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The Only Way To Diet
by Tim Forrester
http://www.changeobesity.com

We love all the benefits of living in the twenty first
century but one of the drawbacks is that during our every
day lives we don~t use the number of calories that our
grandparents had to consume just to survive. As a result,
the overall trend is that we are all much heavier and this
has given rise to a whole new industry. Fifty years ago it
would have been difficult to find one book on how to diet,
now the book shops have thousands of different ideas
written by gorgeous looking people who you find it
difficult to imagine ever having a weight problem.

Dr Atkins put forward his revolutionary diet plan way back
in the 1970s and the medical world condemned him out of
hand. Previously it was always believed that we needed
carbohydrates in abundance to function properly and here
was someone advocating mostly proteins and fats. With
steadfast resolve, he continued to shout his beliefs and
thirty years later the number of people who find success
with his diet far outweighs most of the other diets on the
market. There is a side industry in low carb snacks that
has started up to help us when we need to eat in a hurry
and stores are having to recognise that there is a change
happening in our eating habits.

In addition to our generation experiencing weight problems,
we are also seeing a huge increase in the number of
diagnoses of diabetes. Very few people are told that if we
eat excessive amounts of sugar and refined carbohydrates
our bodies will produce too much insulin and with too much
insulin we will convert our food to fat.

Our bodies work on their own and out of our control. They
still tend to worry that they won~t be given another meal
and so they store carbs away without our permission. And
where are these carbs stored? Always where you don~t want
them to be stored and in most cases on the stomach or the
hips!

So, what do we do? Most people look at all the
advertising around and decide to go for the ~low fat~
alternatives which look fantastic. Unfortunately they~re
high in sugar and increase our insulin levels and therefore
our fat. What can you do to make a real impact on your
weight? You need to make a commitment that you seriously
want to change your lifestyle. You~ll need to educate
yourself so that you know what you can and can~t eat.
You want to find as many of the foods that you can enjoy
which will convert straight to energy rather than being
stored as fat. You~ll find these are mostly vegetables,
eggs, nuts, cheese, meat and legumes.

What you need is a diet that can make a real impact on
your weight. But first you need to really convince yourself
that you want to lose weight. So many people moan about
their bodies but don~t have the determination and the will
power to do anything about it. Once you~ve made a
commitment to lose weight you need to find out what are the
good foods and what are the bad ones. The good ones are
those that will convert to energy rather than fat and
you~ll find these are mostly vegetables, eggs, nuts,
cheese, meat and legumes.

Once your induction is over you can have the occasional
cheat. This can really help to kick start your body if
you~ve reached a plateau. The thing you should try to stay
away from at all costs is processed sugar. Make sure that
you consume fiber. By drinking psyllium husk you can help
to flush out much of the stuff that can hang around making
your body unhealthy and fat.

By drinking lots of water you will stop yourself from
feeling so hungry and it will also flush out some of the
carbohydrates. There will be moments when you desperately
need a snack, so try to be prepared by keeping some healthy
snacks at hand. It~s possible either to prepare veggies to
munch during the day or you can buy snacks that will keep
that you know are permissible.

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