When it comes to weight loss, there's no shortage of advice. Check any magazine rack or bookstore and you're bound to discover that latest and greatest cure for being overweight. Some even work — for a while.
Unfortunately, people often find diets hard to sustain, in part because they tire of avoiding certain foods, loading up on others or feeling deprived and hungry. And their diet is often temporary, something to endure for a while before returning to former ways. As a result, any lost pounds come right back once the diet stops.
Here's a summary of six common weight-loss strategies in circulation today, and the questions to ask yourself to determine if any of them will help you make the lifestyle changes required to maintain a healthy weight.
Low-fat diets
Cutting down on high-fat foods can help you cut down on your daily calories and thus help you lose weight. So why don't low-fat diets always work? Even a low-fat diet can lead to weight gain when people ignore the total amount of calories they're eating and regularly exceed their daily calorie goals.
Too many calories from any source, low-fat foods included, can add pounds.
Low-carb diets
Followers of these eating plans believe that a decrease in carbs results in lower insulin levels, which causes the body to burn stored fat for energy. Some people do lose weight on low-carb diets, but the weight loss probably isn't related to blood sugar and insulin levels. It's more likely the result of eating fewer total calories, whether they're from carbohydrates, fats or proteins.
A low-carb diet doesn't appear to be any easier to maintain than other diets. Studies comparing low-carb diets and low-fat diets have found that after a year, people drop out of both diets at similar rates. This suggests that the low-carb diet, like so many diets, is no easier to stick to long term. Well-known low-carb diets include the Atkins diet, Zone diet and Protein Power.
Glycemic-index diets
The glycemic index ranks carbohydrate-containing foods based on their effects on blood sugar. Similar to the theory behind low-carb diets, most low-glycemic-index diets claim that lowering blood sugar levels leads to weight loss.
You may have difficulty following a diet that emphasizes only foods with a low-glycemic-index ranking. Many factors other than food influence your blood sugar level, including your age and weight, the type of food preparation, and the portion size. The South Beach diet is an example of a low-glycemic-index diet.
Meal replacements
Meal replacements, such as Slim-Fast, provide less than 400 calories a meal and are nutritionally complete. You replace one or two meals a day, such as breakfast and lunch, with a low-calorie shake or meal bar. Then you eat a healthy third meal, between 600 and 700 calories, of your own choosing. For weight loss, meal replacements can be as effective as traditional calorie-controlled diets.
Meal providers
Some people have a difficult time knowing what they're supposed to eat. Busy schedules leave little time for meal preparation. In such cases, relying on ready-made meals eaten at home may deserve consideration. These services can be expensive. Jenny Craig and NutriSystem are two examples of meal providers.
Group approaches
You don't have to lose weight alone. Group programs, such as Weight Watchers, can support your efforts, giving you eating plans, exercise recommendations and support from others on the same dietary path. After joining, expect regular weigh-ins, group meetings and activity sessions.
Does the plan fit your needs?
How do you know if a weight-loss plan fits your needs and lifestyle? Ask yourself these questions. Does the program:
* Include various foods from the major food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains (particularly whole grains), low-fat dairy products, lean protein sources (meat, poultry, fish), nuts, seeds, and beans and other legumes?
* Include foods you like and that you would enjoy eating for a lifetime — not just for several weeks or months?
* Feature foods you can easily find in your local grocery store?
* Allow you to eat your favorite foods, or better yet, all foods?
* Fit your lifestyle and budget?
* Include proper amounts of nutrients and calories to help you lose weight safely and effectively?
* Encourage regular physical activity?
If you answer no to any of these questions, the weight-loss program isn't right for you, as you probably won't stay with it. Successful weight loss requires permanent changes to your eating and physical activity habits. This means you need to find a weight-loss strategy that you can embrace for life.
2007-04-11 21:39:27
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answered by msjerge 7
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2016-05-20 03:31:44
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-04-01 10:42:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Fats are nothing more than stored acid. If you continue to take acidic food, even with exercise you cannot get rid of fats. Therefore you must solve the weight problem at the source : eating acidic food. By taking alkaline food, you prevent the intake of acid to create more fats. Besides doing exercise, you must eat only alkaline food.
Read the book "pH miracle for weight loss". See photos of people losing weight at ease. If you want to loose weight super fast, there is an alkaline liquid diet. According the book, people are loosing 10 pounds or more within the first 8 days. Go to the website below to see which food (and even fruits) that are acidic.
2007-04-11 22:27:16
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answered by Anonymous
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I will try to keep it simple. Your metabolism is basically the rate at which your body burns calories to create energy. So the faster your metabolism, the faster you burn calories and the easier it is to lose unwanted weight. To boost your metabolism naturally you just need to eat the right foods.
You can sit down and literally eat a 1,000-calorie dinner and yet be absolutely starving just a few hours later and the reason is simple: Because your body didnt get what it needed in those 1,000 calories so it sends signals to your brain telling you to ingest more calories and thus, the late-night cravings. That means that the surest way to end those late-night cravings and keep your weight loss goals on track is to eat a more balanced, nutritious diet that actually gives your body what it needs.
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2014-09-21 09:16:08
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answered by Anonymous
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2007-04-12 04:31:42
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answered by Sue 2
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first of all don't go for dieting,opt for consuming more calories than earlier nd close ur dinner by 7.30 after a week just avoid junk foods after that plan ur food according ur convenience by avoiding ice creams like that nd that must contain more fibre,colourful vegetables nd fruits.last but not the least don't forget consuming water as much as u can but not more than 2 glasses in a single hour.
2007-04-12 03:36:28
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answered by jyothi k 1
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YOU CAN DO IT
my friend lost heaps of weght.
she told me that she had to get use to eating less and excersizing more and when you DID get use to it, the pounds just keep coming of.
just dont call it a 'diet', call it 'better living' or something like that and DONT GIVE UP cause any one can do it.
this what she told me and i can tell its true cause shes a totally different person now.
even i lost a pound. heheheh
2007-04-13 00:26:34
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answered by Anonymous
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exercise regularly, try to avoid sweets and replace them with fruits and foods rich in fiber. Also, lessen the amount of food you eat which are rich in carbohydrates.
2007-04-11 21:40:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Eat evry three to four hours to avoid temptations
2016-04-21 07:30:53
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answered by Shelby 3
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