Most diet programs and weight loss, have a high failure rate depressing, with people who either never reach their weight goals or reaching them and regain all the weight they lost (and sometimes more) in about one year. Achieving Rapid weight is so convenient that many of us are willing to sacrifice the health and ignore common sense in the hope that some new weight loss program or scheme of work. This chimera, unfortunately can overcome the negative consequences. So let’s examine the downside of the diet. What is a program for healthy weight loss? * Any weight loss program that is not nutritionally sound; * One that works against what the body needs, naturally, such as vitamins, minerals, and a minimum number of calories a day; * One that requires you to go without food (eg, fasting or meal replacement drinks); * One who puts his body in an unnatural state, such as starvation or ketosis. Your body can only lose a few pounds a week on a consistent basis. If you lose more than that initially it is likely that only the loss of water. Thus any weight loss program that promises you will lose five pounds a week, or 25 pounds in 3 weeks, is to ensure that you are losing water and muscle mass not fat. Almost every popular weight loss program out there falls into one of the following diet categories: low-calorie diets, meal replacement drinks, packaged foods, nutrients unbalanced diets and ketosis. Let’s see how they compare. Low Calorie Diets Each time you slash calories, the body goes into an artificial state and its defenses produces, so when it falls below the calories, for example, 1,000 calories a day, your metabolism will shut down in an effort to conserve energy. And weight loss with a slow metabolism is very difficult. Your body will start using muscle tissue for energy, which in turn leads to a decrease in metabolism. In the extreme, the body decomposes vital parts (such as heart muscle), trying to meet their energy needs. Apart from these drawbacks, trying to maintain weight loss over time is almost impossible because your body is accustomed to do with very few calories. Returning to “normal” eating causes weight stack again. Therefore, under weight loss programs rarely work Cal in the long term. MEAL REPLACEMENT DRINKS One of the most unnatural for the body is to go without solid food, which is what the meal replacement plans required to do. Some people think that diet will be easier if they do not face the daily food choices and the pounds just fall off. This may be true while in the liquid diet. But what then? Where good eating habits comes from having lost weight? This is something that takes time, practice and knowledge. Dieters need to establish a healthy attitude towards life long term eating plan. And not “fashionable” weight loss program or liquid food can help. Getting trapped in the meal replacement can become a destructive way to view food. A fear often leads to diet or binge foods “feed” their craving after a long period of deprivation. And that’s just the psychological aspect of the equation. Lack of fiber in weight loss programs can be a threat to good physical health. And when the body is denied enough solid food, the intestines are in full swing absorption of calories and nutrients. This helps you during the diet period, but later becomes much easier to regain weight. Another yo-yo weight loss program that will hurt in the end. BALANCED NUTRIENT PLAN Beware of any weight loss program that has strict rules about good foods and bad foods. Of course, foods high in fat and high sugar can be considered bad for your waistline, but not abstinence moderation is the key to success. Why? Because eating the same food every day (for example, grapefruit or high protein meals) will result in two things: nutritional imbalance and boredom. All foods are composed of the same nutrients in different amounts: fat, carbohydrates and proteins. It is the right proportion of these nutrients that will result in the loss of weight – not the avoidance of “bad” foods and food consumption only “good” or magic. In the world of diet, no food or nutrient group is magical. Variety and moderation are the keys to a healthy diet and a successful program of weight loss. Packaged foods To maintain your ideal body weight, you have to learn to choose the right foods. Following a weight loss program food packaging that is delaying the inevitable, and much expenditure of $ $ $ in the process. Another problem with this type of weight loss program is that the foods provided are not always healthy. Read the package label and you see chemicals, preservatives, sodium, sugar and saturated fats. And when all you can eat packaged food, how to plan meals with other people? Going out to restaurants, parties and enjoying family meals becomes a major annoyance. Your weight loss program becomes a burden, not only you but those around you. Ketosis Diets Ketosis has been defined as: ”An abnormal condition characterized by excessive production of ketone bodies. Often caused by high protein, low carbohydrate diets like the Atkins diet.” Atkins and some other weight loss programs are based on the principle of restricting carbohydrates to the point where the body goes into ketosis. On the surface, a ketogenic diet seems to work for two reasons: First, you’ll lose lots of weight, which is very pleasing to the diet. Second, do not experience hunger. However, there are serious drawbacks. Your weight goes down due to water loss (which occurs when you restrict carbohydrates) and a loss of muscle tissue. This is NOT true, lasting weight loss. Loss of appetite comes from having ketones accumulate in the body, which can harm your health. Side effects of ketosis weight loss program may include fatigue, kidney stones, gout and muscle loss. The longer you follow this diet, the greater the risk to their health. It is clearly not a wise choice of a weight loss program, not for short or long term. Weight Loss Program Questionnaire There are always new weight loss programs that reach the market and in and out of style. To assess whether a weight loss program is healthy and sensible for you, ask yourself these questions: * Is the healthy eating plan? * Can help improve my weight, metabolism, cholesterol, blood pressure, energy level and overall health? * Will I be eating real food and not having to buy special formulas, drinks, etc? * Will I be eating a wide variety of foods instead of just a few “diet” food? * Can I have some candy and eat my favorite food? * Can I eat in restaurants, enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, or some dessert? * Can I keep this weight loss program without interfering with my lifestyle? * Can I lose weight without feeling hungry? L * Will develop eating habits for lifelong weight control-long with this weight loss program? * Is this the last time the diet are needed to finally achieve and maintain my ideal weight?