Diets That Work
Posted by admin on 19 Aug 2010 at 11:29 am | Tagged as: Weight Loss
Diets That Work
Diets that work tend to be nutritious permanent eating lifestyles. Changing eating lifestyles is the only way to successfully lose weight and keep it off. This leads to a very important criterion in helping you choose a diet that is right for you: examine each prospective diet to determine if you could adopt it as your permanent lifestyle. If the diet is heavily calorie restricted, take into account the fact that after attaining your desired weight you should be able to increase your caloric intake so that weight loss ceases and your desired weight is maintained. The important thing to remember is that diets that work involve food that you enjoy. Fad diets that severely restrict the types of foods that you eat are simply not healthy and should never be a part of a healthy lifestyle.
Another important aspect is to do some research to determine what your correct body weight is and what a normal caloric intake should be for you. These factors are influenced by sex, height, and age. A Google search will readily find tables containing this type of information.
Onto a few possibilities that you should consider:
Medifast Diet- a physician supervised and nutritionally sound program with a large number of success stories. They offer prepackaged meals that are portion controlled and
Nutritionally balanced. Meal plans for people with Type II diabetes are included.
South Beach Diet- this plan involves eating foods that are low on the glycemic index scale to reduce your craving for sweets and sugars. The diet is accomplished in three phases. The first phase involves restricting carbohydrates for two weeks to get weight loss started. In the second phase you will add back more healthy carbohydrates. The third phase is the maintenance part of the diet intended to keep your body weight in a healthy range.
Jillian Michaels Diet- this diet makes use of nutritional science and can be a part of an overall healthy lifestyle. You learn which foods boost metabolism, what time of day to eat certain foods, and how to control hunger. There are meal plans, recipes, and suggested exercise routines.
Weight Watchers- another tried and true weight loss plan involving nutritious foods and exercise. Weight Watcher’s is based on years of scientific nutritional research. They offer meetings for personal support as well as an online program.
Jenny Craig Diet-a personalized program involving a personal or phone meeting with your program director to customize your weight loss plan. This program involves a combination of Jenny Craig foods and healthy fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low fat dairy from your grocery store.
Nutrisystem-this plan is a heart healthy diet that is based on nutritional science. There is neither calorie counting nor point system. The program relies on 120 prepackaged foods as well as healthy selections from your grocery store. There are exercise DVD’s, personal counseling, online newsletters, chat rooms, and bulletin boards.
These are a few diets that work that are nutritionally sound and offer enjoyable cuisine. To your health!!
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