People are continually searching for diets that work. Many go from one diet program to the next thinking this next one will be the one that solves my weight issues. Finding a diet that one can follow and stick with tends to be the real issue at hand versus actually finding a diet that works.
The diet industry is huge --- there are books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other elements of the health and diet industry. Money is made not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people trying to become healthy or lose weight. Repeat business brings what brings in the cash. As a result, often, the focus is naturally on methods and products that work for a short time but result in return business.
For example, here is a diet that works. Drink only water, eat only 1000 calories each day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity five times a week. It's a guarantee you'll lose weight.
But there are two difficulties. First, cravings will likely end the diet. Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won't leave you satisfied. It will start with a potato chip or piece of candy, then it's whole bag of snacks and a piece of pie, and then the diet is kaput. Second, the diet has a finite life prescribed. You will eventually go back to eating the same stuff before the diet and in the same old way. Next season, or, or next vacation, or next big event or simply the next time you try putting on those jeans it will once again be time to go on a diet.
The best diet is a permanent diet. More and more people are coming to realize that to lose weight it's best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more physical activity.
Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, focuses on 10 "power foods." The power foods are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, combined with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean foods and dishes. It's easy to remain on this diet as it has a wide selection of real, and enjoyable foods.
If you focus your diet efforts from a short term diet to permanent eating habits you will most definitely find a diet that works. Not only that, you will be healthier overall especially if you combine it with regular exercise. - 16004
The diet industry is huge --- there are books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other elements of the health and diet industry. Money is made not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people trying to become healthy or lose weight. Repeat business brings what brings in the cash. As a result, often, the focus is naturally on methods and products that work for a short time but result in return business.
For example, here is a diet that works. Drink only water, eat only 1000 calories each day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity five times a week. It's a guarantee you'll lose weight.
But there are two difficulties. First, cravings will likely end the diet. Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won't leave you satisfied. It will start with a potato chip or piece of candy, then it's whole bag of snacks and a piece of pie, and then the diet is kaput. Second, the diet has a finite life prescribed. You will eventually go back to eating the same stuff before the diet and in the same old way. Next season, or, or next vacation, or next big event or simply the next time you try putting on those jeans it will once again be time to go on a diet.
The best diet is a permanent diet. More and more people are coming to realize that to lose weight it's best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more physical activity.
Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, focuses on 10 "power foods." The power foods are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, combined with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean foods and dishes. It's easy to remain on this diet as it has a wide selection of real, and enjoyable foods.
If you focus your diet efforts from a short term diet to permanent eating habits you will most definitely find a diet that works. Not only that, you will be healthier overall especially if you combine it with regular exercise. - 16004
