Easy Diet Plan

By Rien Vidad

When we are experiencing the battle of the bulge, we tend to go on yet another diet. We often look for an easy diet plan to follow. Heres the thing though, once we get off it, we find ourselves right back to where we started. The weight comes creeping back and then some.

I am not a big fan of the word “diet” just because of the negative connotations that come to mind when we think of the actual “dieting” part…irritability, hunger pangs, cravings. But by following a few simple steps we can make it a life choice and never have to utter the word diet again.

There are lots of gurus out there that will tell you to do this, take that, follow their easy diet plan and in no time you’ll have a ripped midsection and be kicking sand into someone else’s face. Fact of the matter is, sometimes they don’t work and the only thing you lose is money.

Here is my seven-step easy diet plan you can follow that will reap tons of benefits the more you practice them. Follow this easy diet plan and you will start shedding the pounds, but more importantly you will keep it off.

1. Eat 5-6 smaller meals. Instead of two to three large meals, eating more frequently speeds up your metabolism, which means more weight loss.

2. Make healthier choices when eating out. More and more restaurants are making it easier to eat out and eat healthy. Get a garden burger instead of the2 pound Angus beef or get a side salad instead of fries. Or be even crazier and eat a large salad altogether!

3. Drink more water. Your body retains water when you don’t get too much of it, which means more water weight. Drink more water and it adapts as such.

4. Make your own meals. Often when we buy meals from a lunch wagon or fast food joint, we have no idea how much fat, sodium and carbohydrates. Preparing your own meal is not only cheaper, but you can control the amount of fat and salt that goes into it.

5. Exercise. Even if it’s walking the dog after dinner, you must engage in some form of physical activity on a regular basis. Doing so burn more calories, which in turn burns off the weight.

6. Take the stairs. You’ll be amazed how many extra calories you can burn off by taking the stairs instead of the elevator.

7. Eat less processed foods. In one can of soup or microwave meal you will typically find almost a day’s RDA of sodium. Choose raw veggies and whole grain breads over their fatty and salt laden counterparts.

Hope this easy diet plan helps!

How To Stay On Your Weight Loss Diet

By John Barban

Everyone I know who has ever tried a weight loss program always starts with the best intentions and lots of motivation. I'll bet you know someone who is at this exact stage of their new weight loss program right now (it might even be you). So how do you maintain that motivation and keep it going after the initial excitement and motivation wears off? What will keep you going on those days when everything else goes wrong at home, and at work, and you find yourself wondering why you’re putting yourself through this miserable program in the first place?

The answer to effective and lasting weight loss isn’t a new pill, it’s not a special food, and it’s not about cutting out this fat or that carb. The answer is and always will be social support.

No matter what kind of diet weight loss program you are following, social support is the single biggest factor in sticking to it for any real length of time.

Anyone who has tried to stick to a diet knows exactly what I am talking about and how hard it is to get through a week without some major social pressures to break you down like:

Business lunches

Indulging with a friend who needs a jumbo cookie dough ice cream sundae to forget about a recent fight with their spouse (maybe you need to forget about something that day too)

A night out drinking with your friends – nuff said

The movies – honestly, who goes to the movies and doesn’t get at least popcorn and a drink. And now they make deals out of them with some other sort of candy thrown in.

Holidays – Take your pic, almost all of them involve excessive amounts of food.

There are plenty more, but you get the picture. How often are you faced with the decision at the end of a busy day to either go to the gym, or go for a cheese burger and fries and finish it off with a double fudge sundae!

The only way to get through all of this on a regular basis is with support, and the more the merrier. Think of it as your weight loss “team”. Get as many people on board with your goals as possible. Every time you feel yourself slipping off the wagon, call the team in for support and get yourself back on track. It helps if they are pursuing similar goals, but anyone can provide support. You just need one or two people who you can trust, that know you well, and will back you up when you’re faced with a choice between the Sunday all you can eat buffet brunch or a cardio and conditioning workout.

The more people you recruit to your “team” the better chance you have of sticking to your program. This how all the celebrities get it done (however they usually can afford to pay for their “team”), and how all of my clients who have been successful have managed to stick to it. It works for them and it will work for you too.