Friday, February 27, 2009

Simple Weight Loss Diet Plans - Sometimes Simple Is Best!

By Xania C Hughes

Simple weight loss diet programs are always best, though they seem to have been forgotten these days. It seems like each day we hear of a new gimmick or a new way of losing weight endorsed by a popular celebrity. Thing is, a lot of this is just plain hype. When you are searching for a weight loss program that will integrate comfortable into your daily routine and that you know will work, you really should not go past a simple weight loss diet.

To understand why a simple weight loss diet is the best approach to losing weight and keeping it off, it is first important that you understand clearly just why we put weight on in the first place. Our bodys are programmed to a strict formula.WE use energy to do work and to stay alive. Our source of energy is food. We need to eat enough food to meet our energy needs and keep ourselves healthy, but when we eat even the slightest amount more than that our bodies store it away. I should clarify that.They store it away as FAT!

Simple weight loss plans understand this formula. They are based on the knowledge of energy balance and use the facts of how our bodies work to advantage. Using a two pronged approach of firstly allowing enough food energy each day to meet our bodys requirements, and then increasing activity slightly each day so that our bodies used the stored energy in our fat to meet the shortfall of calories it requires, simple weight loss plans ensure that we use the science of weight loss to ensure we drop weight.

Here is a discussion of the things that DO NOT constitute a healthy and simple weight loss diet:

1. They do not promote weight loss through the use of weight loss pills

2. Pre-packaged meals are not promoted as the best way to lose weight

3. Gym equipment that is often expensive to purchase and often difficult to use, is not promoted as essential for weight loss.

4. The brand name of the company does not rely of famous celebrities and special gimmicks for promotion in the market

A simple weight loss diet will, however, :

* Ensure that your daily food plan is based on a well balanced calorie count

* Allow you to make choices as to what you eat and when

* Give you correct information so that you can make informed decisions by yourself about what to eat

* Help you to monitor and increase your daily activities so that you burn more calories than you supply through food

* Offer motivational resources that support you through the entire weight loss journey

* Are affordable and not over priced

* Assist you to take over control of your weight, using the plan in privacy and from te comfort of home

Despite what the papers may say, there really is no easy fix for overweight. In truth, the only safe and proven way to lose healthy weight is a simple weight loss diet plan based on scientific facts. There are many gimmicks out there, don't allow them to fool you and take your money as well! A safe and simple weight loss diet is best every time.

Weight loss is estimated to be a 65 billion dollar industry this year with overweight people being enticed to part with their hard earned money on the promise of the next sure thing to make them slim almost overnight! However if you are really serious about weight loss the safest course of action you can take is to follow a simple weight loss diet, secure in the knowledge that it will work and you will not hurt your health by following it. - 15683

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