Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Weight Loss and Some Reasons Why Diets Fail

By Ricardo d Argence

One look at the diet industry will tell you that millions of people are trying to lose weight every day and failing. You know they are failing by the sheer number of new products that comes on to the market every day. There are many reasons why diets fail, and here we will look at a few.

The most popular diets are ones that air at eliminating an entire group of foods from your diet. No, fat diets, diets with no carbs and some diets with no food at all! It's not a surprise why people cannot lose weight.

In order for our multifaceted bodies to properly operate, numerous nutrients are needed. Usually your body will react negatively when a food group is eliminated and weight loss will not occur.

Starvation diets are even worse, not only are you not getting any nutrients but you will lose little if any weight. That is because your body will go into what is known as starvation mode. Your body thinks that there is famine in the land and to protect life it will slow your metabolism and work doubly hard to store fat. This is to prevent you from dying under extreme circumstances. Eventually you can overcome the body's objections, however you do so a great health risk.

Effective weight loss requires developing and staying with a healthful, balanced eating plan on a daily basis. This means that you must partake of all the food groups. You can limit calories and still get nutrients by consuming smaller portion sizes, this is a better approach.

Fad diets have a large following because many of them claim you can lose weight without any type of exercise. This is plainly false, you must consume less than you expend and to do this while getting proper amounts of nutrients require some form of exercise. It does not have to be extreme exercise, anything that raises your heart rate and increases oxygen intake will suffice. Our bodies were not made to be sedentary they need movement.

The most effective weight loss tool is closer than you think. Your body is composed of mostly water, about 61.8%. It goes without saying that water intake plays a major role in optimizing all body functions. The standard recommendation of 64 ounces of water per day will not apply on days in which you indulge in strenuous physical activity or sweat profusely, when it would be advisable to increase your fluid consumption.

To create a healthy weight loss program you should bring all the elements above together. Eat properly, exercise regularly and drink plenty of water and you have the best weight loss plan on the planet.

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