We are all busy little bees. Life takes us on a wild roller coaster ride! Then it slows down just long enough for us to realize that you have an inner tube around our waist that didn’t used to be there! What the heck?! READ MORE
Australia today has the most number of people who are on a diet. The ironic thing is that Australia also has the most number of obese people compared to anywhere else in the world. Now, this contradiction may sound absurd, but there is logic behind it. The truth is, as people get obsessed with their weight, they become desperate to go on any weight loss diet. And when they have already reached their targeted weight loss, they go back to eating the same way they did before. This is not a good thing to do. Usually, diets make the body feel deprived, so the body’s tendency is to slow down the metabolism so it doesn’t have to burn too many calories to conserve its supply. So when a person goes back to their normal eating habits, they have a much lower metabolism rate, which means that they will burn their food at a much more decreased rate. So what do they do when this happens? They go back to dieting. And then their metabolism goes down more. The cycle continues.
This is only one of the thousands of reasons why a lot of people are obese right now, and the number is increasing. Diets never really work, although many people still have this preconceived notion that they do. They go hopping from one diet fad to the next: Scarsdale Diet, Atkins Diet, Beverly Hills Diet, Grapefruit Diet, Blood Type Diet, Fit or Fat Diet, No-Protein, High Protein, No-Carbs. Is it any wonder people are becoming stressed in figuring out which diet will work for them? The truth is, most of these diets contradict themselves. And as long as a diet forbids one food from another or excludes one or two from the rest, deprivation will be the result. And what happens when you feel deprived? You pig out and feel bad about yourself. There goes another diet out of the window.
So what is the best way to go on a diet? Simple: Don’t go into one. Instead, practice moderation in everything that you do, especially eating. You can eat anything that you want, as long as you don’t go overboard. Also remember to eat your recommended fruits and vegetables, drink your water, and do some simple aerobic and non-aerobic exercises everyday. Also, don’t neglect your emotions – take the time to find out what makes you happy and surround yourself with loving and supportive people. If you do these things, you won’t have to read another diet book again — and you will see that your grandmother’s advice had been right all along.
By using a personal trainer to guide you through a process of lifestyle changes, you can “re teach” yourself good eating habits long term. Habits which can stay for life, not for only as long as you starve yourself.
