What constitutes a good diet? Which diets are safe and effective? After reaching the desired weight loss goal (assuming it is reached), how do you maintain that weight. What is the ideal weight for you? How do you diet and maintain your health simultaneously. These are some of the questions that inevitably arise when contemplating losing unwanted poundage.
Dieting is a very subjective activity, approached in many ways by millions of people every year. They are faced with numerous decisions, all of which help determine how well they do. There are several diets today widely used and accepted, hundreds of "fad diets" that are popular for a very short time, then fade into obscurity and uncountable individual methods that are developed for personal regimens.
Is there one "right" method? One that will work almost every time it is used, and by everyone who uses it? Again, that depends on personal opinion and the teachings of the medical hierarchy and the promotional attitudes of the media. One criteria rarely used is long term results.
What to seek in a diet. When an overweight person goes on a diet, there are many aspects to the plan that must be addressed. What should you be looking for in any regimen calculated to help you lose weight and either maintain or improve your health? What would are the most desirable features to have? Would the following list be ideal for your plan?
* Obtain and continue a steady loss of weight. The ideal pace would be no more than 1% of your total body weight per week, though less than that figure would be acceptable. * Set no limit on the amount of food you may eat nor greatly restrict the number of calories you can consume, within reason. * Greatly reduce your appetite in a physiologically correct manner, and in doing so, eliminate hunger from your dietary lexicon. * Improve your metabolism to a point where counting calories would be unnecessary. At the same time, the regimen would improve your overall health profile. * Finally, and most importantly, when used in a maintenance mode, will keep the weight off.
Why is a person overweight?
Based on numerous studies, it has been determined that the majority of overweight problems are caused by metabolic malfunctions. Paradoxically, obese people gain weight although their caloric intake is often less than people without any weight problem. Truth is, most overweight people do not overeat. Those that do usually have some related metabolic problem that creates the urge to do so.
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