Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Simple Weight Loss Diet Plans - Sometimes Simple Is Best!

By Xania C Hughes

Simple weight loss diet plans seem to have been forgotten these days! These days, diet plans are ranked more on celebrity endorsements or clever gimmicks rather than common sense. But you know what? You really can't go past a simple weight loss diet plan if you want a long term solution to excess weight that you can trust to work .

To understand why a simple weight loss diet is the best approach to losing weight and keeping it off, it is first important that you understand clearly just why we put weight on in the first place. Our bodys are programmed to a strict formula.WE use energy to do work and to stay alive. Our source of energy is food. We need to eat enough food to meet our energy needs and keep ourselves healthy, but when we eat even the slightest amount more than that our bodies store it away. I should clarify that.They store it away as FAT!

Simple weight loss plans understand this formula. They are based on the knowledge of energy balance and use the facts of how our bodies work to advantage. Using a two pronged approach of firstly allowing enough food energy each day to meet our bodys requirements, and then increasing activity slightly each day so that our bodies used the stored energy in our fat to meet the shortfall of calories it requires, simple weight loss plans ensure that we use the science of weight loss to ensure we drop weight.

When discussing what constitutes a simple weight loss diet, it is helpful to underline what they ARE NOT!:

1. They do not promote weight loss pills and potions as the best way to lose weight

2. Pre-packaged meals are not promoted as the best way to lose weight

3. They do not involve paying large amounts of money for expensive gym equipment

4. Lastly, they do not use Hollywood celebrities or gimmicks to promote their brand name.

What a safe weight loss plan will do is:

* Use a healthy daily calorie count as a base for your daily eating requirements

* What you eat and when is not dictated to you. You are allowed to manage what you eat and when according to guidelines

* Give you correct information so that you can make informed decisions by yourself about what to eat

* Help you to monitor and increase your daily activities so that you burn more calories than you supply through food

* Support and motivate you along your weight loss journey using diet specific resources and information.

* The programs are not overly expensive

* Give you the confidence to take control of your weight loss plan and allow you to do this from home, in privacy.

Although the media will try to tell you otherwise, you really cannot beat a simple weight loss diet for safe and healthy weight loss. Don't get taken in by the many gimmicks out there. Facts are, a simple weight loss diet is probably your best option every time.

As an industry with an approximate annual turnover of 65 billion dollars last year, marketing companies will work hard to entice you into buying the current "sure thing" for fast weight loss. The safest course of action you could take however would be to ignore the advertising and trust your health to a simple weight loss diet plan. You will gain two benefits that way:- a better bank balance and security in the knowledge that you are looking after your health. - 16004

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