Your diet may be the reason you can’t lose weight.
Sound crazy? Not really. People are looking for a quick fix and nothing inspires quick fix tassels like the desire to lose weight successfully and there seems to be no limit to the really stupid diets out there.
Healthy weight loss occurs with a balanced diet. Fat-free diets, carbohydrate-free diets, or diets that promote drastically reduced excess calorie intake are unhealthy and do not promote successful weight loss.
A diet that eliminates fat deprives the body of important nutrients. Omega 3 fats are essential for nutrition and the proper functioning of the body. It’s good to avoid saturated fats and fats found in processed foods, but healthy fats, like those found in fish, nuts, or even olive oil, provide much-needed nutrients.
Carb cutting works on the blackboard, but not in real life. It is true that the carbohydrates we consume that are not immediately used for fuel are stored as fat in the body, but cutting out carbohydrates altogether leads to fatigue and will affect mental clarity.
Very restrictive diets, even those that are supposedly medically supervised, are a double-edged sword. First, the drastic reduction in calories promotes a slower metabolism. Second, the body can’t get the nutrition it needs on some of the more extreme diets that call for 500 calories.
Healthy caloric intake for women is around 1,200 calories a day and around 1,500 for men. Your activity level may require more. Eating too few calories is a great way to screw up your successful weight loss and is one of the biggest reasons you can’t lose weight.
If eating a balanced diet is challenging for you, then consider meal replacement shakes. Quality diet shakes give you complete nutrition in a very compact calorie count. They are convenient and perfect for a busy lifestyle or for someone learning to eat a healthy and balanced diet.
Shakes can not only replace meals for weight loss, but can also complement a healthy meal plan for those who don’t want to lose weight or even those who need to gain a healthy weight.
We all want a magic wand to solve our problems, even if we don’t admit it. There is no area where this is more prevalent than successful weight loss.
Remember that your weight gain didn’t happen overnight or even over weeks or months. With a healthy diet and good training, you can expect to see immediate results and, over a period of weeks and months, make steady, healthy progress toward your goal weight.
Taking a healthy, balanced approach will give you the lasting results you really want and promote wellness and healthy aging.