1. The best diet is never one that makes you
lose pound quickly. The optimum or best weight loss for females is
one or two pounds a week, 2 to 3 pounds for men. Diets which have
you losing pounds quickly will not make a permanent change in your
eating patterns and moreover can and usually does cause loss of
muscle and vital organ tissue. Not a good thing!
2. Skipping meals is a painless way to reduce
their calorie intake. Actually skipping meals normally causes
binge eating later. The best way is to graze. Have several small
portions of food throughout the day and keep yourself from being
hungry. May we also suggest, keeping busy with things you like to
do, that don't normally center around food.
3. Don't eliminate food or food groups. Diets
which tell you to avoid certain foods are doomed to failure.
Especially if one of the foods you are suppose to avoid is one of
your favorites. You simply can not substitute one food for
another, especially if you are experiencing a craving. So, don't
be silly, indulge in a small portion of the craving and keep in
mind your total calorie intake for the day.
"Remember you can
never eat enough of something you don't want to satisfy you!"
4. High Protein diets can work wonderfully
well. You can experience a fast weight loss control hunger while
you are on it. But remember that most people experience a fast
weight gain after getting off the high protein diet. So be careful
of that. High protein diets (like all diets) work, but you have to
get off it sometime and get back to real eating again.
5. Does the enzymes in grapefruit juice really
help burn fat? NO!
6. Remember it's an old wives tale
that moderate exercise or increase activity also increases
appetite. Actually the opposite is true. What exercise does do is:
1. Increase your calorie burn and
helps you lose weight.
2. Relieves stress and let's you
sleep better.
3. Increases muscle tone so that
your body is a more efficient fat burning machine.
7. Are all fruit or fruit juice diets
a great way to lose weight? Not really! Fruit juices are high in
sugar and contain calories. Think about that.
8. Does when I eat makes a difference?
Yes, but not for the reason you think. The vast majority of
digestion of the food you eat takes place while you sleep. So when
you eat isn't as important as how much you eat in a 24 hour
period. What does make a huge difference is what you feel like
doing after you eat. If you eat a big supper, then you probably
feel like sitting in front of the TV all evening instead of going
dancing or out for a walk. Besides you know that it's darn hard to
resist some snacking while in front of the tube. And that will put
on more pounds than just about anything else.
9. Is being overweight hereditary? Not
really. Yes, you can have some specific inherited traits such has
larger thighs or large breasts which are inherited. But how big
they are is up to you. Even huge parents have skinny children and
visa-versa. So don't let that throw you a curve. You can be almost
any weight you want to be, if you'll just pay attention to what
you are eating.
10. Does eating slowly help lose
weight? Yes, because it takes several minutes for the body to feel
full and signal the brain to stop eating. The slower you eat, the
better in that regard.
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