Have you been fighting a seemingly endless battle to stay on your diet? Are you worried that every diet you try will fail, as your cravings trump your willpower and you fail before you can achieve your goals?
No matter if you're starting a diet for the first time, or you're a veteran who's already been through the wars numerous times, you'll be pleased to know that it IS possible to pick a diet plan that works, and stick with it until you reach your goal weight.
The primary thing is to look at diet plans that aren't too strict - in your view. Some plans totally forbid certain types of food such as carbs or fat. If you completely cut out one food group while you're dieting, you're not going to learn to live with a long-term plan of eating moderately.
Some diets have plans that make you keep stopping and starting, kind of seesawing your intake up and down, until the weight has been lost. This can get really boring and tiresome, and many people react badly to the highs and lows with mental and physical symptoms.
The best thing to do is try to find a plan which teaches you to eat healthily for the rest of your life. Ideally, it should allow you a special treat every now and again, such as a glass of wine or a creamy dessert, but should mainly focus on a sustainable day to day plan that you can realistically stick to.
Continual binging and fasting, even when it's done with "healthy" foods, is not good for your body or your mind. Your metabolism can be damaged by this behavior and it can have lifelong effects. Speaking personally, once I start binging, even if it's on healthy options, its far too easy for me to slip off into an unhealthy binge.
Ahead of making your choice, look carefully at the details of the plan and ask yourself: can I see myself eating this way for the rest of my life? If the plan relies on cutting out a whole swathe of foods that you love, then it's going to be devilishly hard to stick to. Pick your battles wisely!
Some diet plans give the impression that nothing could be easier than sticking to their eating formula, but in reality, if the plan is too rigid, then you're setting yourself up for failure. Read diet reviews carefully to evaluate if this plan is going to force you to stop eating something you love, because if you go off-plan you could end up gaining back all the weight you've lost, and then some. If diet reviews available on the web don't make the plan clear, ask in forums such as FatSecret or Yahoo Answers.
You're never going to find a diet plan that's "really easy" to follow - it might be simple, but that's not the same thing! If you've been used to indulging yourself and not giving any consideration to your food choices, then it's going to be hard at first. But if you choose the right fast weight loss plan, one that gives you a decent freedom of choice in foods that you like, you'll be far more likely to stick with your diet plan for good.
Karen Barr is a mother, designer, and lifelong dieter. She owns and operates Fast Weight Loss Tips, a dieter's resource for weight loss news, reviews, tips and opinion on weight loss vitamins and more.
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