This is a topic i am sure everyone reading this has thought about as it is such a common issue these days. You see it advertised everywhere you go “Lose weight with this diet!” or “Take this pill” especially this time of the year with a New Year beginning people want to lose weight as they have put on the pounds over the festive season.
No Need to diet
If you really want to lose weight the safe and most enjoyable way you need to make changes with your lifestyle more than anything. You see, the aim is to lose a bit of weight and keep it off, not lose weight and put it on over and over again. That is a yoyo diet, and will not do your body or immune system any good at all.
For lots of people the word diet does not bring a smile to their face and is not an enjoyable experience, especially when you seem to end right back where you started with your weight after a short time of dieting.
Making small tweaks in your lifestyle
It definitely is not that hard to lose weight but a bit more tricky to maintain around the weight loss. I feel that’s what most people struggle with and i totally understand where they are coming from. But once you learn to have self control over your eating patterns and general exercise you will start to see a huge difference!
You need to start to create a strong mindset that will take you to the next level of living a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle. What i am not saying is to start living like a monk and be really strict on yourself. It’s fine to have a treat now and again, but just not all the time.
That’s where people make the biggest mistake. A little bit of stress comes into their lives and out comes a bar of chocolate or a cake to indulge. This is where you need to reach that sense of control and find other ways to release your stress such as exercise.
Consistency
It really is everything in moderation with eating and exercising. It’s just like the ying and yang symbol with having a balance in your life. Not too much of one thing or the other but rather a consistency of balance.
This is one of the reasons why i created my martial fitness system, because too many people keep worrying about dieting all the time and not many enjoy a lifestyle where you can eat what you want but in moderation along with fun ways to get in shape without having to join a gym.
I have only touched on the tip of the ice berg today about losing weight, but keep a look out for future things to come. Once you come to master this concept i have given you today, the diets will not even come into your life again.
Be well,
Richard Huntley
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Raili says:
I just wrote a blog post about this yesterday. I think a big part of the problem is all of the misinformation about food. For instance, first fats were bad, and now carbs are bad. Misleading food labeling is pretty much the rule and people don’t know how to read nutrition labels. Even reputable brands will claim “healthy” “blah blah blah” on the label but if you read the ingredients it is full of high fructose corn syrup and a million other things you don’t need. Now personally (like anything) I don’t think high fructose corn syrup is bad in small amounts, but in large amounts it is a very big problem.
I think the first step to affective weight loss and living healthy is to cut out pretty much all processed food.
The other problem is that there is no regulation whatsoever in the supplement industry (at least in the US). Anyone can mix up some B-vitamins, ginseng, etc and sell it as a “miracle weight loss drug.” Some will even go so far as to say that you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight while taking their miracle weight loss cure. At least some will suggest cutting calories at the same time.
I want the public to see the food industry for what it really is- a big corporation that could care less for healthy food, and the general health of the population. This is already happening somewhat with the public outcry over artificial growth hormones (rBST) and it is starting to happen with GMO foods.
Eating healthy is fairly easy but it requires commitment (some cooking), and learning to read ingredient labels. Personally I only purchase things with 5 or less ingredients and then only if I recognize all of the ingredients as being safe.
Richard Huntley says:
Hi Raili,
Well said! You made some very good clear points. I totally agree with you for eating healthy part, as it does require the right foods along with commitment but that’s were the hidden results lie as you know.
Thanks for commenting, very interesting read.
Take Care,
Richard
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