Why people fail in their diet plans:
People go on a diet to lose weight, either by choice or for medical reasons. But so many fail for two common reasons:
Less than a 00% desire;
Lack of a cohesive, self-motivating plan to go on.
Nothing can help a dieter with less desire but the following can help motivate you to go on until you reach your goal.
Dieting plan:
Set realistic goals:
Realistic goals are based on concrete, achievable results. Start off by getting your body mass index (BMI). This will tell you how healthy you are. If you are below the "ideal," then your diet is to make you gain, not lose, weight. If it is way above the ideal, you obviously need to lose some. Losing weight isn't easy, so do it gradually. A loss of one-half to two pounds a week should make you happy and seeing them through your bathroom scale should motivate you to lose some more;
Change your lifestyle:
Another difficult task but a "must" if you are intent in losing weight. It means cutting back on calories and taking food types with low calorie count. Above all, it means getting more active. A couch potato will find this impossible. So do a lot of people who use drugs as a crutch to avoid the more difficult path to losing weight;
Change your food preferences:
Dieting is saying goodbye to traditional cookies, cakes and other sweets as well as fried foods like fried chicken, French fries and other fatty oils and spreads. Keep saturated fat and trans fat consumption as low as possible, as well as your cholesterol intake. Switch to food rich in fiber, i.e., fruits, vegetables, legumes (beans and lentils) and whole grains.
Get natural:
Despite claims from commercial dieting companies about the effectiveness of their plans or products, nothing beats the natural way of losing weight. And it carries the bonus of being able to cure some of your ailments without being hooked into expensive drugs.
Get more active:
Weight loss through diet is a dream if not coupled with exercise. It doesn't have to be the "puff and huff" type to be beneficial. You can burn as many calories with short exercises done several times a day as one long session. But it is generally accepted that 30 minutes of moderate to intensive physical activity per day should be sufficient.
In summary:
Dieting successfully depends on sensible goals and expectations. Don't expect the impossible. Going overboard will just lead to failed expectations and feelings of despair which will ultimately lead to stoppage. Remember, weight loss is but these two things: the food that you don't get to eat and the exercise that you get to do.
