When you start a diet, it helps to understand what’s driving your decision to lose weight. Sometimes it’s not enough to be motivated to fit into a new dress. Likewise, the general desire to get healthy isn’t always enough to keep you motivated. You need to spell out exactly what it is you want to …
Many health professionals have recently admitted fad diets were not something they should have been advocating in the past. Fad diets are often deemed to be nothing more than quackery now. This is primarily because there are dozens of insane diet regimens that can starve the body of calories enough to slough off weight, but …
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Making plans to go on a diet isn’t enough to lose weight and keep it off. It’s a very good start, but there are saboteurs lurking in the wings just waiting to create an obstacle that you don’t feel you can overcome. Let’s look at the top 5 diet saboteurs and how you can prevent …
There are tons of diet and eating plans out there today that tell you can’t consume whole food groups or types of foods. No carbs, no oil, no sugar. These are referred to as restrictive diets because they restrict your intake of broad categories of food. While some choose restrictive diets because of medical conditions, …
The desire to lose weight may be inspired by many factors. For some folks, it starts with a sudden event or realization. For instance, this could be not recognizing the overweight person looking back in front of a mirror or an innocent “Are you pregnant?” questions from friends who notice your bulging belly fat. For …
The road to significant and prolonged weight loss is simple. Create a calorie deficit by consuming far less calories than your body burns. The greater the calorie deficit, the more significant the drop in weight will be. It would therefore make sense that if you significantly or completely cut off your calorie consumption, you’ll be …
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Why Starvation Diets Are A Mistake If You Want to Lose Weight In theory, starvation diets to lose weight actually makes sense. After all, eating too much is one of the main causes of weight gain. Therefore, it stands to reason that eating very little will have the reverse effect. In truth, however, starving yourself …
