Healthy Dieting - What Is It?
Healthy dieting should really be straightforward. After all having a healthy diet simply means having healthy eating habits. However, in todays world of obesity and the search for quick fixes healthy dieting now probably resembles something more along the lines of “How can I lose weight fast and feel as though I am not doing any long term damage to myself?”
Now I know that probably sounds a little harsh, but having previously spent 5 years working with people to help them lose weight, with one on one consultations, the consequences of what people are prepared to do to solve the problem of being overweight now in the shortest time possible regardless is staggering.
First of all lets look at the word diet. My understanding of this word is that your diet is what you eat on a daily basis, so to diet is simply to eat, but it is all about eating the right foods and in the right quantity, and, if you want to lose weight then you need to be burning up more food than you eat.
At this point I have probably lost most of the people reading this, as they would have heard that last line before, but the reason they have heard it before is because it is TRUE. And, surprisingly the people looking for the quick fix or the ones that generally do not want to exercise nor change their eating habits on a permanent basis.
On the whole your body needs a healthy variety of proteins, the right kind of carbohydrates, and essential fats. Now if you lose weight quickly overnight and then go back to eating a diet that does not consist of a balance of the three items listed above, you will sharp regain the lost weight and probably more, and once again be on the cycle of looking for a quick fix.
Whilst it is important to get the balance of your food right through having a balance of the previously mentioned food groups, we then come back to exercise. If you remember the title of this post is healthy dieting, and part of that has to be exercise, not only to produce a calorie deficit , but in fact to keep you healthy, after all even moderate exercise such as brisk walking for half an hour 3 to 5 times a week can bring enormous health benefits. Exercise increases your HDL (good cholesterol) levels, decreases LDL (bad cholesterol) levels and prevents heart diseases. It also improves your health and will drive away fatigue.
Also, try to keep your diet fiber rich by eating more vegetables and fruits-fill up on these foods that are good for you and you will not be inclined to binge on calorie laden junk food. Eat at least 5 servings of fruit and veg a day. These foods are packed with essential fibers, vitamins , and antioxidants. Eating nothing but a few tomato slices and a half cup of cottage cheese a day for eight weeks is certainly a fast way to lose weight , but it’s also terrible for your health. Your body won’t get the nutrients it needs, and then you’ll put it all back on anyway.
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June 10 2008 07:25 pm | Weight Loss and Diets
June 12th, 2008 at 12:31 am
This is all good advice and written in a very “digestible” way.
If people would only follow this advice, they would find that the pounds will fall off without resistance.