
