Fad and crash diets, are not only unhealthy but they also cause rebound
weight gain. Also most diets, even though diet gurus write them, cause
an initial weight loss but the ultimate result is that you gain all of the
weight back the minute you go off the plan. If you don’t gain it back
within a couple of diets, you are likely to gain it all back plus a bit more
within a year.
Crash diets dehydrate you, low calorie diets put your body into starvation
mode so you plateau so you can’t lose one more pound and high protein
diets stress your kidneys and clog your arteries.
Eating Less and Exercising More is the best way to have weight loss.
In order to lose weight quickly and safely and without putting yourself at
risk for such health hazards as dehydration, kidney failure, malnutrition,
exhaustion, nervous dysfunction, tooth loss, dull hair, wrinkles, cellulite,
sudden heart failure or stroke and lose the weight so that it stays off, you
should lose no more than approximately two pounds a week!
Although that might not sound like a large amount of weight to lose it
actually is! If you lose 2 pounds a week that means you can achieve a
weight loss of ten pounds a month! If you only have twenty pounds to
lose then your weight loss is not only quite rapid, but you have the extra
guarantee that it will stay off because you have followed a sensible
exercise plan that did not involve starving, exhausting or depriving
yourself. If you are willing to drop your impatience and desire for
immediate gratification and stick to an exercise plan and healthy eating
habits, then a Mediterranean Diet is for you. Remember being slim is
only good if you are able to enjoy it!
If you want to lose weight, you first need to assess whether you need to
actually lose weight or are simply a fashion victim. Unfortunately this
society is fascinated with fat – who has it and who doesn’t. As we are
persuaded by so many images in the media that persuade us to believe
that you can never be too thin, many of us are bad judges of our actual
body weight.
If you are obese and you know it, then you have to check with a
physician first to see how your health is before you embark on any
exercise program or plan. The same is also true if you have any kind of
medical condition but especially a thyroid condition or heart condition.
Some physicians may not recommend a weight loss program for those
who are over 40 as due to genetics and hormonal changes some people
naturally just round out or gain weight in a way that simply cannot be
changed. If your doctor tells you your spreading hips are due to
menopause or genetics, believe him! It is not clever to fool with Mother
Nature.
