If you’re trying to lose weight but finding it nearly impossible, it may not be that you are to blame. Is your diet really the culprit? In many cases, failing on a diet doesn’t mean that you have no willpower or that you are incapable of losing weight. It just means that you may not have picked the diet plan that was right for your needs.
Each body is different and requires different nutrients and a different balance. This is why one person can lose 100 pounds on a low carb diet, and another may gain five pounds. It all boils down to knowing your body, and knowing which kind of diet will work best for you. In most cases, this means consulting with either your physician or a dietitian that will be able to assist you in finding the balance that your body needs. However, there are some basic guidelines you can follow that will help you find the right diet.
1. Are the food choices simply abhorrent to you?
Every year, thousands of people go on specialized food plans with prepackaged meals and then wonder why they fail. Unless the food tastes good, it’s going to be very hard to adjust. It’s simply too easy to chuck those prepackaged cardboard meals and head for the real food. Bottom line – if you can’t stand the food, you won’t be able to stand the diet. This goes for chalky shakes, nasty protein bars and every other kind of awful diet food out there.
Find a diet plan that uses foods you like, or at least foods that you can grow to like. For example, if you have a fondness for fried chicken, you can probably develop a taste for some low fat lemon chicken. If you like chocolate cake, there are little 100 calorie snack choices out there that will soothe your sweet tooth. The key is finding a diet that is easy to stick to, especially at first. When you actually enjoy the food, it’s a lot easier to get mentally pumped up about the diet.
2. The exercise is simply impossible.
A lot of diet plans integrate workout routines that may not be suited for those that are just getting started on the road to fitness. It is just too easy to say “I can’t,” when in reality, you can, just not at that level. It is vital to find a workout routine that is graduated, allowing you the time to get used to the exercise the healthy way.
3. There is no support system.
A diet plan that leaves you feeling alone in the wilderness, while you watch your family and friends feasting away is not a diet plan you are going to be able to stick to. Look for a support system or find a way to get your family to join in your quest for health. You’ll all be better for it and it will be much easier to stick to the plan when you aren’t staring down the barrel of a prime rib dinner everyone else is eating.
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Originally posted 2008-10-02 05:21:54. Republished by Old Post Promoter
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