WHAT ABOUT FAD DIETS
Dieting as a means to lose weight when combined with exercise can be the most effective means of achieving your desired weight. However, there are many diets known as fad diets. Such diets are given a catchy name and are promoted aggressively in national media to the point that they become household names. Such fad diets may or may not be right for you, or indeed for anyone unless there is a nutritional alignment that covers your nutritional needs as well.
The mere fact that you may have lost weight is not necessarily a good thing if your body has suffered the loss of essential ingredients, which could lead to nutritional deficiency ailments. Diets that take into account any nutritional supplements that may be lacking can be made up for with additional vitamins or minerals in tablet form.
Just because a diet may appear to be a fad does not automatically indicate that it is not appropriate. The long running Dr. Seigels Cookie Diet sounds too good to be true, but it has survived the test of time and has been used by doctors as an appetite suppressant and has been effective for many who utilize it. The questions you must ask yourself or your nutritional professional are:
1. Is the diet a healthy plan of action for you.
2. How much time do you need to achieve your weight loss goal given the amount of weight you want to lose.
3. If you are a rush to lose weight, there are other options such as Bariatric Surgery which is designed to accommodate those seeking a quick solution.
4. Have you failed with other diets, what will be different this time? If it was due to a lack or fall off in motivation see our discussion on motivation.
5. If you lost the desired amount of weight in the past, but regained most if not all that was lost, what can you do to keep the weight off.
6. Have you
prepared yourself mentally and emotionally for the diet so that you have a
positive outlook and are committed to doing what is necessary?
It is important to recognize that there is no
perfect diet and there will be some consequences that may not be expected but
you should do additional research to see what others have to say about their use
of the diet and any after effects.
In conclusion, it is important to always keep
in mind that weight loss can only be achieved by reducing your caloric intake in
relation to the calories you burn. Therefore, although it is easier said than
done, being selective about how what and much we eat and making sure that whatever and
how much we intake it has to be offset by exercise.
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