People are continually searching for diets that work. Many go from one diet program to the next thinking this next one will be the one that solves my weight issues. Finding a diet that one can follow and stick with tends to be the real issue at hand versus actually finding a diet that works.
The 46.8 billion dollar diet industry (as of 2005) depends not on people staying healthy and keeping off weight, but rather on people taking an endless yo-yo ride between health and fat. Because the money comes from repeat business, the focus is naturally on methods and products that work for a short period but result in return business.
Take this diet as an example. Combine limiting caloric intake to 1000 calories a day with at least 30 minutes of exercise at least 5 days a week. If you practice this diet, you would most definitely lose weight.
But there are two difficulties. First, cravings will likely end the diet. Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won't leave you satisfied. It will start with a potato chip or piece of candy, then it's whole bag of snacks and a piece of pie, and then the diet is kaput. Second, the diet has a finite life prescribed. You will eventually go back to eating the same stuff before the diet and in the same old way. Next season, or, or next vacation, or next big event or simply the next time you try putting on those jeans it will once again be time to go on a diet.
The best diet is a permanent diet. More and more people are coming to realize that to lose weight it's best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more physical activity.
The Sonoma Diet, created by Connie Guttersen, is one that can realistically become a permanent diet. This diet is full of real food, and real portions, combined into enjoyable dishes to help encourage someone to stay with it. At the focus is ten "power foods." These power foods consist of almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, eaten in conjunction with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The types, mixtures and blends of foods prescribed by this diet provides variety to satisfy tastes and appetites.
If you focus your diet efforts from a short term diet to permanent eating habits you will most definitely find a diet that works. Not only that, you will be healthier overall especially if you combine it with regular exercise. - 15343
The 46.8 billion dollar diet industry (as of 2005) depends not on people staying healthy and keeping off weight, but rather on people taking an endless yo-yo ride between health and fat. Because the money comes from repeat business, the focus is naturally on methods and products that work for a short period but result in return business.
Take this diet as an example. Combine limiting caloric intake to 1000 calories a day with at least 30 minutes of exercise at least 5 days a week. If you practice this diet, you would most definitely lose weight.
But there are two difficulties. First, cravings will likely end the diet. Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won't leave you satisfied. It will start with a potato chip or piece of candy, then it's whole bag of snacks and a piece of pie, and then the diet is kaput. Second, the diet has a finite life prescribed. You will eventually go back to eating the same stuff before the diet and in the same old way. Next season, or, or next vacation, or next big event or simply the next time you try putting on those jeans it will once again be time to go on a diet.
The best diet is a permanent diet. More and more people are coming to realize that to lose weight it's best to change lifestyle, including healthier eating habits and more physical activity.
The Sonoma Diet, created by Connie Guttersen, is one that can realistically become a permanent diet. This diet is full of real food, and real portions, combined into enjoyable dishes to help encourage someone to stay with it. At the focus is ten "power foods." These power foods consist of almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, eaten in conjunction with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The types, mixtures and blends of foods prescribed by this diet provides variety to satisfy tastes and appetites.
If you focus your diet efforts from a short term diet to permanent eating habits you will most definitely find a diet that works. Not only that, you will be healthier overall especially if you combine it with regular exercise. - 15343
