Desperately Need to Lose Weight? Yes, You Can

  Desperately Need to Lose Weight? Yes, You Can

By Norm Pavelka
There is a growing need for a large proportion of the population of Western countries to lose weight and you are not alone in your search to find a safe and effective way to lose weight as quickly as reasonably possible. There are probably hundreds of plans advertised on the internet and elsewhere which claim to help you lose weight, but not all have a sound, healthy balanced diet plan. Some are downright risky.

What sort of diet is best?

A proportion of the diet plans available are referred to as fad diets, because they rapidly become popular, then just as quickly fall from favour. Most will cause you to lose weight, but because they focus on a narrow aspect of food intake there is usually a health risk associated with them as they are not balanced diets and the body becomes deprived of some essential nutrients. It is better to avoid them.

There is another class of diet plan which focuses on reducing the carbohydrate intake. Examples of low carb diets are the Atkins Diet and the South Beach Diet. The reasoning behind these low carb diets is that for the body to lose weight it must burn more calories through its daily energy requirements than it receives by way of food calories. Though simple in principle, the reality is some what more complex. Apart from calories the body also needs a balanced supply of nutrients and this is where the low carb diets have difficulty.

In the introductory stage of low carb diets the carbohydrate intake is severely limited, but there is little restriction if any on the quantity of protein which can be consumed. This can cause a substantial imbalance in the diet which in turn can lead to health problems.

Make up your own meals.

The simplest way to lose weight and the least disruptive to your lifestyle is to focus on eating healthy foods and reducing the size of your meals. Present day diet plans tend to advise eating smaller meals at more frequent intervals than usual. Instead of three meals a day they advise five or six per day. Overall you eat less in a day because you don't get hungry. Of course these small meals which are really snacks need to be of healthy food.

Your fluid intake should be monitored too. The body needs ample fluid for the digestive system to operate efficiently. The usual recommendation is for eight glasses of water per day.

Conclusion.

If you are not sure about creating your own menus and you desperately need to lose weight, then choose a sound balanced diet plan. Many are readily available on the internet at a modest cost. It is better to choose a plan which targets fat removal rather than total body weight; after all it is the fat which is causing the unwanted bulges.

Norm Pavelka brings you practical down-to-earth information related to safe weight loss.

His desire is to help the millions of people throughout the world who are over weight or obese and are searching for a way to lose weight safely. They want something that will really help.

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