Weight Loss
Diets - Which Diet Should I Choose?
(Weight Loss Diet Reviews are listed at
end of article)
One of the
more frustrating aspects of weight loss diets is the
great chance of weight return and perhaps a few more
pounds on top after stopping the diet program.
Most people think that a weight loss diet that can work for
their body type has to be as complicated to figure out as
rocket science. It truly is not that difficult, but with the
many choices and types of diets out there, it's no wonder that
most people fail to get the results they are looking for.
When you look at the different weight loss diets, there are
many programs and combinations of programs to choose from. The
three main nutrients, proteins, fats and carbohydrates can be
broken down to different ratios for total daily calorie intake.
For example, you can have high, medium, low and zero calorie
amounts of fats, proteins or carbohydrates. The calorie ratios
of each nutrient set against the others are numerous. This is
where a diet “guru” can come up with his or her own program,
advertise it as the best and further confuse the general public
with yet another choice.
It doesn't have to be this way if
we look at the real key to this diet program conundrum.
There are some general guidelines to follow when you are
shopping for a weight loss diet that will allow you to
decide if a particular one is right for you. These
guidelines can be found in virtually every diet
manual.
The aim here isn't an explanation of what diet you should
actually follow, but to give you a logical approach as to how
to succeed with whatever program you decide to do. Apply some
common sense to a nutritional plan and you will make your
weight loss permanent and lifelong.
If we can understand why diets fail in the long term, then we
can try to prevent it from failing over and over again.
Basically, weight loss goals for most people don't succeed
because of the lack of long-term commitment. Most people
already know that they need to expend more calories than they
are taking in. No real rocket science here. Unfortunately most
are not willing to do what it takes to achieve this calories
deficient ratio for longer than a few months or less.
Generally all diets work. It can be high fat, low fat, high
carbohydrates and the many combinations of fad diets we see so
often. In the short term, by burning more calories than you
consume there will be some weight loss, but we need to find the
real key that will give us permanent weight loss.
Recent studies have shown that when the popular commercial
diets were compared to each other over a 6-month to one-year
span of time, they generally had the same weight loss results.
The conclusion of one major study sited that the adherence
level rather than the diet itself was the primary predictor of
whether the weight loss program would work.
The bottom line is that even though some diets are healthier
than others, or suppresses the appetite better; virtually all
diets work the same in the short term. What is clear is
adhering to the diet becomes the most important thing when
looking at weight loss for the long term.
Lifestyle alteration is the basis here and any thoughts of
having permanent weight loss need to be addressed as life long
management in order to succeed. There is nothing wrong in
seeking help with the need for that permanent weight loss.
Sometimes it’s easier to follow a plan then to make up one of
our own. We just need to make sure we choose a healthy plan
that we can easily adapt into our lifestyles for long term
weight loss and health.
We’ve reviewed some of the more popular
weight loss diets available that use both commonsense and
healthy eating as their criteria:
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