Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Weight Loss and Some Reasons Why Diets Fail

By Ricardo d Argence

One look at the diet industry will tell you that millions of people are trying to lose weight every day and failing. You know they are failing by the sheer number of new products that comes on to the market every day. There are many reasons why diets fail, and here we will look at a few.

It seems that the most popular diets are geared toward eliminating entire food groups. No, fat diets, diets with no carbs and some diets with no food at all! It is little wonder that people cannot lose weight.

In order for our multifaceted bodies to properly operate, numerous nutrients are needed. Usually your body will react negatively when a food group is eliminated and weight loss will not occur.

Starvation diets are even worse, not only are you not getting any nutrients but you will lose little if any weight. That is because your body will go into what is known as starvation mode. Your body thinks that there is famine in the land and to protect life it will slow your metabolism and work doubly hard to store fat. This is to prevent you from dying under extreme circumstances. Eventually you can overcome the body's objections, however you do so a great health risk.

Effective weight loss requires developing and staying with a healthful, balanced eating plan on a daily basis. This means that you must partake of all the food groups. You can limit calories and still get nutrients by consuming smaller portion sizes, this is a better approach.

Fad diets have a large following because many of them claim you can lose weight without any type of exercise. This is plainly false, you must consume less than you expend and to do this while getting proper amounts of nutrients require some form of exercise. It does not have to be extreme exercise, anything that raises your heart rate and increases oxygen intake will suffice. Our bodies were not made to be sedentary they need movement.

The greatest weight loss aid is as close as your kitchen sink. Your body is composed of mostly water, about 61.8%. Needless to say, water has a large impact on correct bodily function. The recommended daily allowance of water is eight 8-ounce glasses, but that is only the maintenance amount, if you do any type of strenuous activity or perspire a lot you will need to take in more fluids.

All of the aforementioned components should be contained within any healthy weight loss program. The most effective weight loss plans include proper diet, regular exercise and adequate consumption of water. - 15784

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