Weight Loss
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There's no short-term fix for long lasting
weight loss.
So learn to identify these six red flags:
1. Diets that promote or promise drastic weight loss.
1. Diets that promote or promise drastic weight loss.
When you start a diet, you can potentially drop
a lot of weight during the first two weeks (some of which will be water
weight). However, if you lose more than two pounds per week in the weeks that
follow, you run the risk of losing "muscle mass," and your metabolism will
slow down in response. That's why true health experts advocate losing weight
slowly and gradually - so you melt away fat while sparing precious muscle.
2. Diets that claim to work because of special supplements, creams, or potions - no diet or exercise required!
3. Diets that differ entirely from the way you currently eat (or like to eat).
If a plan is incompatible with your lifestyle,
chances are slim you'll stick with it.
4. Diets that are less than 1,000 calories.
Too difficult to sustain and can often leave
you cranky, irritable, and with a bad headache. Not to mention hungry and
lethargic.
5. Diets that
claim they are effortless.
There's no such animal. Losing weight takes
focus and effort. Period.
6. Diets that
cut out entire food groups, or focus on only a few foods.
Not realistic for the long haul; the sign of a
plan you're soon to go off.
