There are so many diets that you could follow each day a different one for the rest of our life. It is estimated that 66% of Americans are on a diet, over 90% will fail and those few who will succeed will more likely not be able to keep the weight off long term.
Why are we not able to stick with a diet for long time? How is it possible that so many people lack of willpower?
Diets are impossible to follow long term because they are over restrictive and too low in calories.
Do really people lose weight on a diet? If we are talking about the weight on the scale it might go down but if we analyze the body composition, we will see that most of the weight lost is muscles not fat. Then when you have finished your diet and you will come back to eat as you used to, you will gain all the weight back but the muscles you had have been replaced by fat and your body is worst than before. Now you are ready for the next diet. This process go over and over for many people.
Reducing calories lead to starvation which not only will create sugar cravings but will put you in a catabolic state. When not enough calories are coming from food, the body will start to use muscles as fuel. The World Health Organization declaired that any woman eating less than 2100 calories a day or any men eating less than 2600 calories a day is starving.
This lead to a slower metabolism because muscles burn calories and also the thyroid gland start to work slower. It does not come to a surprise that after being on many diets one develop hypothyroidism.
Also eating foods which are poor in nutrients leads to constant hunger because even if you have introduced calories, your body has not received all the nutrients it needs. This is usually what happens to those people that eat pre packaged low quality foods such as Jenny Craig or Weight Watcher.
Every time you are depriving your body of one or more nutrients, you will create cravings. For example if you eat low fat you will be cravings for sugars, chips and junk food. For example, if you do not eat dairy you will be ending eating ice creams because the body need calcium. When your diet lack of nutrients you will start to have cravings. You will crave until you will eat the nutrient your body needs. That is why for many people the problem is malnutrition and not lack of willpower.
The only way to lose weight and keep it off is through a nutrient dense diet, proper exercise and lifestyle modifications, not a temporary fix such as the last cool diet.
If you follow these guidelines you will have the same success of all my clients which have lost tons of weight and have been able to keep it off long term.
1. Exercise at high intensity and move everyday
2. Eat 3 main meals and 2 snacks in between
3. Avoid eating carbohydrates by themselves (fruits and vegetables too) but consume them together with fats
4. Avoid everything that comes in a package organic or not, protein powders and bars
5. Avoid everything that contain soy, sugars of any kind and vegetable oils
6. Avoid all process carbohydrates contained in bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes. It does not make any difference if the flour is organic, wheat or white. Use only sprouted or sourdough flours in low quantity.
7. Eat only grass fed meat, wild fish and sea food
8. Eat only pasture free chicken, turkey and eggs
9. Eat only grass fed raw dairy such as milk, kefir, yogurt, cheese and especially raw butter
10. Eat only organic vegetables cooked and fruits in moderation
11. Eat only whole sprouted grains in moderation, sprouted beans and crispy nuts
12. Eat lacto fermented vegetables, beverages, sauces
13. Make your own dressings and sauces
14. Drink plenty of water throughout the day
15. Take fermented cod liver oil + high butter oil
Eating frequently and a good amount of animal fats will helps to keep your blood sugars stable, your body nourished and will eliminate hunger, cravings, mood swings, irritability, anger, low libido, low energy or depression associated with diets, especially the low fat ones. If you need to consume sugars, you can in moderation and use the healthy ones such as raw honey, organic maple sugar, rapadura, organic date sugar and stevia.
There is nothing that you need to avoid except processed and low nutrients foods. A healthy nutrition which leads to weight loss is made of all the nutrients coming from the highest quality source.
There are no secrets for weight loss, move everyday and eat real foods as your great grandmother use to do. Everytime you give priority to other things instead of movement and high quality foods you are taking a step toward weight gain and poor health.
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Shantih Coro maintains a website at http://www.FunctionalHolisticWellness.com to talk about his nutritional and Lifestyle Coach efforts. He is well known for his thoughts about nutrition, health and performance enhancement. He established an online store so he could help to bring optimum health to people - http://www.FunctionalHolisticWellness.us , focusing on Superfoods and Supplements.
