Are you lost trying to work out what diet will work for you? Have you seen the multitude of different weight loss diets there are out there? Choosing the right one for you is next to impossible if you just go by what everyone is telling you. So how do you choose the diet specifically for you?
Basic Diet - eat fewer calories than you need. Well this is obvious isn't it? But it is too simple a concept. How many calories do you need? There are tables, which are good and useful and are a good starting point. But, did you know what your body need in calories depends on what your lifestyle is, including the food you are eating now?
If you start to eat less than you need you will initially start to lose weight. This is fine and what you want. But, after a while, your body will adapt to the new diet and change itself to accommodate. Your body will do this automatically and it has nothing whatsoever to do with your intentions or with your willpower.
So now you have to adapt your lifestyle to your body. The obvious answer is to take additional exercise. Force your body to use up calories. This is not a once and for all answer either. Every now and then during your diet, you will have to adapt your lifestyle to your body. And adapting your lifestyle usually means doing more exercise.
There is good news in this. If you do this properly, you will get used to the exercise and gradually increasing this will be no problem. Once your exercise levels get to a certain level, your body will adapt to this as well. Now, your metabolism will increase and you will find yourself losing weight again, usually after a series of stop starts on your weight loss.
No comments:
Post a Comment