How to lose weigh by dieting
You’re on a diet and believe you are doing everything right. You’re eating the right foods but the weight simply won’t come off. “Sounds familiar? Don’t despair; there many people, mostly women, who are so frustrated with diets that just don’t seem to work, yet those promoting them sound so convincing. Are all diets fake and simply sales gimmicks?
Wellness coaches say that lack of results is the main reason people fall off the diet wagon. Dieting is not easy and if you’ve ever tried to follow or stick to a diet, you know how challenging it can be. Many times dieters break the rules and make mistakes without even knowing it. So if you’re thinking about going on a diet to lose weight or not getting results from your current dieting programme, it helps to know what to do. Jane offers some pointers.
Picture this: You bump into an old friend on the street who looks at your stomach and asks when the baby is due. You’re shocked because you have not had a baby for years. You decide it’s time to lose weight by not eating, hoping that the weight will disappear within a short time. Starvation or skipping meals is often confused with dieting and is one of the mistakes anyone trying to slim down can make. “Starving punishes your body instead of helping it,” warns Jane. Sure, you’ll achieve some weight loss, but it will not be healthy. Eventually, your body will start drawing energy from your muscles and tissues for sustenance, not to mention that once you start eating regularly again, you’ll regain all the weight lost.
Diets that advocate eating only selected foods such as the carrot-and-water-only or cabbage soup” have higher rates of failure simply because the body starts craving the nutrients it is being denied. Before long, you stop the diet and eat what the body is asking for. Besides, such diets are unhealthy because they deny the body some of the nutrients it needs to function properly.
Other diets that fail within a short time are those that involve skipping meals or forced fasting. Such diets end up being counterproductive because one ends up eating too much in the one meal allowed, thereby canceling the intended effect. Such habits are also likely to create eating disorders.
What works?
According to Jane, a nutritional programme that advocates a complete change of lifestyle is more likely to work. In such a programme, a wellness coach advises you about the types of foods you should eat. The programme emphasizes eating foods in their most natural form when they are most nutritious. It also emphasizes the regeneration of sick cells and healing of the body through natural foods. Remember, the body has the power to heal itself, as long as it is supplied with the right nutrients and the organs are fit.
During a typical session, the wellness coach works together with a psychotherapist. The fact is that most negative eating habits have a cause. N o one is born fat or obese. Identifying this cause in order to sort out underlying issues that promote poor eating habits is critical. During the session, the psychotherapist helps you identify your eating habits, including diets you have tried before and how they affect your weight.
Any psychological issues such as depression or stress, which promote bad or poor eating habits, will be uncovered and confronted. Once the problem and its causes are identified, the wellness coach develops for you a tailor-made, goal-oriented comprehensive eating plan, which incorporates healthy foods, a fitness programme and a host of other important lifestyle behavior.
You might be tempted to copy a friend’s diet because it worked on her. Don’t. “It might not work for you,” cautions Jane. This is because for a diet to work, it has to be tailor-made for you. Also, you might be having an underlying condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure, which might only
