| The realization that you need to lose weight | | | | A weight loss maintenance Plan |
| usually leads to yet another round of dieting. The | | | | A natural healthy eating program is essential as it |
| only problem is that in a lot of cases dieting | | | | ensures that your body gets the correct food |
| causes weight gain. This is especially the case if | | | | and vitamins it needs to remain healthy. By |
| the wrong kind of diet program is followed. With | | | | getting the food intake correct will also help to |
| the final objective being to lose weight rather than | | | | increase your metabolism and also help with losing |
| gain it how do we go about choosing the correct | | | | weight. We all know that we need to eat plenty |
| diet program to follow? | | | | of natural foods such as fruit and vegetables, and |
| Lets first look at why dieting causes weight gain, | | | | that we need to reduce fatty foods and those |
| when you go on a diet you are in affect denying | | | | high in sugars. |
| your body the amount of food it is used to | | | | This is where diet re-education comes into play. |
| getting on a daily basis. This is the only way that | | | | By educating yourself and your body that healthy |
| you can help your body to lose weight. Our bodies | | | | eating is better for you, and that you can create |
| have a natural and overriding sense of survival. So | | | | filling and delicious meals from natural ingredients |
| what happens is that when you come off your | | | | will help you to maintain any weight loss you |
| diet or stop it your body instantly creates the | | | | achieve. Also some foods when mixed together |
| need to eat more food. | | | | or eaten at the same time can help to increase |
| What your body is doing is it is saying to its self "I | | | | your metabolism which means your body will burn |
| had better store more fat just in case we are | | | | more calories even when in a resting state than it |
| starved again n future". This is why in a lot of | | | | did before. |
| cases people who follow diets tend to put on | | | | Regular exercise is key to losing and maintaining |
| more weight than they originally had before they | | | | any weight loss. Exercise will increase your |
| dieted. Also where as in the past we may have | | | | metabolic rate and will help prevent your body |
| thought that being 50lbs overweight is the point I | | | | from storing any excess fat you eat. As an |
| need to go on a diet, the next time you will | | | | added bonus you will be and feel so much |
| probably push that limit to maybe 55lbs. You then | | | | healthier. If you follow these points and follow a |
| start another diet, and then come off it. Your | | | | diet program that includes a weight loss |
| body then over eats to store more fat and next | | | | maintenance plan you will end that yoyo dieting of |
| time you do not start a diet until you are 60lbs. | | | | the past. |
| Anyone that has battled with their weight will | | | | A good weight loss program must include advice |
| recognise this problem, this is what is known as | | | | on how to maintain your weight loss, if it does |
| yoyo dieting. So how do we stop this from | | | | not include this as part of the program you will be |
| happening? The easiest way is to follow a diet | | | | wasting your time. Do not get me wrong though, |
| plan that includes, | | | | you will probably lose weight to start with, but |
| A natural healthy eating program. | | | | once you stop following the program that weight |
| Diet re-education | | | | will slowly climb back on and you will find that the |
| Regular exercise | | | | diet causes weight gain in the long term. |