Being overweight has become such a common problem that we sometimes don't even notice it. But we should, especially if we are one of those 65% of Americans who are overweight or worse, obese. Without realizing it the weight has crept up on us and now we are so far gone we get puffed out just climbing the stairs. We know the solution, but if you are like me you are spending as much as 12 hours a day working or commuting to and from work and the time available for preparing a good home-cooked meal for our families just isn't there. It's so easy to pick up some takeout on the way home and the cooking is done. We feel guilty about doing this (sometimes) but what's the choice?
Is there any help out there for you? Can anyone help with easy diets that you can prepare almost as quickly as picking up takeout but is healthy, still tastes great and that the family will love? Definitely! Not only are there some great and easy diets to follow that will help you feed the family but they will help you lose weight, get fit and even save money. And it all starts with the internet. I can almost hear you groan at the idea of wading through millions of choices hoping to find one that works.
Luckily there are sites where comparisons have been made of the various programs and diets and where you can read about the different features in each program. Remember that the site is probably trying to sell you something so there is that commercial aspect to everything on the Net (it's how we support ourselves). However as an intelligent and discerning reader I am sure you can sort the wheat from the chaff. Here's how you find easy diets anyone can follow.
1. Reject any diet that you read through and decide it is too weird, too extreme, too expensive to buy or maintain and too complicated to follow.
2. Reject any weight loss program where you spend endless hours weighing food, keeping endless food diaries or spend endless time counting calories. I promise you won't stick to them for very long if at all.
3. Look for moderation in the food plan. All the food groups should be balanced and represented.
4. Be very careful of any diet that promises the world. You pout your weight on pound by pound over a long period, so don't expect to loswe it overnioght. Unrelalistic expectations offered by these diets will leave you disappointed and you will drop out. Reject them.
5. If the program seems to make sense, offers a balanced diet with a sensible mix of proteins (animal and vegetable), fats and carbohydrates, you are on the right track. A good diet isn't rocket science. Much of it is common sense.
6. Reject any diet that starves you. The more strict the more likely it is that you will fall off the plan after Week 1.
Now let's look at these point in order. If we consider the really complicated diets like the "food combining diets" you just about need a university degree to work out breakfast. As a result you end up obsessing over what to eat, how much to eat, how to prepare it etc. That much obsessing just means that food is always on your mind, not losing weight, getting fit, changing your lifestyle. Guess what happens when you obsess on food? You overeat. Which rather defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it?
The other category I find a concern is the fad diet or extreme diet. Do you remember the Israeli Army Diet where you filled up on just one food each day. These diets lead to nutritional imbalances and poor health, just the opposite of your goal. Your diet must contain the correct balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates to build health and give you long life. Unbalanced diets actually cause cravings for the foods you are leaving out and ultimately you end up overeating or binging to make up for them.
Any diets that are easy to follow will also be diets that stimulate the metabolism and generate long term weight loss. Diets should offer steady weight loss and any that offer dramatic results you can be certain only cause major losses of body weight through fluid loss and will not be long term. You gained the weight slowly over a long period and you need to lose your excess weight loss steadily over a reasonable time frame or you will end up lethargic, stressed and unhealthy. Good programs build up reasonable expectations of weight loss and give you the tools to achieve this. Unfortunately our society has come to expect instant gratification. With diets this is the fast road to disappointment.
So to answer the question at the beginning - "Are there any easy diets that I can use to lose weight, feed my family and keep them healthy and is as easy as junk food (and a whole lot cheaper) the answer is an emphatic YES! They are out there and they are pretty easy to find. And nothing beats the satisfaction of a healthy home prepared meal that is actually good for you. - 16004
Is there any help out there for you? Can anyone help with easy diets that you can prepare almost as quickly as picking up takeout but is healthy, still tastes great and that the family will love? Definitely! Not only are there some great and easy diets to follow that will help you feed the family but they will help you lose weight, get fit and even save money. And it all starts with the internet. I can almost hear you groan at the idea of wading through millions of choices hoping to find one that works.
Luckily there are sites where comparisons have been made of the various programs and diets and where you can read about the different features in each program. Remember that the site is probably trying to sell you something so there is that commercial aspect to everything on the Net (it's how we support ourselves). However as an intelligent and discerning reader I am sure you can sort the wheat from the chaff. Here's how you find easy diets anyone can follow.
1. Reject any diet that you read through and decide it is too weird, too extreme, too expensive to buy or maintain and too complicated to follow.
2. Reject any weight loss program where you spend endless hours weighing food, keeping endless food diaries or spend endless time counting calories. I promise you won't stick to them for very long if at all.
3. Look for moderation in the food plan. All the food groups should be balanced and represented.
4. Be very careful of any diet that promises the world. You pout your weight on pound by pound over a long period, so don't expect to loswe it overnioght. Unrelalistic expectations offered by these diets will leave you disappointed and you will drop out. Reject them.
5. If the program seems to make sense, offers a balanced diet with a sensible mix of proteins (animal and vegetable), fats and carbohydrates, you are on the right track. A good diet isn't rocket science. Much of it is common sense.
6. Reject any diet that starves you. The more strict the more likely it is that you will fall off the plan after Week 1.
Now let's look at these point in order. If we consider the really complicated diets like the "food combining diets" you just about need a university degree to work out breakfast. As a result you end up obsessing over what to eat, how much to eat, how to prepare it etc. That much obsessing just means that food is always on your mind, not losing weight, getting fit, changing your lifestyle. Guess what happens when you obsess on food? You overeat. Which rather defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it?
The other category I find a concern is the fad diet or extreme diet. Do you remember the Israeli Army Diet where you filled up on just one food each day. These diets lead to nutritional imbalances and poor health, just the opposite of your goal. Your diet must contain the correct balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates to build health and give you long life. Unbalanced diets actually cause cravings for the foods you are leaving out and ultimately you end up overeating or binging to make up for them.
Any diets that are easy to follow will also be diets that stimulate the metabolism and generate long term weight loss. Diets should offer steady weight loss and any that offer dramatic results you can be certain only cause major losses of body weight through fluid loss and will not be long term. You gained the weight slowly over a long period and you need to lose your excess weight loss steadily over a reasonable time frame or you will end up lethargic, stressed and unhealthy. Good programs build up reasonable expectations of weight loss and give you the tools to achieve this. Unfortunately our society has come to expect instant gratification. With diets this is the fast road to disappointment.
So to answer the question at the beginning - "Are there any easy diets that I can use to lose weight, feed my family and keep them healthy and is as easy as junk food (and a whole lot cheaper) the answer is an emphatic YES! They are out there and they are pretty easy to find. And nothing beats the satisfaction of a healthy home prepared meal that is actually good for you. - 16004
About the Author:
Lyle Neander has reviewed dozens of fat loss programs and found the most successful programs. You can find FREE weight loss information to download info at easy diets anyone can follow. Lyle offers a great comparison website at compare programs. Successful weight loss is possible and painless. Life is so much better when you are slim and healthy.
