The Real Way To Health For Life, Fads Not Included!

Who wants to lose weight and get healthy? Most people I imagine. Diseases caused by overweight and obesity are at epidemic levels in developed economies particularly, though countries in the developing world are catching up as economic development occurs there as well.

There are so many gimmicks, diet plans and fads out there and it is so confusing now if you want to get sound advice as to how to go about achieving effective weight loss. To make matters worse, everyone wants the process to be quick and easy. I guess that sounds familiar ?

As a consultant physiologist, I get constantly bombarded with the latest fads but the basics still apply when it comes to weight loss or fat loss as it should more accurately be called.

The formula is still basically the same as it has always been. Energy output or exercise needs to be greater than energy input or food intake. However, the hardest thing for most people is motivation; the how and why of getting started and how to develop positive, ongoing habits for life.

The rest is just the detail. There are many machines, gyms, diets plans, abdominal machines etc but these are all nearly useless if you have no powerful reason to start a healthy lifestyle. I have chatted with many people who wanted to make lifestyle changes but were not prepared to do whatever it was going to take to develop habits that would last the distance.

Most of exercise and health behaviour is all about change or substitution; out with the old and in with the new, presumably healthy routine.

So, how do you make this change? First you need to consider where you are starting from. Have you put on much weight over the years? Belt line a bit tighter than it used to be? Heart risk in your family?

There could be warning signs that you should change before something serious happens, like a heart attack. Once you have identified a powerful enough trigger, you are a long way toward making the change you need to make. But if the reason is weak and not truly yours, once the excitement of a new routine wears off, you may find you are back to square one. So look closely at the factor most influencing your desire to change.

So make sure you start with a strong reason for change. It might be to be there for your childrens future but it needs to be significant to ensure you get off to a strong start and this will enable you to stay the course when times get tough.

The never say diet approach is about lifestyle modification. It is truly the only way to beat the fads and the failure of the quick fix approach.

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