The Most Successful Weight Loss Programs
Many of our diet review readers have asked us to explain what makes a good diet and what makes a bad diet. There is no simple way to explain our judging criteria, which spans many levels, but there are some common traits that these diets share that provide a good base for judgement, success and effective weight loss. Here are four of our primary criteria for our diet reviews:
Allows you to eat anything. Ok so that headline is a little misleading, you can't really eat anything all the time, but you should be able to eat whatever you want, in the correct portions. Why should you be able to eat what you want? Because at some point you WILL eat what you want, and if foods you like aren't allowed on the diet almost all of us will break down at some point and eat it. If you know you are going to eat forbidden foods, why would you try a diet that doesn't allow you to eat them? Sounds like a recipe for failure to me.
Follows a balanced mix of meals. Have you ever seen the ads for the all grapefruit diet or the all eggs diet? Do you think you can eat grapefruit or eggs every day for every meal the rest of your life? Me either. Some fad diets will help you lose weight very quickly, but diets that focus on only one, or just a few food groups won't give you proper nutrition and at some point you have to start eating normal foods again. More often than not the results from these fad diets disappear when you get back to normal.
Calls for lots of exercise over the dieting period and beyond. When we think diets we almost always associate losing weight with food, and while that is a big portion of losing weight, exercise is an equal partner in that regard. Exercising often burns calories, and causes the body to burn calories even when you aren't exercising as the body rebuilds. Any exercise that doesn't encourage exercise is ignoring one of the primary reasons that people lose weight. You don't think models and professional athletes are in great shape because of food alone do you?
You can keep it up after the official diet ends. Most people go on a diet for a few weeks or months and when they lose the weight they eat like they normally did before they started. If you lost weight using a fad diet, then you will most likely gain back all the weight you lost and then some because the weight loss process will be reversed. A good diet will teach you to eat properly and show you how to sustain results long after the "official" diet has ended. Look for a diet that is strong in balance, exercise and sounds reasonable. If you cant see yourself sticking to a diet during and after your official diet period, don't start it, you are just setting yourself up for failure down the line. - 17274
Allows you to eat anything. Ok so that headline is a little misleading, you can't really eat anything all the time, but you should be able to eat whatever you want, in the correct portions. Why should you be able to eat what you want? Because at some point you WILL eat what you want, and if foods you like aren't allowed on the diet almost all of us will break down at some point and eat it. If you know you are going to eat forbidden foods, why would you try a diet that doesn't allow you to eat them? Sounds like a recipe for failure to me.
Follows a balanced mix of meals. Have you ever seen the ads for the all grapefruit diet or the all eggs diet? Do you think you can eat grapefruit or eggs every day for every meal the rest of your life? Me either. Some fad diets will help you lose weight very quickly, but diets that focus on only one, or just a few food groups won't give you proper nutrition and at some point you have to start eating normal foods again. More often than not the results from these fad diets disappear when you get back to normal.
Calls for lots of exercise over the dieting period and beyond. When we think diets we almost always associate losing weight with food, and while that is a big portion of losing weight, exercise is an equal partner in that regard. Exercising often burns calories, and causes the body to burn calories even when you aren't exercising as the body rebuilds. Any exercise that doesn't encourage exercise is ignoring one of the primary reasons that people lose weight. You don't think models and professional athletes are in great shape because of food alone do you?
You can keep it up after the official diet ends. Most people go on a diet for a few weeks or months and when they lose the weight they eat like they normally did before they started. If you lost weight using a fad diet, then you will most likely gain back all the weight you lost and then some because the weight loss process will be reversed. A good diet will teach you to eat properly and show you how to sustain results long after the "official" diet has ended. Look for a diet that is strong in balance, exercise and sounds reasonable. If you cant see yourself sticking to a diet during and after your official diet period, don't start it, you are just setting yourself up for failure down the line. - 17274
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