Weight Loss Diets: Fact And Fiction, Part 2

Now that we have looked at some very common fallacies, let's
take a look at some important weight loss facts. These facts
can make a huge difference to your ability to achieve your
weight loss goals and then maintaining your new weight in a
healthy manner.

Weight Loss Takes Time

Genuine, healthy, permanent weight loss takes time. It is a
gradual process and it is not going to happen overnight.
Extreme weight loss diets that promise quick results do not
promote good health and even if the person does lose weight
quickly, more often than not, they gain more back than they
lost. This manner of dieting actually causes weight gain in the
long term.

Weight Loss Requires A Lifestyle Change

The first thing that has to change if you want to lose weight
is your diet; not only what you eat, but how much you eat. A
lot of people take in more calories every day than they
actually use. If this continues over time, a person can gain a
lot of weight and yet not appear to be overeating. Effectively,
to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you eat. To
be healthy in the process, these calories have to have a high
nutritional value. Exercise should also be included in this
lifestyle change. Exercise will burn calories while you are
engaged in it, but more than this, it will raise your metabolic
rate so that you burn more calories throughout the day.

You Do Not Necessarily Have To Eat Less

To lose weight, you may not have to eat less food. Many people
are overweight, not because they eat too much, but because they
eat food high in calories. A person who eats a large heaped
plate of salad will consume fewer calories than a person who
eats a small bucket of chips. A person who drinks water with
their meals will consume fewer calories than someone who drinks
a sugary soda. There is also substantial evidence that diet
sodas can prevent weight loss and contribute to weight gain,
not because of calories but because of the effect of chemicals.
This means that calories are not the only consideration in
choosing foods. Nutritional value and health benefits need to
be primary considerations in order to get the best long term
health and weight loss results.

You Should Eat Regularly

It is important to eat regularly for two reasons. Firstly,
hunger is the number one enemy of weight loss so it is
important to avoid more than mild hunger. If you get too
hungry, you can be tempted to just grab anything and totally
blow your daily goals. When we fail, it is easy for
discouragement to set in which can cause us to give up
altogether. Secondly, eating a number of small regular meals
throughout the day will increase your metabolic rate so that
you burn more calories.

If you avoid the fiction and stick to the facts, then your
weight loss journey has every likelihood of success. It is hard
to lose weight in our modern world with its fast-paced stressful
lifestyle and fast food fixes. That is why we really have to
reject this lifestyle to be successful. More than anything, if
you want to lose weight you need to change the way you live,
not just the amount of food you eat.

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