Why A Simple Diet Plan Never Works Out The Way You Want

Millions of people around the world want to lose weight and so having a simple diet plan makes a lot of sense. But unfortunately, the majority of diets fail. Dieters either never reach their goals or they gain the weight back once they’re off the diet. The truth is, most diets just don’t really work.

Diets don’t generally work because they focus on restriction and elimination. Instead of helping a person develop healthy eating habits, many diets require you to virtually eliminate many foods. These are not easy diets to follow because they’re not natural and once you’re off the diet, you go right back to your old eating habits. Let’s take a look how you can create a simple diet plan that actually gets the results you want.

Why Your Simple Diet Plan Never Works Out the Way You Want

Imagine being on a diet that eliminated starchy carbohydrates. Many diets do. That means no bread, potatoes or corn. Most people, once they’re off the diet, go right back to eating those starchy carbs. The result is that they regain the weight they lost.

So What Does Work to Lose Weight?

You might be surprised to know that a simple diet plan that works is just about changing your habits. You replace each bad habit with a good habit. The result, over time, is lasting weight loss. Here are some examples of bad eating habits and their potential replacements:

• Bad habit – drinking soda during the day
• Good replacement habit – drinking water

• Bad habit – snacking on sugary foods
• Good replacement habit – snacking on healthy foods like fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains

• Bad habit – eating fast food for lunch
• Good habit – packing a healthy lunch

Your Simple Diet Plan for Success

Make a list of the poor eating habits you have. Then spend a week making notes on what you eat, when you eat it and how much you ate. Don’t change your habits, just keep a note of them. Once the week is over, take a look at the habits you need to replace. Add them to the list you already created. Now, make a list of replacement habits.

For example, if you notice that you skipped breakfast three days last week, then a replacement habit will be to eat a healthy breakfast.

Your next step is to plan how you can achieve your new habit. Using the breakfast example, at the weekend you could make a selection of fresh fruit smoothies, mixed with protein power, for quick and healthy breakfasts to last you the week.

One Step At A Time

For an easy to follow diet plan, choose one habit to focus on at a time. If you try to adopt too many new habits, a simple diet plan can become too complicated and you’ll probably struggle to maintain it. After about three weeks you should have found success. Then you can choose the next healthy eating habit to integrate into your daily life.

As you work your way through your list of new habits, you’re going to notice changes. You’re going to start having more energy. You’re going to begin feeling successful and in control of your health and weight. And you’re going to start losing weight. Celebrate these moments and use them to help you stay motivated.

More Tips For Easy Weight Loss Plans 

When trying to lose weight, many people say that it’s belly fat they want to lose the most. But the belly is normally the last place most people lose fat. Maybe you’re eating healthy foods and going to the gym, but the change in diet and exercise isn’t making your midsection smaller. To see how you can get the results you want, download my free report, Why You Can’t Shift Your Belly Fat.