A Quick Look at Some of Today’s Most Effective Diets

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

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The Idiot-Proof Diet

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

The ‘calorie shifting’ model takes place because you eat every two and half hours. The theory is that because your body is consuming calories (energy) constantly throughout the day, it’s always in ‘burning calories’ mode instead of the ‘saving calories’ mode.

When you sign up for the diet, you get access to a diet handbook, an 11-day diet-plan and a diet calculator. You get to pick what foods you like to eat so don’t think that you’ll be tarving in this diet!

NutriSystem

The NutriSystem way of dieting is all about proper meal planning. People love this diet because it takes away the burden of trying to figure out what to eat during their dieting phase. You see, a lot of people actually get confused as to what they can eat when they want to lose weight. That’s not really surprising because there’s so much information out there and for every yay sayer, there is a nay sayer so it’s really tough to know what to eat.

However, with NurtiSystem, they do all the meal planning and portion controlling for you. You just need to sign up to any of their diet programs (e.g., Women’s Program, Men’s Program, Vegetarian Program, etc.) and order a multi-day (usually for 28 days) diet program.

After you choose your diet program, a menu is presented to you and you simply choose what you want to eat. The meals are then delivered to your doorstep at various intervals during your diet program.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is popular because the name alone conjures bikini-clad bodies! Add to that the fact that it was founded by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, then you have a sort of ‘doctor recommended, doctor approved’ seal on the diet as well.

At first glance, the South Beach Diet looks a lot like the Atkins Diet in the sense that it restricts carbohydrates during the initial phase of the program (there are 3 phases). The first phase (14 days) encourages ‘normal eating’ in the sense that you can pretty much eat whatever you want but you must NOT eat bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, or baked goods. Fruit is also not allowed. No sugar. No alcohol.

The second phase allows you to SLOWLY introduce these items back into your diet but at lesser levels that you consumed them before of course. The third phase is more about general maintenance.

Weight Watchers

Probably one of the longest running diet programs out there is Weight Watchers. It believes in the overall approach where food, exercise, behavior and support are addressed.

Weight Watchers is known for advocating a point system for foods. Using this system, one calculates the calorie intake of the foods he or she eats. The number of points you can have in a day varies depending on your weight. The beauty of the program is that there are no gut-wrenching food restrictions so you never feel deprived of anything. However, the point system teaches you how to balance your meals so that even if you indulge on one food item, you don’t go overboard and consume too much in a day.

Dieting Basics – Weight Loss for Beginners

The word “diet” has become defined as a mean for eliminating or limiting a certain foods sources in conventional diets today. The real definition simplified by my own words of diet is, “a prescribed selection of foods.” I believe strongly that this simple definition says everything about what a diet is unlike conventional diets have defined it.

Dieting is not starvation, tormenting, and in other words, a living hell! It can be as 1, 2, and 3.

As most people follow conventional diets, it is proven only 5% will actually lose weight and keep it off. But why only 5% succeed and other 95% fail? They did not follow these three steps.

1. Setting goals and methods of action.

Setting goals are not only for motivation but to give dieters a sense of direction on what they want to achieve. Some excellent question they should ask themselves and write on their goals sheet is what you want to accomplish, when do you want to reach these goals, how are you going to accomplish these goals, and why are they important?

Other question they should write down is why would they give up, what don’t you like about yourself, and when you reach your goals what we be different?

I recommend this to everyone that ask me to help them with some tips on how to stay motivated and the number one tips that does the best is taking pictures of yourself and putting them where you will see them every day.

No this is not a joke as a before and after picture are proven to keep people motivated and reaching for their goals.

In a nutshell, keep your goals sheet with your answers right by your pictures where you will see them every day to help keep you reaching for your goals.

2. Gain the knowledge needed.

Researching about healthy eating, weight loss, and exercise can become a struggle and risky with the health industry pointing you towards unnecessary weight loss supplement, diets, and exercise equipment.

Searching now for several years I have become fond of government site that give out a lot of free information, articles, and study’s that are trustworthy and I like to say, “the real thing.” I have made several weight loss websites available to you on my website for easy access to some of the best information online without having to research. Taking the time to learn about the basics of nutrition, exercise, and healthier living is the key towards success.

One of the best sources I believe and back up 100% is by Tom Venuto, “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle.” This e-book has become the best selling weight loss book online as its results speak for itself. If you are interested in this book you can review it at the site below as I believe you should make decisions when you learn the truth for yourself instead of someone else telling you. I guarantee it is an excellent book.

3. Construct a exercise, eating, and daily planner.

When creating your exercise, eating, and daily planner you need to take several elements and into account. Some things you have to incorporate into your daily planner is the amount of time and money you have to delegate to your goals, fitness level, and schedule.

So let’s recall what the steps just where.

You wrote out your goals and what you want to achieve in how much time, with your questions and answers, and don’t forget about your before and after pictures where you will see them every day. Next, you seek the knowledge to take action correctly and to get maximum results with as less amount of time and money spent. Last, you created a daily planner that consist of your exercise and nutrition schedules and planners to keep track of what needs to be done to accomplish your desired results.

These three steps have been used over and over again with excellent results and I recommend you try it as well.

Thank you for taking the time to educate yourself on dieting and we hope you take advantage of my latest weight loss news, diets, and inspiration. Good Luck and God Bless!

Enjoying Weight Loss with Hypnosis Techniques

Enjoying weight loss hypnosis is the obvious response people have when you realize the role hypnosis plays in weight loss. What all people actually desire is to remove the unhealthy, embarrassing, uncomfortable, excess fat from their body. And almost all people know what it takes to do this. Eat healthy foods, mixing it up while not eating the same thing every day, eat smaller portions for your appetite to be satisfied and to be active. Hypnosis is what helps makes this easy to do so it’s understandable people are enjoying weight loss hypnosis.

I don’t need to convince anyone that traditional diets don’t work. Some don’t because they are just money making garbage heaps of information but those programs that do deliver helpful information don’t do the trick because the person can’t stick with it. And when they do, they eventually slip back to their old behaviors, but when hypnosis for weight loss is in your routine as a lifestyle, you can maintain the healthy changes and create just what I wrote, an improved lifestyle.

It is true that not everyone responds equally as well but I like to see people take small steps before big, meaning if you use either of my hypnosis for weight loss self improvement audio programs you will spend less money than individual hypnosis session, which average around $100 per hour, and you can start using hypnosis in the privacy of your own home which is also very convenient. However, the best approach would be to contact a reputable, experienced hypnotism professional and invest in yourself

Those hypnotists tapes for weight loss aren’t as clear to listen to and are old. I’m surprised we still have some around.” I smile and they say, “I mean the CDs.” This also gives me a chance to point out how conditioned we are and we consciously aren’t even aware of some of the things we say and do, like the unhealthy eating patterns that motivated them to come see me in the first place.

These days no matter where you go hypnosis weight loss New York, Thailand, England or Australia is available. Don’t think that because America is top of the list for overweight and obese people hypnosis isn’t used for weight loss all over the world. I was presenting in England & Denmark recently and talked about different approaches for hypnosis weight loss New York hypnotherapists use and some methods a colleague I know in Thailand uses.

As I’ve written and talked about many times before we need to be able to change the unhealthy behaviors and association to food in a way that is comfortable for it to be a lifestyle change and not some temporary switch that is doomed to fail and then go back to the old way. Then what usually happens is the person gains even more weight and would have been better off staying at the weight they were. What a disaster this cycle is yet people continue to fall into the trap and need to know about hypnotherapy and weight loss information to empower them.

After I hypnotize weight loss clients I need to remind them that hypnosis is not a quick fix and they need to use this process consistently. I use the metaphor of going to a gym. If you go to the gym and get benefits, you don’t stop going. If you stop going you stop getting the benefits of improving and maintaining your body. It’s the same with the mind.