No Diet Weight Loss - The Modern Route To Lose Weight

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 Time: 2:35 PM
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You may already know from bitter experience that 95% of dieters on a traditional weight loss diets do not lose weight. Worse still is that of those that do lose weight 80% put all the weight lost back on within a year. That low success rate demonstrates that there is a problem with diets that promise an instant or quick fix for the habits, behaviours and attitudes that have often built up of many years.

What is a more effective way to long-term, achievable weight loss? Certainly it is not the old calorie counting or food restrictive diets. Perhaps the solution is to make diet part of you daily mindset, much in the same way that gaining the weight in the first place was also part of your daily routine. By thinking of weight loss like this as not the primary focus but more a by-product of your lifestyle choices, it is possible to start to undo those weight gains. Yet more importantly you will begin to change the habits, behaviours and attitudes that caused the problem - rather than just tinkering with the symptoms.

You could start with some simple changes you could make in your life to begin the no diet weight loss process. Here are three things you could do right now are:

Cut down the Processed Foods. There is a simple phrase that you could consider memorising, which is 'don't eat any food that your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize'. Or at least you should think twice before you do. Processed foods are saturated with fats and sugars and low on nutrients, which is an ideal recipe for weight gain. Instead move towards fresh and whole foods rather than their processed counterparts. For example, fresh whole grain bread baked fresh on the day would be better than the white preservative ridden alternative. All studies confirm that the more whole and unmodified food you choose the healthier and more satisfying your diet will be.

Eat Well But Eat Less. The easiest and most effective no diet weight loss technique is to cut back - even by a little - the amount of food on your plate. As weight loss is simple math, consume fewer calories than you consume equals weight loss. By consuming just 5% less will have a real impact. It is sometimes difficult to restrict calorie intake so always substitute quality for quantity. That's why 5% is an ideal number as anything greater may be noticeable and may well leave you hungry and vulnerable to impulsive eating.

Try To Relax More. There is a lot of evidence that indicates that stress can cause weight gain and that the best way to de-stress is to relax more. Stress causes your adrenal glands to release adrenaline and cortisol into your bloodstream. A side-effect can cause the body to conserve fat. In addition to this cortisol, the stress hormone, desensitises your body to other hormones. This in turn reduces your sensitivity to leptin, the hormone that tells your brain when you have eaten enough. The other problem with stress is that we tend to turn to comfort food to make cheer ourselves up.

Should you think that a no diet weight loss program is the way forward for you then one thing you will need is more patience than willpower. Remember changing habits, behaviours and attitudes does not happen quickly. However making small, tiny changes will over time will give you consistent and long lasting results providing natural weight loss making it more likely that the fat will stay off for good. And that surely is a better, more sustainable approach.

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